Mechanical Design Lead – Gas Infrastructure Projects

National Gas; Peterborough; Hybrid; GBP 56,000 - 66,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension up to 12%

Annual bonus up to 6%

Company car

Salary sacrifice car scheme

26 days holiday

Life assurance

Income protection

Flexible benefits

Wellbeing support

Professional development

Job summary

National Gas is seeking a Mechanical Design Coordinator to shape mechanical engineering solutions for a major capital investment in our gas transmission network. You will provide technical leadership across capital projects, coordinating design from concept through construction, commissioning, and close-out to deliver safe, compliant, and future-ready solutions.

With RIIO-T3 driving project scale, you will align design teams, contractors, and design partners while managing engineering risk and

Qualifications

• Degree in mechanical engineering or equivalent.
• Significant mechanical design or design coordination experience in gas, pipelines, utilities, energy, petrochemical, or process industries.
• Experience in gas transmission or comparable major process infrastructure.
• Experience coordinating multidisciplinary design, external design organisations, and contractors.
• Strong understanding of CDM, process safety, technical assurance, and engineering risk management.
• Experience engineering change control and reviewing technical engineering documentation.
• Experience supporting projects across design, construction, commissioning, and handover.
• Full UK driving licence.

Responsibilities

• Lead mechanical design coordination across 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 coordination

Leadership

Project coordination

Engineering risk management

CDM knowledge

Driving licence

Education

Degree in mechanical engineering

Job description

National Gas is seeking a Mechanical Design Coordinator to shape mechanical engineering solutions for a major capital investment in our gas transmission network. You will provide technical leadership across capital projects, coordinating design from concept through construction, commissioning, and close-out to deliver safe, compliant, and future-ready solutions.

With RIIO-T3 driving project scale, you will align design teams, contractors, and design partners while managing engineering risk and