Mechanical Design Coordinator – Hybrid, Gas Infra Projects

National Gas Transmission PLC; Peterborough; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 66,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company car

Pension 12%

Annual bonus 6%

Salary sacrifice car

Life assurance

Job summary

National Gas is seeking a Mechanical Design Coordinator to lead design coordination across a major RIIO-T3 investment programme. You’ll shape technical solutions from concept through construction, commissioning and handover, ensuring safety, buildability, and compliance.

You will coordinate multidisciplinary teams, review drawings and documents, manage engineering changes, and provide technical assurance across capital projects.

Qualifications

• Degree in mechanical engineering or equivalent.
• Experience in mechanical design or design coordination within gas, pipelines, utilities, energy, petrochemical, or process industries.
• Experience with gas transmission or major process infrastructure.
• Experience coordinating multidisciplinary designs and external design organisations.
• Strong understanding of CDM, process safety, technical assurance, and engineering risk management.
• Experience engineering change control and reviewing technical documentation.
• Experience supporting projects across design, construction, commissioning, and handover.
• Full UK driving licence.
• Experience of transmission pipelines, Above Ground Installations, or Pressure Reduction Installations.
• Knowledge of HAZID, HAZOP, FPSA, or similar process safety assessments.
• Knowledge of Principal Designer responsibilities under CDM Regulations.
• Experience with G/35 engineering change processes.
• Knowledge of sustainable engineering, carbon reduction, and Net Zero principles.

Responsibilities

• Lead mechanical design coordination and provide technical guidance and assurance throughout the project lifecycle.
• Coordinate consultants, contractors, and multidisciplinary teams to deliver designs against project milestones.
• Review and challenge engineering designs, drawings, P&IDs, specifications, calculations, and technical documentation.
• Lead design, constructability, and technical assurance reviews to ensure solutions are safe, buildable, operable, and compliant.
• Manage engineering changes, technical queries, deviations, and design modifications through governance processes.
• Coordinate CDM design requirements, engineering risk management, and process safety assessments.
• Support projects through procurement, construction, commissioning, handover, and close-out.

Skills

Mechanical design

Design coordination

CDM knowledge

Process safety

Risk management

Engineering change control

Documentation review

Stakeholder management

Driving licence

G/35 changes

Education

Degree in mechanical engineering

Job description

National Gas is seeking a Mechanical Design Coordinator to lead design coordination across a major RIIO-T3 investment programme. You’ll shape technical solutions from concept through construction, commissioning and handover, ensuring safety, buildability, and compliance.

You will coordinate multidisciplinary teams, review drawings and documents, manage engineering changes, and provide technical assurance across capital projects.