Design Engineer / Senior Design Engineer – Pipe Supports

Location: Mumbai, India (preferred) · Gujarat, India (preferred) · Abu Dhabi, UAE (optional)
Practice: Industrial Engineering
Reports to: Global Director, Engineering
Experience: 3–7 years (Design Engineer) / 7–12 years (Senior Design Engineer)
Remuneration: Competitive, commensurate with experience

About the Client

Our client is a long-established, international manufacturer company oil & gas, LNG, petrochemical, power, district energy and wider industrial markets. With manufacturing operations across several continents, the business combines project-specific engineering with ongoing product development – and is now strengthening its global engineering function with a dedicated pipe-supports specialist.

The Role

You will be responsible for the design, engineering analysis, detailing and development of standard and engineered piping support systems for industrial applications – delivering safe, compliant, manufacturable and cost-effective solutions based on piping layouts, stress-analysis loads and movements, project specifications and international standards. The role spans both project-specific support engineering and product development.

Key Responsibilities

Design standard and special piping supports: pipe shoes, saddles, cradles, clamps, guides, line stops, anchors, sliding, insulated and spring supports, and structural support assemblies.
Review piping isometrics, GA drawings, support schedules, stress-analysis loads, displacements, design temperatures and insulation requirements.
Develop support concepts for vertical, longitudinal, lateral, uplift, friction, thermal, sustained, occasional and test loads.
Perform engineering calculations – strength and stability, plate bending, member sizing, weld and bolt calculations, bearing and contact stresses, base plates and stiffeners, sliding and overturning, deflection and buckling, and load capacity.
Perform or coordinate FEA for complex or non-standard configurations.
Prepare and review 2D drawings, 3D models, fabrication and assembly drawings, BOMs and technical documentation.
Ensure compliance with MSS SP-58, ASME B31.1/B31.3, ASTM, AWS, AISC and other applicable standards.
Select materials, components, coatings, sliding and load-bearing insulation materials, and fabrication methods, designing for manufacturability.
Coordinate with Project Engineering, Stress, Manufacturing, Procurement, Quality, Estimation and customers; respond to technical queries, deviations and change requests.
Support prototyping, qualification and load testing of new or modified products.
Develop standard designs, calculation methods and templates; review others' work and mentor junior engineers.

What You'll Bring

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or a closely related discipline.
Strong fundamentals in engineering mechanics, strength of materials, machine design and structural behaviour.
Knowledge of piping support design and fabrication; ability to interpret piping drawings and stress-analysis results.
Working knowledge of materials, welding, bolted joints and manufacturing processes.
Proficiency in AutoCAD and Excel; experience with Inventor, SolidWorks or equivalent 3D CAD; ANSYS or other FEA software.
Familiarity with CAESAR II or AutoPIPE outputs is desirable.
Background with a specialist pipe-support manufacturer, EPC, or oil & gas, LNG, petrochemical, power or district energy sectors is strongly preferred. Exposure to pre-insulated, cryogenic, high-temperature or spring supports, or new-product development, is a distinct advantage.

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