Heat Trace Designer

Heat Trace Designer

La Porte, TX

Contech Control Services is seeking a full-time Heat Trace Designer, with emphasis on Heat Trace Standards, to add to the team located in our La Porte office. We are looking for an ambitious candidate that is proficient using AutoCAD and knowledgeable with both Heat Trace and conventional Steam Trace design.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

The Heat Trace Designer performs a wide range of duties which include some or all of the following:

• Review inquiry documents to identify competitive advantages, ascertain risks, & ensure compliance with or clarified exceptions to customer bid requests & specification requirements.
• Participate in new business opportunity strategy development with Sales and Executive Management team.
• Generate piping take-offs from piping isometrics and/or piping plan drawings.
• Develop heat tracing and control preliminary designs.
• Produce preliminary power distribution designs including wire and conduit layouts.
• Create cost estimates inclusive of materials and labor (direct & indirect).
• Provide clear communication of all correspondence and bid clarifications to the Estimating
• Team to aid in customer proposal generation.
• Facilitate final estimate review sessions with management as required.
• Ensure timely completion of estimating & proposal milestones.
• Ensure comprehensive transfer of proposal/contract basis information to the Project Execution Team.
• Design process plant instrumentation and electrical power systems in accordance with nationally recognized and company standards
• Work collaboratively with others in a team environment to accomplish objectives.
• Design medium and low voltage power distribution and controls, electrical heat tracing, and the installation of process plant instrumentation
• Verify accuracy and completeness of all deliverable products and services in assigned areas of responsibility.
• Submit heat tracing final designs to provide for estimating and or construction.

Requirements

The Heat Trace Designer requirements include, but are not limited to, the following:

• This person must have previous heat trace design experience ideally in the industrial sector.
• Previous technical experience with other heat trace analysis outside of Texas is a plus.
• Previous technical experience with other heat trace analysis outside of Texas is a plus.

Working conditions are as follows:

• Position Type: Full Time
• Standard Hours: Monday – Thursday 7:00 am to 5:30pm
• Overtime: Occasionally
• Permanent after 90-day Probation
• Travel: Minimal (up to 25%)
• NO per diem