Permanent

Senior Piping Designer

Stopford

Knutsford

Negotiable

Posted: 30 April 2026 (4 days ago)

Closing date: 30 May 2026

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Senior Piping Designer

Location: Knutsford, Cheshire

Salary: Competitive Salary

Vacancy Type: Permanent, Full Time

Stopford are recruiting for a Senior Piping Designer to join the team to work with highly skilled professionals who are constantly striving to deliver excellence and best practice.

You will be based at our office in Knutsford with the opportunity for hybrid working. There may be occasional travel required to other offices and client offices/sites. This is a full-time permanent position.

The Role of Senior Piping Designer

You will be responsible for the design of multi-sectorprojects from waste, renewables, chemicals, nuclear and petrochemical sectors. Reporting to the CAD & Piping Lead, and to the relevant Project Managers for project matters, you will be actively involved in the delivery of CAD and Piping deliverables for projects and supporting other Service Groups with CAD support as required.

You will work with a team of piping engineers, 3D designers and draughtspersons to deliver a strong technical solution that meets customer specifications and expectations, ensuring that all necessary reporting and administration deadlines are met.

Senior Piping Designer Key Responsibilities include:

Contributing to the design evolution and formal design process.
Creation, preparation, and modification of 2D and 3D drawings/models using AutoCAD Plant 3D, Navisworks, and other industry-standard software suites.
Piping design at all design stages: conceptual, preliminary, detailed engineering, construction queries.
Typical 2D output: PIDs, PFDs, GAs, details, pipe supports, isometrics, site layouts, hazardous area classification layouts.
Typical 3D output: 3D piping, mechanical equipment modelling, Navisworks 3D models, clash detection, modelling from point cloud data, 3D point cloudmanipulation, pipework general arrangements and isometrics.
Development of piping and pipe support material specifications.
Developing Piping design, isometric production, pipe supports, MTOs.

About you

Preferably educated to a higher / degree level in an Engineering discipline with significant 3D piping design experience in a relevant sector.
Have experience in the petrochemicals, nuclear, chemicals, waste or renewable energy industries.
Have experience of working in a design and engineering environment.
An ability to think strategically and understanding the implication of changes to contract scope.
An ability to work collaboratively with all engineering design and construction disciplines.
Experience in estimation of budget hours and design scope.
Sound understanding of engineering materials and manufacturing techniques in accordance with codes and standards. Conduct 3D model, round table, and constructability reviews and prepare survey and installation SOWs.
Knowledge of BIM and associated standards (ASME, BSi, ISO, etc), Navisworks, model federation and clash detection.
Eligible to live and work in the UK (with no restrictions)
Full UK/EEC driving licence

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain security clearance of at least Security Check level (SC clearance) for this role.

The Company

Stopford is an international energy and environmental engineering company, our professional services span Technology and Innovation, Consultancy and Project Delivery. We are an industry leader with a portfolio spanning research and development through to design and commissioning of process, power, and renewables technology. With a worldwide clientele in emerging and existing industries, we provide a full range of project management and engineering services.

Employment at Stopford brings many benefits including: