Piping Engineer - Completion Lead

Piping Engineer - Completion Lead

• Location: Bristol, England (Hybrid / Site-Based Support)
• Type: Full-time
• Security Clearance: UK Background Check / Vetting Required

About the Client:

Our client is an international leader in engineering, program management, and technical services, employing over 8,000 professionals across the UK. Operating extensively across the energy, defense, and nuclear sectors, they provide high-integrity technical support and site execution capabilities for flagship UK infrastructure projects.

Role Overview:

The Piping Engineer - Completion Lead delivers Mechanical & Piping Construction Work Packs to support the site execution phase for the MEH (Mechanical, Electrical, and HVAC) Alliance at Hinkley Point C. Reporting to the Piping Construction Engineering Manager, this role provides operational leadership to a matrixed team, driving pressure testing and completion activities to unblock technical issues for site installation teams under tight schedule requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Work Pack Delivery: Oversee the delivery of Mechanical & Piping Construction Work Packs to ensure continuity of site installation activities.
• Completions & Pressure Testing: Lead field engineering activities focused on pressure testing, system completion, and handover documentation.
• Site Decision-Making: Exercise delegated technical authority on-site within defined boundaries to resolve technical queries (TQs) swiftly and prevent site downtime.
• Matrix Team Leadership: Provide operational management and guidance across a matrixed team of engineers, fostering empowerment and cross-discipline collaboration.
• Inter-Discipline Integration: Partner closely with Contract Engineering Leads and counterpart discipline leads (Electrical, HVAC) to align engineering sequences and maintain schedule integration.

Candidate Requirements:

• Experience & Discipline: Proven experience in a similar piping completion, pressure testing, or construction field engineering role within heavy civil, energy, or industrial sectors.
• Site Execution: Demonstrated track record of delivering high-integrity engineering safely, to budget, and on schedule within a fast-paced environment.
• Leadership & Influence: Strong interpersonal and matrix management skills, with the ability to influence diverse stakeholders and empower engineering teams.
• Commercial Awareness: Practical understanding of contractual, commercial, and risk management mechanisms on major projects.
• Approach: Meticulous attention to detail with an autonomous, safety-first mindset.

Benefits:

• Free single medical cover and access to a digital GP service
• Family-friendly benefits, including enhanced parental leave support
• Employee assistance and parental programmes
• Support for relevant professional development and professional memberships
• Paid volunteering time, charitable donations and matched-funding opportunities
• Supportive, inclusive and collaborative working culture

If you are an experienced Piping Engineer with completion and pressure testing expertise and are ready to contribute to a major nuclear construction programme, apply now to join our client's professional engineering team.