Piping Engineer - Completion Lead

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

Piping Engineer - Completion Lead

• Location: Bristol, England (Hybrid / Site-Based Support)

• Type: Full-time

• Security Clearance: UK Background Check / Vetting Required

About the Client:

Our client is an international leader in engineering, program management, and technical services, employing over 8,000 professionals across the UK. Operating extensively across the energy, defense, and nuclear sectors, they provide high-integrity technical support and site execution capabilities for flagship UK infrastructure projects.

Role Overview:

The Piping Engineer - Completion Lead delivers Mechanical & Piping Construction Work Packs to support the site execution phase for the MEH (Mechanical, Electrical, and HVAC) Alliance at Hinkley Point C. Reporting to the Piping Construction Engineering Manager, this role provides operational leadership to a matrixed team, driving pressure testing and completion activities to unblock technical issues for site installation teams under tight schedule requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Work Pack Delivery: Oversee the delivery of Mechanical & Piping Construction Work Packs to ensure continuity of site installation activities.

• Completions & Pressure Testing: Lead field engineering activities focused on pressure testing, system completion, and handover documentation.

• Site Decision-Making: Exercise delegated technical authority on-site within defined boundaries to resolve technical queries (TQs) swiftly and prevent site downtime.

• Matrix Team Leadership: Provide operational management and guidance across a matrixed team of engineers, fostering empowerment and cross-discipline collaboration.

• Inter-Discipline Integration: Partner closely with Contract Engineering Leads and counterpart discipline leads (Electrical, HVAC) to align engineering sequences and maintain schedule integration.

Candidate Requirements:

• Experience & Discipline: Proven experience in a similar piping completion, pressure testing, or construction field engineering role within heavy civil, energy, or industrial sectors.

• Site Execution: Demonstrated track record of delivering high-integrity engineering safely, to budget, and on schedule within a fast-paced environment.

• Leadership & Influence: Strong interpersonal and matrix management skills, with the ability to influence diverse stakeholders and empower engineering teams.

• Commercial Awareness: Practical understanding of contractual, commercial, and risk management mechanisms on major projects.

• Approach: Meticulous attention to detail with an autonomous, safety-first mindset.

Benefits:

• Free single medical cover and access to a digital GP service
• Family-friendly benefits, including enhanced parental leave support
• Employee assistance and parental programmes
• Support for relevant professional development and professional memberships
• Paid volunteering time, charitable donations and matched-funding opportunities
• Supportive, inclusive and collaborative working culture

If you are an experienced Piping Engineer with completion and pressure testing expertise and are ready to contribute to a major nuclear construction programme, to join our client's professional engineering team.