Lead Construction Engineer – Piping
On-siteRedcar, England, United Kingdom
Job Summary
Oversee all piping construction activities for EPC and PCC contractors, including erection, setting, welding, punching, testing, and pre-commissioning. Manage Health and Safety, Industrial Relations, Quality, Constructability, and Readiness while ensuring compliance with client and project specifications. Coordinate with EPC Discipline Leads, off-site fabrication providers, Equipment Leads, and Commissioning Leads to deliver fabricated pipework through installation, turnover, and mechanical completion. Lead client standards for "build it tight" and "build it clean," ensuring piping cleanliness and preservation for commissioning. Work on a full-time Mon-Fri site pattern at Redcar, Teesside, with occasional travel to Paris and overseas facilities.
Required Qualifications
- Piping Lead (Discipline Construction Lead)
- 12 contract basis
- Teesside
- Redcar
- Occasional travel to EPC contractor's design offices in Paris
- Potential EPC Contractor facilities in the UK and overseas
- Full-time site-based role
- Mon-Fri site working pattern
- Overseeing all construction areas on the project
- Limited but regular overtime
- Overseeing all piping construction activities executed by the EPC and PCC Contractors
- Health and Safety
- Industrial Relations
- Quality
- Constructability
- Readiness
- Erection, setting, welding, punching, testing and pre‐commissioning of piping systems
- Turnover through to Mechanical Completion and Client Handover
- Piping cleanliness, preservation, and readiness for commissioning
- Leadership of client standards for 'build it tight' and 'build it clean'
- Coordination with EPC Discipline Piping Leads for all piping scope
- Coordination with EPC off-site fabrication, NDE, and painting providers as required
- Coordination with Equipment Leads for hook‐up to rotating and static equipment
- Coordination with SIP Lead for scaffolding, painting and insulation requirements
- Coordinating with Pre-Commissioning and Commissioning Leads as part of a systemised completion and handover
- Coordinating with HSE Leads for ensuring lifting, testing and pressurising is assessed, planned, and conducted ensuring suitable plant and methodology are in place with appropriate exclusion and access controls
- Ensuring compliance with client specifications, project specifications, safety standards, and quality requirements
- Ensuring EPC reporting is compliant and reflects the status of the work
- Close coordination with EPC engineering teams, site contractors, and off-site providers to deliver and erect fabricated pipework and supports through installation, turnover, testing, mechanical completion, and handover
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