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Senior Mechanical Engineer - Gas Projects

Bilfinger
Warrington
1 week ago
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Senior Mechanical Engineer - Gas Projects


Location: Warrington


Bilfinger UK is a leading engineering and maintenance provider, supporting customers across the chemical & petrochemical, nuclear, oil & gas, pharmaceuticals & biopharma, power & energy, utilities, renewables and food & beverage markets. We enhance the efficiency of assets, ensuring a high level of availability and reducing maintenance costs.


We have extensive experience in offshore and onshore facilities; specialising in asset management services throughout all life cycle phases from consulting, engineering, manufacturing, assembly, operations, maintenance, and decommissioning.


This commitment is delivered by an experienced and highly competent workforce of over 4,500 employees operating from 14 offices in strategic industrial hubs, upholding the highest standards of safety, compliance and quality.


Job description

  • Reporting to the Mechanical & Piping Engineering Manager, you will be responsible for Mechanical and piping engineering and design within multi-discipline EPCM or EPC projects
  • These projects will range from Concept Design to Execution Designs
  • You will have the opportunity to deliver projects working in other sectors (Oil & Gas, Energy, Utilities, Nuclear, Chemicals, and Food), small and large projects
  • You are responsible for quality in engineering designs and projects including the checking and approval of design deliverables
  • Ensure designs are compliant with CDM regulations and other relevant regulations and the appropriate standards and specifications
  • You are responsible to complete the mechanical and piping design within the defined scope and to time and budget. This includes change control and consistency of the design with the other disciplines
  • You will participate in internal and external design reviews and you are responsible for the design acceptance by the client
  • Make independent decisions on issues, providing expert technical support within the mechanical engineering team

Your profile

  • Hold a qualification in Mechanical Engineering, preferably to Degree level (BEng or MEng)
  • Demonstrable experience as Lead / Senior / Principal Engineer, in multi-discipline engineering projects
  • Chartered Engineer (CEng) with IMechE or equivalent institute (Preferable)
  • Have a working knowledge of general engineering standards and specification (Essential) and IGEM standards and specifications (Preferred)
  • Knowledge of the principles and practices of mechanical engineering and implementing these in design
  • Understanding and knowledge of the other disciplines (Civil, Structural, EC&I and Process)
  • Able to demonstrate good knowledge and experience with the production and/or having input to mechanical specifications, basis of design, scopes of work, calculations, drawings, 3D models, schedules, design risk assessments and directive compliance assessments
  • Experience with the application of piping design codes to ASME and BS EN standardsExperience working to the requirements of the Pressure Equipment Directive (PED) and Pressure Equipment Safety Regulations (PESR)
  • Result oriented. You are only satisfied after your design is accepted by the client, you delivered top quality and the client is very satisfied
  • You plan and organise your activities before you begin tasks. You understand the dependencies of the engineering activities within mechanical discipline, but also the dependencies between mechanical and the other disciplines. You have a ‘one time right’ mentality
  • Have an appreciation with the main mechanical design packages including for example, AutoCAD, Plant3D, E3D, Caesar II
  • You understand the importance of change control procedures
  • You can develop and effectively present design packages, ensuring it meets the scope of the project
  • You are able to prepare for chairing design review meetings
  • Able to meet UK security clearance requirements (Preferable)

If you wish to speak to a member of the recruitment team, please contact .


Engineering & Consultancy| Bilfinger UK Limited| Permanent| White-collar workers| Graduates| Engineering


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