Lead Engineer Specialist, Plant Engineering

valmet; Chennai District; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 5,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Valmet in Chennai, India seeks a Lead Engineer Specialist, Plant Engineering for the Pulp, Energy & Circularity Business Area. Based in Chennai, India, you will lead engineering activities across layout, piping, equipment, and detailed design for projects, coordinating with team and stakeholders.

You will interface with COMOS, MFile and other tools, supervise Lead Engineers/ Designers, ensure quality deliverables and schedules, and apply 15–20 years of mechanical engineering experience to drive

Qualifications

• Mechanical engineering degree with strong fundamentals.
• 15-20 years of experience in plant engineering and design.
• Knowledge of ASME/EN codes and strength calculations.
• Experience leading teams of engineers and designers.
• Proficient in interface with engineering tools and platforms.

Responsibilities

• Develop and carry out engineering for plant engineering incl. layout, equipment, duct, piping, support engineering and detailed design.
• Model boiler and evaporator areas, considering operation, maintenance, access and load data.
• Interface with COMOS, MFiles and similar tools.
• Coordinate inputs with agencies and maintain project schedules.
• Deliver high-quality results and lead engineers/designers.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

COMOS

MFiles

AutoCAD

E3D

Navis

Caesar II

Rohr II

SolidWorks

PV Elite

LICAD

Job description

Lead Engineer Specialist, Plant Engineering for Pulp, Energy & Circularity Business Area (based in Chennai, India)

Are you the enthusiastic, self-driven and result-oriented professional who wants to move our customer's performance forward by "Leading the way"?

We are looking for "Lead Engineer Specialist, Plant Engineering" to be based in Chennai, India. This position reports to "Manager, Engineering, India". In this position you will have an opportunity to carry out all engineering activities associated with Plant Engineering for all kinds of projects and carry out Plant design modeling wherever required and to play a lead engineer role if nominated in coordinating, directing and carrying out all activities of engineering.

In this position, you will be required to ,

• Develop and carry out engineering for plant engineering including layout, equipment, duct, piping, support engineering, detailed design and associated engineering calculations.
• To carry out basic modeling of Boiler & evaporator area consisting of various equipment, platforms, structures and other items considering various aspects such as operation, maintenance, access requirements, load data for structures, general arrangement drawings etc.
• To interface with COMOS, MFile etc.
• To coordinate with all agencies for receipt of inputs and maintain schedule.
• To provide deliverables meeting the quality requirements.
• Managing and development of the reporting Lead Engineers/Engineers/Designers.

To succeed in this role, you will need :

• Mechanical Engineering Graduate with 15 - 20 years of Experience
• Plant Layout, Concept, Basic and Detail engineering of Boiler & Evaporator area.
• Detail engineering knowledge of Equipment, Piping, Ducting along with experience in support engineering
• Good Knowledge of ASME and EN codes, strength calculation.
• Good Knowledge of flexibility analysis.
• Leading the team of Lead Engineers/Engineers / Designers.
• Coordinating with Shop, Site, Customer and other Engineering units.
• Exposure on software COMOS, M files, AutoCAD, E3D, Navis, Caesar II, Rohr II, Solid works, PV Elite LICAD etc.
• Effective written and oral communication skills in English.

We offer :

We offer you a rewarding position in a global industry, leader in pulp, paper and energy industries with the possibility to grow professionally.

Valmet is a leading global developer and supplier of process technologies, automation and services for the pulp, paper and energy industries. With our automation systems and flow control solutions we serve an even wider base of process industries. We aim to become the global champion in serving our customers. Our more than 19,000 professionals work close to our customers and are committed to improving our customers' performance - every day. The company has over 220 years of industrial history and a strong track record in continuous improvement and renewal. Valmet's net sales in 2025 were approximately EUR 5.1 billion. Valmet's shares are listed on the Nasdaq Helsinki, and the head office is in Espoo, Finland.

Join the team! www.valmet.com/careers