Lead Plant Engineer – Global Multidisciplinary Design

IHC Mining B.V.; Kinderdijk; On-site; EUR 50,000 - 74,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Profit-sharing scheme

Home office allowance

Travel allowance

Pension plan

Training budget & IHC Academy

Gym access

Job summary

IHC Mining is seeking a Lead Plant Engineer in the Netherlands to translate process requirements into integrated, safe, and reliable plant designs. You will collaborate with process, piping, structural and electrical engineers to deliver practical layouts and robust engineering solutions.

Responsibilities include translating PFDs to plant configurations, developing piping concepts, coordinating disciplines, and participating in design reviews and commissioning support.

Qualifications

• Higher professional education (BSc) or university degree (MSc) in Mechanical Engineering or related discipline.
• Proven experience in industrial plant engineering, process installations or heavy industrial projects.
• Sound understanding of process design principles and relationship between PFDs, P&IDs and physical layouts.
• Experience with equipment arrangement, piping routing and multidisciplinary plant design.

Responsibilities

• Translate PFDs into practical plant configurations and equipment layouts.
• Support development and review of P&IDs.
• Define plant layouts, equipment positioning and maintainability concepts.
• Develop piping routing concepts and coordinate interfaces with process and mechanical systems.
• Coordinate electrical routing with Electrical Engineers.
• Support structural engineering by defining loads and supports.
• Prepare design philosophies, equipment specs, layout drawings and interface docs.
• Ensure integration between process, mechanical, piping, structural and electrical disciplines.
• Participate in design reviews, HAZOPs and multidisciplinary workshops.
• Support commissioning and FAT/SAT activities and technical validation.

Skills

Industrial plant engineering

Process design principles

3D plant design tools

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Education

BSc or MSc in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

AVEVA E3D

PDMS

Plant 3D

Job description

IHC Mining is seeking a Lead Plant Engineer in the Netherlands to translate process requirements into integrated, safe, and reliable plant designs. You will collaborate with process, piping, structural and electrical engineers to deliver practical layouts and robust engineering solutions.

Responsibilities include translating PFDs to plant configurations, developing piping concepts, coordinating disciplines, and participating in design reviews and commissioning support.