Lead Project Mechanical Engineer - up to £600 per day inside Ir35 - 12 months (extension highly likely) - Royston - Hybrid (3 days onsite) - one stage virtual interview - Sector: Green Technology

Yolk Recruitment are on the lookout for a Lead Project Mechanical Engineer to work with a global leader in green technology.

This is an exciting opportunity to work across capital projects from early concept and feasibility through to detailed design, build, commissioning, and handover receives the appropriate guidance and direction.

The role will set the deliverables and scope for projects by writing or contributing to Project Basis documents. Well defined CAPEX project scopes will be detailed by the Engineer by identifying risks and opportunities across the sites and through working with the production and maintenance teams to understanding emergent issues or opportunities for improvement.

Responsibilities:

• Accountable for the delivery performance of mechanical design and engineering of projects in complex and regulated industry
• Ensures effective technical coordination with EPCM, internal team and third-party representatives.
• Lead the internal and/or external problem-solving necessary to arrive at appropriate engineering decision.
• Lead dialogue with external parties including equipment vendors.
• Engaging with key functions including operations, quality, supply chain etc such that the design meets their expectations.
• Technical expert for mechanical discipline, providing mechanical engineering direction for major engineering projects and programmes.
• Input into key front end project deliverables such as concept selection & justification, basis of design and basis for estimate documents
• Support development of CAPEX project scopes to maintain the aging mechanical infrastructure on site.
• Identify the appropriate application of Industry engineering codes, standards, practices and design guides for CAPEX projects.

Core Skills:

• EPC Experience
• Design experience
• At least 5 years' experience as lead engineer in front end engineering and detail engineering
• Demonstrated experience in delivering a complex large engineering scope in a complex, multi-stakeholder brownfield site with continuously operated process facilities.
• Proven knowledge and experience of capital projects and operations within highly regulated and high hazard industries.
• Experience with recognised industry standards (e.g. PD 5500, BS EN 13121/13923 etc)

Desirable Skills:

• Membership of recognised engineering institution
• Owner experience in working with EPCM contractors.