Lead Mechanical Engineer

This is an opportunity for a Lead Mechanical Engineer to join a Joint Venture Project Management Team during the pre-FEED of a $ multibillion project. Acting on behalf of the JV, the role provides technical input to ensure the facilities scope is specified safely, operably, and cost-effectively. The Lead Mechanical Engineer collaborates across disciplines and communicates key concepts to both project management and the contractor, with a pre-FEED focus on capital cost optimisation, risk management, and efficient execution.

Candidates must have demonstrable experience, in a lead capacity, of static equipment across pressure vessels, columns, towers, reactors and internals, including high-alloy, high-pressure / heavy-wall equipment, heat exchangers, large-bore / high-alloy process & utility piping, storage tanks / vessels and cryogenic cold boxes, with working awareness of equipment used in downstream refining / chemicals e.g. hydro-processing, sour gas treatment, ethylene cracking, utilities / offsites and large scale modular execution strategies.

Key responsibilities include:

Mechanical engineering leadership and risk-informed decision support
Steering contractor value improvement and capital efficiency
Recommending design alternative studies
Assessing and qualifying new technology / equipment with shareholder support
Owning discipline engineering standards and contributing to philosophies / procedures / specifications
Supporting FEED / EPC scope and bid evaluations
Participating in JV reviews and action closure
Aligning engineering / procurement needs across teams
Developing and executing engineering surveillance and equipment criticality
Prioritising critical work and securing review support
Progressing qualification as a JV Risk Screener.This role is Inside IR35. The rates advertised are PAYE. The successful candidate could work on an Umbrella basis if preferred
Only candidates based in UK and eligible to work in UK are allowed