Lead Mechanical Engineer

This is an opportunity for a Lead Mechanical Engineer to join a Joint Venture Project Management Team during the pre-FEED of a $ multibillion project. Acting on behalf of the JV, the role provides technical input to ensure the facilities scope is specified safely, operably, and cost-effectively. The Lead Mechanical Engineer collaborates across disciplines and communicates key concepts to both project management and the contractor, with a pre-FEED focus on capital cost optimisation, risk management, and efficient execution.

Candidates must have demonstrable experience, in a lead capacity, of static equipment across pressure vessels, columns, towers, reactors and internals, including high-alloy, high-pressure / heavy-wall equipment, heat exchangers, large-bore / high-alloy process & utility piping, storage tanks / vessels and cryogenic cold boxes, with working awareness of equipment used in downstream refining / chemicals e.g. hydro-processing, sour gas treatment, ethylene cracking, utilities / offsites and large scale modular execution strategies.

Key responsibilities include:

• Mechanical engineering leadership and risk-informed decision support
• Steering contractor value improvement and capital efficiency
• Recommending design alternative studies
• Assessing and qualifying new technology / equipment with shareholder support
• Owning discipline engineering standards and contributing to philosophies / procedures / specifications
• Supporting FEED / EPC scope and bid evaluations
• Participating in JV reviews and action closure
• Aligning engineering / procurement needs across teams
• Developing and executing engineering surveillance and equipment criticality
• Prioritising critical work and securing review support
• Progressing qualification as a JV Risk Screener.

This role is Inside IR35. The rates advertised are PAYE. The successful candidate could work on an Umbrella basis if preferred.