Job Title: 21747 & 23814 - Piping Material Engineer
Duration: ASAP - May 2028
Schedule: 5 days' work per week, 8 hours per day excluding 1 hour lunch break
Location: Qidong, China (Shipyard based - Qidong COSCO)
Open to China local candidates only (Chinese nationality is required)
This opportunity supports complex hull vessel engineering work with a strong focus on piping material specifications, valve specifications, special item specifications, and technical compliance. The role is centered on engineering review, vendor package engineering, and coordination with shipyards and vendors to ensure deliverables align with project requirements and applicable international standards. This company is seeking a technically strong professional who can contribute to design optimization, document review, and engineering quality across vessel piping systems.
Required Experience:
- Experience reviewing piping material specifications, manual valve specifications, and related engineering deliverables for hull vessel projects
- Experience reviewing shipyard piping detail design deliverables, including flushing procedures, bolt torque procedures, stress analysis reports, wall thickness calculations, branch reinforcement calculations, and construction standards
- Experience reviewing P&IDs, valve lists, and special item lists for vessel piping systems
- Experience coordinating technical clarifications during procurement stages and reviewing technical agreements between shipyards and vendors
- Experience evaluating vendor technical deviations and supporting procurement decisions through technical recommendations
- Experience acting as package engineer for piping items such as valves and special items following vendor award
- Experience reviewing vendor engineering documentation and manufacturing records for compliance with agreed specifications, quality standards, and certification requirements
Required Skills:
- Strong technical knowledge of piping materials, valves, and special items within vessel engineering environments
- Ability to review and validate technical documents including P&IDs, general arrangement drawings, material test certificates, pressure test reports, FAT procedures and records, inspection reports, and painting and coating reports
- Knowledge of international codes and standards including ASME, API, ISO, BV, and ABS
- Ability to manage technical interfaces between engineering teams, shipyards, vendors, subcontractors, and third parties
- Capability to optimize design within project specifications while maintaining compliance with contractual and technical requirements
- Strong focus on engineering quality, technical assurance, and the application of lessons learned across project system boundaries
Preferred Qualifications:
- Detailed design background
- Piping material experience
About Airswift:
Airswift is an international workforce solutions provider within the energy, process and infrastructure industries. Airswift serves as a strategic partner to clients, offering a turnkey workforce solution to capture and deliver the top talent needed to complete successful projects by aligning with unique project needs. With over 1000 employees and 9,000 contractors operating in over 60 countries, Airswift's geographical reach and pool of talent available is unmatched in the industry.