Design Engineer – Storage Solutions/Custom Composite Structures & Piping

NOTE: Please ONLY apply if you have sufficient experience and skills required as per job description below.

Job Summary.

The Design Engineer – Storage Solutions / Custom Composite Structures & Piping is responsible for the design, analysis, certification, and application engineering of reinforced thermoset plastic (RTP) vessels, tanks, piping systems, and related fiberglass storage solutions in accordance with ASME RTP-1, ASME NM.2, EN 13121, AWWA M45, API 15LR/15HR, and applicable project standards. This role requires strong knowledge of mechanical design, piping applications, laminate mechanics, and composite fabrication methods such as filament winding, contact molding, secondary bonding, and post-cure. The engineer will perform stress and strain analysis, hydraulic analysis, pipe sizing, design verification, laminate development, and technical evaluations to support quotation, tendering, project execution, manufacturing, inspection, and customer submittals.

Main Responsibilities

• Serve as the technical gatekeeper to ensure FGS products are selected and supplied only for applications within approved service parameters, design limits, and product capabilities.
• Review RFQs, customer specifications, datasheets, drawings, and service conditions to recommend technically compliant and optimized product solutions.
• Develop and certify design calculations, drawings, and specifications for composite vessels, tanks, storage solutions, and piping systems in accordance with ASME RTP-1, ASME NM.2, EN 13121, AWWA M45, API 15LR/15HR, BS 4994, and applicable project standards.
• Perform engineering calculations including pipe properties, hydraulic analysis, pipe sizing, flow mechanics, laminate stress/strain analysis, design verification, and product selection.
• Define laminate architectures, reinforcement sequences, corrosion-barrier configurations, joint details, and liner requirements to meet mechanical, chemical, and service requirements.
• Prepare technical tender packages, Fabricator’s Design Reports, design reports, clarifications, deviations, and customer / regulatory submittals.
• Review and approve fabrication drawings, layout drawings, shop drawings, and BOMs to ensure manufacturability, code compliance, dimensional accuracy, and alignment with design intent.
• Provide engineering support for composite fabrication processes including filament winding, contact molding, secondary bonding, fit-up, assembly, post-cure, testing, inspection, and repair activities.
• Collaborate with Sales, Project Engineering, QA/QC, Manufacturing, Inspection, and Operations to ensure technical compliance and smooth project execution.
• Support technical presentations, customer meetings, product selection discussions, technical clarifications, and customer / job-site visits as required.
• Participate in design reviews, code audits, technical risk reviews, nonconformance investigations, root-cause analysis, and corrective-action recommendations.
• Support qualification testing, material property development, product validation, and continuous improvement initiatives to enhance design efficiency, manufacturability, quality, and cost-effectiveness.

EXPERIENCE/EDUCATION/SKILL-SET REQUIRED:

Essential:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Mechanical, Materials, or Composite Engineering (or closely related field).
• Minimum 2 years of design and analysis experience with composite pressure vessels, tanks, or piping systems.
• Fluent in English with exceptional technical writing and presentation skills.
• Willingness to travel internationally as required.

Desirable:

• Minimum of 5 years of design and analysis experience with composite pressure vessels, tanks, or piping systems.
• Code Expertise: Proven working knowledge of ASME RTP-1, ASME NM.2, EN 13121, BS 4994, AWWA M45, and API 15LR/15HR design standards.
• Manufacturing Knowledge: Practical understanding of filament winding, contact molding, secondary bonding, and post-cure processes.