Senior Mechanical Engineer (Piping) -UK in Woking

Location: Woking; Surrey, UK - 12-16 month Fixed Term Contract

Salary: Competitive, Circa £85k depending on experience + Flexible Benefits Fund (£1,175)

Applicants must have the right to live and work in the UK. The primary location is Woking, Surrey, you may be required to work in Al Khafji, KSA.

About Penspen: Penspen is a leading global energy services company, delivering asset integrity, engineering, and consultancy services to the oil, gas, hydrogen, and energy infrastructure sectors. With over 70 years of experience, we help our clients design, maintain, and operate safe, reliable, and efficient assets across the world.

Exciting times are ahead at Penspen as we continue to grow our EPM Service Line based in Woking, Surrey. We’re expanding our talented KJO Team and are now seeking a dynamic and experienced Senior Mechanical / Piping Engineer to join us. If you’re passionate about engineering excellence, safety, and long-term career — we’d love to hear from you.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree minimum in Mechanical Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Minimum 12 years of experience in the oil and gas field.
• Ideally 6 years minimum in a consulting background within the field of Process Engineering for major Oil & Gas projects.
• Chartered Engineer status, or demonstrable that working towards.
• Construction and site-based experience an added advantage.
• Performance of pipe stress analysis an added advantage.

Personal Competencies:

• Report writing skills.
• Must possess strong interpersonal skills to be able to coordinate in a multi-disciplinary environment.
• Be able to motivate and provide technical guidance to a team of engineers.
• Ability to communicate with key internal and external stakeholders.
• Knowledge of site-based work including construction, inspection, and testing.

Main Purpose of the role:

• Communicate closely with other disciplines to ensure all piping requirements are addressed in the design, layout, fabrication, construction, and commissioning phases of a project's lifecycle.
• Provide value adding knowledge and discipline leadership to design development and reviews, taking into consideration layout restrictions, ergonomics, safety, operational, and maintainability requirements.
• Generating, checking, and approving calculations and analysis against design codes, regulatory requirements, and best practices.
• Provide discipline specific input into the review of construction related documentation.
• Be the Piping Subject Matter Expert (SME) / Lead when assigned to the role on projects.
• Direct planning and progress reporting and maintaining project plan, recognising changes from Client Scope of Requirements / Project Scope of Work.

Responsibilities:

• Assist the Head of Department in the management of the department workload.
• Participate in the Company’s mentoring program to assist and mentor younger, less experienced engineers.
• To execute work in compliance with project requirements and the Company’s quality system.
• Capability of working within own discipline independently, with minimum supervision.
• To review the project execution schedule and develop detailed schedules for piping design activities.
• Production of documents including calculations, reports, studies, specifications and datasheets.
• Review of drawings, including P&IDs, plot plans, general arrangements, isometrics, support layouts, etc.
• Supervision of CAD activities, including preparing SoW / requirements and providing technical support through the project lifecycle.
• Procurement support for technical requisitions, technical bid evaluations, vendor data review, material and equipment inspections, etc.
• Prepare man hour estimations for tenders specific to discipline elements.
• Assist with tender packages including BOQ, tender documents, scope of work etc.
• Site visits, survey, and the preparation of site visit reports.

Knowledge / Experience (Skills):

• Engineering design knowledge of piping systems in various facilities.
• Understanding of other technical disciplines deliverables and interfaces on a project.
• Experience in producing deliverables across the lifecycle of a piping project.
• Experience in both greenfield and brownfield projects.
• Capable of producing key piping deliverables.
• Capable of performing site surveys and developing functioning solutions for brownfield piping modifications.
• Familiar with piping materials and valves, including material selection, fluid systems and corrosion.
• Competent in performing static pipe stress analysis.
• Experienced in contributing to and/or leading layout related tasks.
• Capable of reviewing piping drawing documentation.
• Familiarity with international engineering codes, standards, and regulations related to discipline.
• Experience in pipelines and/or static pressure equipment engineering an added advantage.

Software Knowledge:

• Pipe Stress Analysis (Hexagon Caesar II and/or Bentley AutoPIPE).
• CAD Design Software (Autodesk AutoCAD, AutoCAD Plant3D, etc.).
• 3D Model Review Software (Navisworks, etc.).
• PTC MathCAD.
• Microsoft Office.

If you have the skills and can work in Woking, Surrey full-time please click the link for full information and to apply.