Lead Mechanical & Piping Engineer

Lead Mechanical & Piping Engineer (Owner-side CAPEX Projects) 

Mission

You will take senior technical ownership of the Mechanical & Piping scope within multidisciplinary industrial CAPEX projects, from concept and basic engineering through execution, commissioning support, and mechanical completion. This is not a traditional Project Manager / administrative coordinator role: you act as the technical leader, set direction, challenge engineering partners, and ensure delivery of a safe, reliable, maintainable, and technically sound solution.

You will:

• Define and safeguard the technical basis (design philosophy, scope, battery limits) for M&P within brownfield process-industry projects.
• Lead and integrate engineering across disciplines (M&P focus; interfaces with process, civil, E&I, automation, safety, infrastructure).
• Organize design reviews and assess deliverables for safety, compliance, functionality, constructability, maintainability, and lifecycle value (TCO).
• Translate requirements into robust M&P concepts and ensure quality of layouts, P&IDs, equipment specifications, piping classes, routing, isometrics, and associated documentation.
• Direct and challenge EPCm partners, suppliers, and contractors on technical content, quality, schedule, and completeness of deliverables.
• Drive technical decision-making, ensure traceable assumptions/deviations, and manage technical risks and change impacts (scope/schedule/costs/continuity).
• Support technical packages (RFQs/tenders), bid evaluations, supplier selection, and technical clarifications.
• Follow-up (as applicable) fabrication, inspections, FAT/SAT, installation, punch lists, and close-out to mechanical completion.
• Support the Project Manager with clear technical recommendations and stakeholder reporting; contribute to standards and knowledge sharing.

Profile

You have:

• Master’s degree in a technical field (e.g., Electromechanics / Mechanical Engineering / Chemical Technology) or equivalent experience.
• 10+ years of Mechanical & Piping engineering experience on the client/owner side in process or heavy industry (EPCM experience is a plus but does not replace this requirement).
• 3+ years managing projects with EPCM contractors / providing technical direction to external engineering partners.
• Strong knowledge of relevant standards and good engineering practices (e.g., PED, ATEX, EN 13480).
• Ability to work with project controls (scope, schedule, cost, risk, change management).
• Fluency in Dutch and professional English.
• VCA-VOL (required) or willingness to obtain it before start.
• AutoCAD Plant 3D is an asset.

Offer

Werken bij Syngenia of voor haar partners betekent werken met je talent en expertise. Je krijgt de kans om te werken aan uitdagende projecten wereldwijd en klanten te adviseren op basis van je kennis. Samen met je collega’s krijg je de mogelijkheid om te investeren in je carrière. Daarnaast kan je rekenen op een uitgebreid salarispakket in functie van je kennis en ervaring. Versterk vandaag nog je wereldwijd engineeringnetwerk en word Syngenia-consultant!