Senior Layout & Piping Design Lead

Hart Process Services Ltd; Stockport; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Hart Process Services Ltd in Manchester is seeking a Layout & Piping Manager to lead the layout and piping team across live projects. You will provide technical and operational oversight for a team of senior and principal designers, ensuring high-quality output and on-time delivery.

Based in Heaton Mersey with some site commitment, the role requires a proven track record in plant layout and piping design, experience with AutoCAD 3D (preferably Plant 3D), and strong leadership across multi-site

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years experience and proven record of achievement in layout and piping design.
• Minimum 2 years piping team supervision experience.
• Design Authority and technical lead experience.
• Track record of successful multi-disciplinary project delivery in HPS key business fields.
• 5+ years of experience in using AutoCAD Plant 3D.
• Experience within Pharmaceutical, chemical and Life Science Engineering Industries.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of up to eight principal/senior piping designers and one junior designer.
• Support proposals/manhour estimating (layout and piping) and early client engagement.
• Perform an active role in layout and piping design and checking.
• Management responsibility for the Layout and Piping Engineering department.
• Overseeing engineering deliverables and quality; review technical output prior to submission.
• Lead design reviews with clients to ensure client alignment and satisfaction.
• Ensure all designs meet appropriate design codes and client specific standards.
• Weekly tracking of progress and deliverables against budgets and programme.
• Run weekly layout and piping team meetings.
• Annual appraisals of staff designers and identification of training requirements.
• Engagement with Project Management to align project requirements.
• Engagement with other engineering disciplines to reflect EC&I requirements in design.
• Feed into Projects Directors in weekly resource planning.

Skills

AutoCAD 3D

AutoCAD Plant 3D

Team leadership

Budget management

Project management

Piping design

Client engagement

Education

HNC in mechanical engineering

Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering

MIMechE membership

Tools

Navisworks

Job description

Hart Process Services Ltd in Manchester is seeking a Layout & Piping Manager to lead the layout and piping team across live projects. You will provide technical and operational oversight for a team of senior and principal designers, ensuring high-quality output and on-time delivery.

Based in Heaton Mersey with some site commitment, the role requires a proven track record in plant layout and piping design, experience with AutoCAD 3D (preferably Plant 3D), and strong leadership across multi-site