Lead Piping Designer

QCS Staffing; København; On-site; DKK 700,000 - 1,000,000; Full time

Job summary

QCS Staffing is seeking a Lead Piping Designer for a Copenhagen, Denmark project on a 12-month contract in Life Sciences. The role focuses on leading piping design for pharma facilities, coordinating with multi-disciplinary teams, and ensuring constructible, compliant designs.

The position requires hands-on 3D model review experience, CAPEX project delivery, and strong knowledge of Plant 3D and SP3D. Local candidates in Copenhagen preferred.

Qualifications

• Experience in piping design for pharma, biotech, API or chemical facilities.
• Proven track record delivering large-scale CAPEX projects, incl. expansions/retrofits.
• Experience coordinating multidisciplinary engineering teams to integrate piping, mechanical, electrical and automation.
• Hands-on involvement in 3D model reviews, resolving spatial clashes and ensuring constructability.

Responsibilities

• Review piping design deliverables from EPCM contractors.
• Verify piping layouts, routing and design concepts.
• Ensure alignment with project requirements and standards.
• Review and comment on Plant 3D and SP3D models.
• Participate in model reviews and design coordination meetings.

Skills

Piping design

Plant layout

Process equipment integration

CAPEX project delivery

Team coordination

3D model reviews

Tools

Plant 3D

SP3D

Job description

Lead Piping Designer – Copenhagen, Denmark – Initial 12-Month Contract – Life Sciences

Our client, a global pharmaceutical company, are looking for a Lead Piping Designer to support the delivery their project based in Copenhagen. The company has grown to become a world leader in the development, manufacture and marketing of innovative pharmaceutical products to alleviate some of the world’s biggest health problems.

What You’ll Deliver

• Review piping design deliverables from EPCM contractors.
• Verify piping layouts, routing and design concepts.
• Ensure alignment with project requirements and standards.
• Review and comment on Plant 3D and SP3D models.
• Participate in model reviews and design coordination meetings.

Experience required

• Strong background in piping design, plant layout, and process equipment integration within pharmaceutical, biotech, API, or chemical manufacturing facilities.
• Proven experience delivering large-scale CAPEX projects, ideally involving facility expansions, retrofits, or brownfield modifications.
• Experience coordinating multidisciplinary engineering teams, ensuring piping, mechanical, process, electrical, and automation designs are fully integrated.
• Hands-on involvement in 3D model reviews, identifying spatial conflicts, resolving clashes, and ensuring designs are practical and buildable.