Piping Designer (Plant Layout)

Good with CAD and serious about accuracy? This steel fabrication company in Johannesburg CBD could use you. This role rewards consistency more than flash.

This post is Johannesburg CBD-based, with most of your time spent at a steel fabrication company.

• Model steel structures in Tekla and produce shop drawings and cutting lists
• Check shop drawings from subcontractors against design drawings
• Update drawings after engineer comments and track revisions
• Prepare electrical single line diagrams and cable routing drawings
• Draft civil layouts, longitudinal sections and cross sections for services
• Take site measurements to check existing conditions

• Good time planning when several projects need drawings at once
• At least 2 years working as a draughtsperson in your discipline
• Advanced skills in AutoCAD plus one 3D package
• Understanding of engineering drawing standards and tolerances

• Revit or Civil 3D experience
• Experience with plant piping design software
• Workshop or site background

• Paid training on new software
• Latest CAD software licences
• Two-screen workstation

• List the software versions you use daily. Firms want to know you can start without training.
• Remove client names and logos from sample drawings. Recruiters notice if you share confidential work.