Piping Completion Lead — Nuclear Project (Hybrid UK)

Matchtech Group; West of England; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free medical cover

Digital GP service

Parental leave

Employee assistance

Professional development

Volunteering time

Matched funding

Job summary

Matchtech Group seeks a Piping Engineer - Completion Lead to support the MEH Alliance at a major UK nuclear project. Based in Bristol, the role is hybrid with site-based support and requires a UK background check.

The successful candidate will lead the delivery of piping construction work packs, drive pressure testing, and supervise a matrixed engineering team to keep the program on schedule while ensuring safety and quality on site.

Qualifications

• Proven piping completion, pressure testing, or field engineering experience in heavy civil, energy, or industrial sectors.
• Experience delivering high-integrity engineering safely, to budget, and on schedule.
• Strong interpersonal and matrix-management skills to influence stakeholders.
• Understanding of contractual, commercial, and risk management mechanisms on major projects.
• Detail-oriented with a safety-first mindset.

Responsibilities

• Oversee delivery of Mechanical & Piping Work Packs to ensure continuity of site activities.
• Lead field engineering activities focusing on pressure testing, system completion, and handover docs.
• Exercise technical authority on-site within defined boundaries to resolve TQs quickly.
• Provide operational leadership across a matrixed team of engineers.
• Collaborate with Contract Engineering Leads and discipline leads to maintain schedule integration.

Skills

Experience & Discipline

Site Execution

Leadership & Influence

Commercial Awareness

Approach

Job description

Matchtech Group seeks a Piping Engineer - Completion Lead to support the MEH Alliance at a major UK nuclear project. Based in Bristol, the role is hybrid with site-based support and requires a UK background check.

The successful candidate will lead the delivery of piping construction work packs, drive pressure testing, and supervise a matrixed engineering team to keep the program on schedule while ensuring safety and quality on site.