Lead Mechanical & Piping Project Engineer

Kintec Global Recruitment; Olen; Hybride; EUR 90 000 - 120 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Kintec Global Recruitment seeks a Lead Mechanical & Piping Project Engineer for a long-term engagement in Olen, Belgium. You will act as the technical leader for CAPEX projects, directing multi-disciplinary teams and ensuring safe, reliable installations from concept through realization.

The role requires a strong M&P background, familiarity with PED/ATEX and EN 13480, and the ability to manage design reviews, interfaces with EPCm partners, and effective technical reporting to the

Qualifications

• Master's degree or equivalent in a technical field; electromechanics or chemical tech preferred.
• Extensive experience in mechanical & piping design for process/industrial environments.
• Experience with multidisciplinary CAPEX projects from concept to completion.
• Ability to direct engineering partners, suppliers, and contractors and assess deliverables.
• Familiarity with PED, ATEX, EN 13480 standards and good engineering practices.
• VCA-VOL certificate required or willing to obtain before starting.
• Knowledge of AutoCAD Plant 3D is an asset.
• Project controls awareness: scope, schedule, costs, risks, changes.

Responsabilités

• Develop and safeguard technical basis, design philosophy, scope, and limits.
• Lead and integrate engineering across disciplines focusing on M&P; involve process, E&I, automation, civil, safety, and infrastructure.
• Organize design reviews for safety, compliance, functionality and lifecycle value.
• Translate requirements into robust M&P layouts, P&IDs, equipment specs, routes.
• Assess technical solutions for feasibility, safety, reliability, cost-effectiveness.
• Direct EPCm partners, suppliers, and contractors on content, quality, schedule.
• Organize technical decisions and ensure traceable actions.
• Identify risks and assess impact on scope, schedule and costs.
• Support tender packages, bid evaluations, supplier selections, clarifications.
• Follow up fabrication, inspections, FAT, delivery, installation, SAT, punch lists.
• Provide engineering support during construction, pre-commissioning, commissioning, handover.
• Support PM with technical recommendations and transparent reporting.
• Coach engineers and contribute to standards and lessons learned.

Connaissances

Project leadership

Technical direction

Stakeholder management

Cross-disciplinary collaboration

Problem solving

Formation

Master's degree in a technical field

Electromechanics or chemical technology degree preferred

Outils

AutoCAD Plant 3D

Description du poste

Lead Mechanical & Piping Project Engineer

Location: Olen, Belgium (approximately 40 kilometers northeast of Antwerp city)

Start Date: ASAP

Contract Type: Annually Renewable Assignment (Long-term collaboration envisaged)

Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, Full-time, with 2 days remote work per week

Project Description

As Lead Project Engineer, you will act as the technical leader of multidisciplinary CAPEX projects. You will safeguard the coherence and quality of technical solutions, steer design decisions and interfaces, and represent the client in dealings with engineering partners, suppliers, and contractors. You will be the Project Manager's technical counterpart, helping to deliver installations that are safe, reliable, maintainable, and technically feasible.

This role requires a strong technical foundation in Mechanical & Piping. You will assess and challenge equipment and piping concepts, while maintaining a multidisciplinary overview and considering the technical impact on other disciplines (civil and E&I), as well as the impact on schedule, costs, and project risks. Throughout the project lifecycle, you will remain closely involved in technical choices, engineering quality, and their translation into execution.

• Technical impact: Directly influence design choices that determine safety, reliability, maintenance, and long-term performance.
• Owner-side responsibility: Represent the client and provide technical direction to internal and external engineering teams.
• Mechanical & Piping as a technical foundation: Use your expertise in equipment and piping as your core discipline.
• From concept to realization: Remain involved as ideas evolve into designs, construction, and operational installations.
• Complex industrial environment: Work on multidisciplinary projects within an operational site where engineering, production, and project execution come together.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and safeguard the project's technical basis, design philosophy, scope, and battery limits.
• Lead and integrate engineering across disciplines, with a focus on Mechanical & Piping (M&P), including process, E&I, automation, civil, safety, and infrastructure.
• Organize design reviews and assess designs for safety, compliance, functionality, reliability, maintainability, constructability, and lifecycle value from a TCO perspective.
• Translate process and project requirements into robust Mechanical & Piping concepts and safeguard the quality of layouts, P&IDs, equipment specifications, piping classifications, piping routes, and isometrics.
• Assess various technical solutions for feasibility, safety, reliability, and cost-effectiveness.
• Direct and challenge EPCm partners, suppliers, and contractors on technical content, quality, schedule, and completeness of deliverables.
• Organize technical decision-making, make assumptions and deviations visible, and ensure traceable decisions and actions.
• Identify technical and project risks and assess the impact of choices and changes on scope, schedule, costs, execution, and business continuity.
• Support technical specifications, tender packages, bid evaluations, supplier selections, and contractual technical clarifications.
• For Mechanical & Piping, follow up fabrication, inspections, FAT, delivery, installation, SAT, and punch lists through to mechanical completion where relevant.
• Provide engineering support during construction, pre-commissioning, commissioning, start-up, and handover.
• Support the Project Manager with clear technical recommendations and transparent reporting to stakeholders.
• Coach engineers and contribute to standards, methods, lessons learned, and knowledge sharing within Project Engineering.

Technical Profile Requirements

• Master's degree in a technical field, or equivalent level through demonstrable experience. A degree in electromechanics or chemical technology is preferred.
• Extensive experience in technical design and engineering in an industrial or process environment, with specialist knowledge of Mechanical & Piping engineering within the process industry or a heavy industrial environment.
• Experience with multidisciplinary CAPEX projects from concept through execution and completion.
• Ability to provide technical direction to engineering partners, suppliers, and contractors and critically assess their deliverables.
• Familiarity with relevant standards and good engineering practices for Mechanical & Piping, such as PED, ATEX, and EN 13480.
• VCA-VOL certificate required, or willingness to obtain it before the assignment starts.
• Knowledge of AutoCAD Plant 3D is an asset.
• Ability to work with project controls: scope, schedule, costs, risks, changes, and stakeholder management.

Non-Technical Profile Requirements

• Combine technical depth with a broad overview, decisiveness, and pragmatic problem-solving skills across all disciplines.
• Ability to explain complex technical topics clearly.
• Work in a structured, independent, and results-oriented manner, demonstrating clear ownership.
• Fluent communication in Dutch and professional proficiency in English.