Piping Design rates are going through the roof in Houston!!!
04-09-2006, 01:21 PM
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Originally Posted by badride42
I have been getting offers for piping interviews in the last month or two. I have over 20 years in piping from new construction to Maintenance. I am currently Designing HPU's, Tuta's, Flushing units ..Etc for offshore platforms. I have always wanted to design pipe since my background & love is in that field. I have a bad knee that keeps me from going to the interviews since I'm not sure of the amount of field work required. I guess my question is can I do the job with a bad knee? With my experiance in piping what level should I shoot for Jr designer? I know there will be a learning curve. Thanks for the feedback.
04-09-2006, 04:00 PM
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Yes, you should not have any problem now days as Rebis (Autoplant 3D) and Cadworx 3D with Autocad as the landbase is what most are using. I have used both but I perfer Rebis since it is more intelligent/database piping software...
04-10-2006, 03:57 PM
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I wish the oil tools industry would pass on a little more money our way. Not that I can complain too much with what we have going on right now, but they are putting a lot of money into new facilities and not so much into employee salaries. It would be nice if my pay would double, but maybe something will come out of my yearly review meeting I had last week.
Not to bring down this whole thread, but I've been curious how everything will be in 5 years or so when the layoffs start coming. We are hiring like crazy and once things level off and return to normal all these people, and possibly myself, will have to find somewhere to go.
Not to bring down this whole thread, but I've been curious how everything will be in 5 years or so when the layoffs start coming. We are hiring like crazy and once things level off and return to normal all these people, and possibly myself, will have to find somewhere to go.
04-10-2006, 04:57 PM
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Originally Posted by Milez28
Wow!! Anyone know the market for Instrument Designers?????
. The pay won't be quite as good starting out, probably in the $20 to $25 per hour range, but with a little over-time and some experience, you'll see some nice gains 
.Tom
