Engineer I Stress Analyst

Overview

Analyze and design piping stress, supports, and compliance using ASME codes.

Key Responsibilities

• stress analysis
• pipe routing
• field surveys
• support specification
• code compliance
• project reporting

Tasks

-Attend client, vendor, and internal team meetings. -Manage project schedules and budgets as well as provide weekly reports communicating project status, issues, and needs. -Perform ASME B31.1 and ASME B31.3 formal stress analysis using CAESAR II software. -Review and analyze piping systems and components for thermal flexibility, vibration, supports, and other factors. -Prepare formal stress evaluation reports. -Prescribe and evaluate piping loads on process equipment nozzles including ASME pressure vessels as well as on engineered and standard support steel. -Perform field surveys to collect the required field data and assist with interpretation of engineering drawings and specifications in the field. -Work with piping designers to optimize pipe routing on piping design including specifying required pipe supports. -Specify engineered support equipment such as expansion bellows, spring cans, constant tension hangars, snubbers, and engineered piping supports including detailed review of vendor equipment design documents. -Ensure piping systems conform to applicable codes and client standards.

Requirements

• eit
• bachelors
• asme codes
• 3d modeling
• stress analysis
• petrochemical

What You Bring

-0–3-year experience in mechanical engineering with understanding of stress analysis and system flexibility. -Experience in the petrochemical, oil/gas, chemical, and/or power industry. -Willingness to travel and work in office and field environments. -Knowledge of 3D modeling, CADD programs and 2D design. -Strong attention to detail and ability to prepare design concepts, technical documents, and drawing checks. -Field plant experience. -Must be organized, self-directed, able to prioritize and multi-task, highly motived with ability to work in an interactive team environment and take directions from others. -EIT (Registered Engineer in Training). -Previous experience with material properties, stress analysis or stress analysis concepts. -Experience working with ASME Section I and VIII pressure vessel and B31.1 and B31.3 piping codes. -Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering or equivalent. -Ability to clearly communicate information and ideas verbally and in writing. -Strong communication skills required to provide effective inter-discipline, client, vendor, and construction coordination on projects.

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About Zachry Group

-It executes turnkey EPC and maintenance projects—from refinery revamps and petrochemical plants to power stations and ag-processing facilities. -The group’s engineering arm has built hundreds of processing units, including landmark olefins and polyethylene facilities. -It has played a lead role in thermal power, nuclear, and renewables including hydrogen, solar, biomass, and carbon capture programs. -Notably, it self-performs fabrication and fieldwork using a highly tenured craft workforce, often spanning multiple generations. -Headquartered in San Antonio, TX, the firm operates major regional centers in energy-rich areas like the Gulf Coast and Northeast.

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