Piping & Mechanical Department Head – Warrington

at  Risktec Solutions

Key skills required:

• Background in Heavy Engineering/Chemical/Petrochemical/Oil & Gas Industries preferred
• Rxperience in management of mechanical & piping design teams
• University degree in Mechanical Engineering (Chartered status preferred)
• English – written, spoken and technical
• Other languages beneficial but not essential
• Ability to convert data sheets or technical communications into Engineering Documents
• Experience or knowledge of pipework stress analysis
• Ability to read drawings from other Engineering disciplines
• Ability to design/work to International Standards and Codes of Practice
• Ability to Liaise/co-ordinate work with other disciplines
• Awareness of Quality Management System philosophy
• Demonstrated expertise in mechanical design, piping layout, stress analysis, and materials selection
• Experience (minimum 8-10 years) in mechanical and piping engineering within the EPCm, sector including oil & gas, chemical and petrochemical industries
• Proficiency in industry codes and standards, such as ASME, API, and ANSI
• Deep knowledge of AutoCAD, Plant 3D, PDMS (Aveva E3D)
• Sound knowledge of M&P engineering and design, whilst also having a sound knowledge of the other disciplines (Instrumentation, Civil / Structural, and Process)Experience of leading design verification processe

ROLE DESCRIPTION

The suitable person must be a graduate mechanical engineer (prefferably chartered) with a min 10 years experience managing design teams. The Piping & Mechanical Department Head must also be conversant with stress analysis (but does not need to be an expert), 2D/3D modelling (Autocad, plant 3D, E3D,), design verification processes and will be the approval authority for all piping and mechanical design packages.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Manage and lead the Mechanical & Piping Engineering Team
• Supervise and allocate work to engineers and designers
• Prepare scopes of work and estimates to support proposals
• Deliver the engineering design scope to budgets and programmes
• Co-ordinate/liaise with other Engineering disciplines/client/package vendors
• Design authority for all piping and mechanical design packages
• Prepare, check and/or approve design calculations, specifications, data sheets, reports, scope of work and drawings to British/International Standards and Codes of Practice
• Monitor work for compliance to applicable codes, accepted engineering practices and client standards
• Provide specialist design input to 3D models
• Prepare Technical Analysis of proposals provided by equipment manufacturers and contractors
• Interpret vendor and other discipline drawings/information
• Attend and participate in safety reviews, risk reviews, planning reviews, model reviews and constructability reviews
• Identify and raise scope changes
• Comply with Company Quality Manager SystemsOther professional duties as reasonably required

Key skills required:

• Background in Heavy Engineering/Chemical/Petrochemical/Oil & Gas Industries preferred
• Rxperience in management of mechanical & piping design teams
• University degree in Mechanical Engineering (Chartered status preferred)
• English – written, spoken and technical
• Other languages beneficial but not essential
• Ability to convert data sheets or technical communications into Engineering Documents
• Experience or knowledge of pipework stress analysis
• Ability to read drawings from other Engineering disciplines
• Ability to design/work to International Standards and Codes of Practice
• Ability to Liaise/co-ordinate work with other disciplines
• Awareness of Quality Management System philosophy
• Demonstrated expertise in mechanical design, piping layout, stress analysis, and materials selection
• Experience (minimum 8-10 years) in mechanical and piping engineering within the EPCm, sector including oil & gas, chemical and petrochemical industries
• Proficiency in industry codes and standards, such as ASME, API, and ANSI
• Deep knowledge of AutoCAD, Plant 3D, PDMS (Aveva E3D)

• Sound knowledge of M&P engineering and design, whilst also having a sound knowledge of the other disciplines (Instrumentation, Civil / Structural, and Process)Experience of leading design verification processes