Lead Piping Material Engineer

About Ballestra Group:

Ballestra Group is a world leader in Design and Supply of Plants and Equipment for Detergents, Surfactants, Soaps and Chemical Industries. Ballestra group is known for powerful brands like Ballestra, Mazzoni and Buss Chemtech offering state of the art proprietary technologies for the above industries. The company also offers licensed technologies from MECS and Prayon for Sulphuric and Phosphoric Acid respectively. The facilities of Ballestra group are located in Milano and Busto Arsizio (Italy), Pratteln (Switzerland), and Bangalore (India).

Ballestra Indias (BEPL) mission is to work closely with Ballestra Group in the execution of projects worldwide and shall directly acquire and perform all Ballestra Group projects for India.

Essential Functions & Responsibilities:

• To Perform the Pipe Wall Thickness Calculation.
• To Prepare PMS (Piping Material Specification) for Process and Utility Services.
• To Prepare VMS (Valve Material Specification).
• To Prepare MR for the Piping Items.
• To Prepare the list of Piping Special Items like Steam Traps, Strainers, Hoses, etc.
• To Prepare the Data Sheets for the Piping Special Items.
• To Perform the Line Blank Thickness Calculation.
• To Perform the Reinforcement PAD Requirement calculation.
• To Perform MTO (Material Take Off).
• To Control the Piping items quantity, monitor the surplus and shortage of Piping Items.
• To Develop Fabrication/Welding Specification, Shop and Field-Testing Specification, Insulation and Painting Specification.
• To Develop Technical Supply Conditions / Requirements for Various Piping Materials and to Make a technical recommendation.
• Coordinate the 3D Cadworx Administrator in the creation in 3D Software Data Base. (Cadworks).
• Make sure that everyone in the piping group is aware of the materials of construction that can be used for piping systems.
• To Maintain project technical files and update Company standards.
• To Perform the inter-disciplines checking for the part of documents in accordance with the scope of the piping material section.

Experience

• Candidate should have Mechanical Degree with minimum 10+ years of experience in materials, experience In Detail Engineering (Of Detergent, Refinery, Fertilizer Plants etc.) In Piping Material Group.
• Knowledge of International Codes & Standards such as ASME/BS/API/NACE is essential.
• Knowledge in Material Software PUMA would be advantageous