JOB DESCRIPTION

Wood is recruiting for a Field Piping Designer IV to join its Projects business unit, supporting brownfield surface facilities retrofits, expansions, and debottlenecking projects, primarily supporting the Mechanical and Electrical Engineers Design needs. This opportunity on-site at a client facility in Bakersfield, CA

Bakersfield, CA area candidates strongly preferred, no per diem or relocation are available for this role. No outside agencies.

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As a Field Piping Designer IV, you will be responsible for developing layouts and designs for brownfield projects across multiple engineering disciplines, including pipeline capacity expansion and debottlenecking, crude oil separation, water treatment, and mechanical retrofits. You will conduct site walkdowns, develop mark-ups, and create as-built documentation to ensure the highest standards of accuracy and compliance.

Our Clients and Projects Designing the future. Transforming the world.

Wood's Projects business delivers solutions to a broad range of clients across the energy and materials industries globally. We specialize in operations, maintenance, modifications, brownfield engineering, asset optimization, and management, supporting our clients throughout the asset lifecycle. Our focus is on developing strategic relationships with our clients and providing solutions that enhance efficiency, integrity, and reliability.

What We Can Offer

• Meaningful and challenging projects delivered to industry leaders.
• Flexible working arrangements balancing client, team, and individual needs.
• Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion, ensuring every employee has a voice.
• Competitive salary with regular salary reviews aligned with market trends.
• A flexible benefits package tailored to your needs.
• Career development through structured growth plans and global industry connections

RESPONSIBILITIES

Job Objective:
Contribute to engineering excellence by linking design theory and practical application, translating critical design concepts into workable plans for tangible end-products.

• Prepare engineering drawings from rough sketches or general engineering information
• Create designs and detailed plans for commercial, industrial, and civil sector structures and systems
• Handle technical assignments of substantial variety and complexity
• Prepare mechanical or digital drawings, diagrams, blueprints, and models using CAD/CADD software

Role and Key Accountabilities:

• Produce facility designs and layouts with knowledge of structural, mechanical, controls, and electrical equipment systems
• Understand codes applicable to equipment and construction (NEC, IEC, ASME, AISC, AWS, OSHA, NFPA, local codes, and Chevron Engineering Standards)
• Perform design tasks for purchasing and construction level drawings with limited supervision
• Create reliable CAD models with precision, including assemblies, exploded view diagrams, and layouts with BOMs
• Develop and improve department practices/standards
• Review scope documents and specifications to ensure design meets SOW expectations and client requirements
• Execute designs on challenging projects
• Conduct design reviews and travel to client jobsites as required
• Typically, 15+ years of relevant design experience in oil and gas, industrial construction, or power generation industries
• Develop working drawings from equipment specifications and detailed drawings
• Create drawings involving plans, layouts, calculations, and bills of material
• Perform layouts, design, and checking work from basic data supplied
• Design and make detail drawings from rough sketches involving intricate calculations
• Establish project drafting standards and monitor their conformance
• Identify cost-effective solutions to design problems
• Assist in bid evaluations
• Design and construct models, prototypes, processes, or equipment
• Prepare estimates of time, quantities, materials, and labor required for testing, installation, manufacture, design, or construction
• Generate bill of materials from finished designs
• Act as coordinator on small projects and prepare specifications for complex equipment and processes
• Ensure quality in design and technical accuracy in drawings and material quantities
• Plan assigned work effectively and liaise with the project team and line manager
• Conduct site visits/surveys and provide inputs to site visit reports

QUALIFICATIONS

At Wood, we are committed to equal opportunities and welcome all talented individuals to consider joining our team. So even if you don't match every statement below but feel you have some of the experience, knowledge or skills needed for this role, we encourage you to apply. It will take all of us working together to deliver solutions to the world's most critical challenges.

Expected:

• 15 - 20 years of experience in engineering design across multiple disciplines
• Expertise in oil and gas, industrial construction, or power generation industries.
• Full understanding of piping materials, methods, and engineering principles.
• Ability to interpret engineering documents (P&IDs, piping specifications, line lists, etc.).
• Proficiency in CAD/D software.

ABOUT US

Wood is a global leader in consulting and engineering, helping to unlock solutions to critical challenges in energy and materials markets. We provide consulting, projects and operations solutions in 60 countries, employing around 35,000 people. www.woodplc.com

Diversity Statement

We are an equal opportunity employer that recognises the value of a diverse workforce. All suitably qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective criteria and without regard to the following (which is a non-exhaustive list): race, colour, age, religion, gender, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or other characteristics in accordance with the relevant governing laws.