Lead/Senior Mechanical & Piping Engineer

Bilfinger; Warrington; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering firm is seeking a Lead/Senior Mechanical & Piping Engineer for projects in Warrington. The role involves managing multi-discipline engineering design, ensuring quality, and acting as a technical authority within projects to meet business targets. Ideal candidates will have strong M&P expertise with experience in leading teams and managing client relationships.

Qualifications

• Experience as technical authority or line manager in engineering.
• Deep knowledge of M&P engineering and design.
• Proficient in applying piping design codes to ASME and BS EN standards.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for Mechanical and Piping design in engineering projects.
• Act as a technical authority and support Engineering Manager.
• Ensure quality engineering/design and manage client expectations.

Skills

M&P engineering and design

Project management

Technical authority

Client management

Team leadership

Education

MEng / BEng in Mechanical Engineering

Chartered or Incorporated Engineer

Tools

AutoCAD

Plant3D

E3D

Caesar II

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02.06.2025

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17.07.2025

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Job Description:

Lead/Senior Mechanical & Piping Engineer

Location: Warrington

Bilfinger UK is a leading engineering and maintenance provider, supporting customers across the chemical & petrochemical, nuclear, oil & gas, pharmaceuticals & biopharma, power & energy, utilities, renewables and food & beverage markets. We enhance the efficiency of assets, ensuring a high level of availability and reducing maintenance costs.

The Role:

• Together with your team of engineers and designers you are responsible for the Mechanical and Piping (M&P) design within multi-discipline engineering, EPCM or EPC projects
• You will be capable of acting as the technical authority for the M&P discipline in Bilfinger, supporting the Engineering Manager in achieving business targets
• Project predominantly reside in the UK, but you will be expected to carry out projects for Europe and potentially wider areas of the Bilfinger business areas
• You shall be able to be client facing and manage the expectations of the client in relation to the project scope
• You are responsible for the quality of the M&P engineering and design
• You will participate in internal and external design reviews and you are responsible for the design acceptance by the client
• Make independent decisions on issues, providing expert technical support within M&P Engineering
• You shall be able to lead projects in a multi-discipline environment and be capable or coordinating all M&P engineering and design, with the other disciplines, EC&I, Civil and Structural, Process and Automation
• You shall be able to effectively carry out, check and approve Engineering and Design estimates, control and report all costs on allocated projects in terms of progress, scope change and man hour

Your profile:

If you have the following profile, then we are looking forward to meeting you

• Experience of acting as a technical authority or line manager for an engineering organisation
• Deep knowledge of M&P engineering and design, but you also have a sound knowledge of the other disciplines (Automation, Civil, Structural, EC&I and Process)
• MEng / BEng in Mechanical Engineering
• Chartered or Incorporated Engineer (Preferred)
• Experienced with the production of mechanical specifications, scopes of work, calculations, drawings and schedules
• Experience with the application of piping design codes to ASME and BS EN standards
• Result oriented. You are only satisfied after your design is accepted by the client, you delivered top quality and the client is very satisfied with the performance of you and your team
• You plan and organise your activities before you allow your team to start spending hours. You understand the dependencies of the engineering activities within the M&P discipline, but also the dependencies between M&P and the other disciplines. You have a ‘one time right’ mentality
• Have an appreciation with the main M&P design packages including, AutoCAD, Plant3D, E3D, Caesar II
• You delegate to your team, but at the same time you know exactly what is going on in your M&P discipline, and intervene if required
• You implement a solid change control procedure for your team, and you can convince the client of the budget and planning consequences of changes
• You can lead and motivate your team so that they achieve the targets, also in case of setbacks
• You are able to chair design review meetings
• You have pleasure in teaching and coaching the young generation M&P engineers and designers

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