Lead Construction Engineer – Piping

Wood; Redcar; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Wood is seeking a Piping Lead to oversee all piping construction activities performed by EPC and PCC contractors at our Teesside project site. You will drive safety, quality, constructability and readiness for turnover through mechanical completion and client handover.

Key duties include coordinating with EPC discipline leads, off-site fabrication, NDE and painting providers; supervising erection, welding, testing and pre-commissioning; ensuring compliance with client specifications and project

Qualifications

• Oversee piping construction activities on large-scale projects.
• Coordinate with EPC and PCC contractors for piping scope.

Responsibilities

• Oversee erection, setting, welding, testing and pre-commissioning of piping systems.
• Ensure turnover through to Mechanical Completion and Client Handover.
• Coordinate with EPC Discipline Piping Leads and off-site fabrication providers.
• Maintain compliance with client specifications, project specs, safety and quality standards.

Job description

The Role

As the Piping Lead, you will be responsible for overseeing all piping construction activities executed by the EPC and PCC contractors. This includes, but is not limited to:

• 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
• Coordinate 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

The role will involve 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.

Location: The role is based on Teesside at the project site office at Redcar. Occasional travel may be required to EPC contractor’s design offices in Paris and potential fabrication facilities in the UK and overseas. It will be a full‑time site‑based role with Mon‑Fri site working pattern overseeing all construction areas on the project. Limited but regular overtime may be required in keeping with EPC working patterns, which may change through the life of the project.

Our Clients and Projects

Wood’s Projects business unit specialises in delivering predictable and consistent results in high‑complexity projects that include new technology, challenging construction logistics and/or sheer scale. Across any major capital project lifecycle, we provide a full suite of solutions from programme and project management, to engineering and design, procurement, construction and project delivery.

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Wood’s Projects business unit specialises in delivering predictable and consistent results in high‑complexity projects that include new technology, challenging construction logistics and/or sheer scale.