Lead Construction Engineer - Piping

2026-09-21T00:00:00

Redcar

North Yorkshire

GB

TS10 1

Any

2026-12-20T11:05:40.99

Wood is currently recruiting for a Piping Lead (Discipline Construction Lead) on a 12 contract basis. The role will be based on Teesside at the project site office at Redcar. If required, you will be expected to conduct occasional travel to EPC contractor's design offices in Paris and potential EPC Contractor facilities in the UK and overseas. It will be a full-time site-based role with Mon-Fri site working pattern overseeing all construction areas on the project. Limited but regular overtime may be required in keeping with EPC working patterns, which may change through the life of the project.#LI-Onsite

The Role

As the Piping Lead, you will be responsible for overseeing all piping construction activities executed by the EPC and PCC Contractors. This includes, but is not limited to:

Health and Safety

Industrial Relations

Quality

Constructability

Readiness

Erection, setting, welding, punching, testing and pre-commissioning of piping systems

Turnover through to Mechanical Completion and Client Handover

Piping cleanliness, preservation, and readiness for commissioning

Leadership of client standards for "build it tight" and "build it clean"

Coordination with EPC Discipline Piping Leads for all piping scope

Coordination with EPC off-site fabrication, NDE, and painting providers as required

Coordination with Equipment Leads for hook-up to rotating and static equipment

Coordination with SIP Lead for scaffolding, painting and insulation requirements

Coordinate with Pre-Commissioning and Commissioning Leads as part of a systemised completion and handover

Coordinating with HSE Leads for ensuring lifting, testing and pressurising is assessed, planned, and conducted ensuring suitable plant and methodology are in place with appropriate exclusion and access controls.

Ensuring compliance with client specifications, project specifications, safety standards, and quality requirements

Ensuring EPC reporting is compliant and reflects the status of the work

The role will involve close coordination with EPC engineering teams, site contractors, and off-site providers to deliver and erect fabricated pipework and supports through installation, turnover, testing, mechanical completion, and handover. You will be based on Teesside at the project site office at Redcar. If required, you will be expected to conduct occasional travel to EPC Contractor's design offices in Paris and potential fabrication facilities in the UK and overseas. It will be a full-time site-based role with Mon-Fri site working pattern overseeing all construction areas on the project. Limited but regular overtime may be required in keeping with EPC working patterns, which may change through the life of the project.

Our Clients and Projects

Designing the future. Transforming the world.

Wood's Projects business unit specialises in delivering predictable and consistent results in high complexity projects that include new technology, challenging construction logistics and, or sheer scale. Just like the nature and expansiveness of our sectors, so is our Projects business, in its solutions, abilities and global track record. Across any major capital project lifecycle, we provide a full suite of solutions from programme and project management, to engineering and design, procurement, construction and project delivery. #J-18808-Ljbffr

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Wood is currently recruiting for a Piping Lead (Discipline Construction Lead) on a 12 contract basis. The role will be based on Teesside at the project site office at Redcar. If required, you will be expected to conduct occasional travel to EPC contractor's design offices in Paris and potential EPC Contractor facilities in the UK and overseas.It will be a full-time site-based role with Mon-Fri site working pattern overseeing all construction areas on the project. Limited but regular overtime may be required in keeping with EPC working patterns, which may change through the life of the project.#LI-OnsiteThe RoleAs the Piping Lead, you will be responsible for overseeing all piping construction activities executed by the EPC and PCC Contractors. This includes, but is not limited to:Health and SafetyIndustrial RelationsQualityConstructabilityReadinessErection, setting, welding, punching, testing and pre-commissioning of piping systemsTurnover through to Mechanical Completion and Client
HandoverPiping cleanliness, preservation, and readiness for commissioningLeadership of client standards for "build it tight" and "build it clean"Coordination with EPC Discipline Piping Leads for all piping scopeCoordination with EPC off-site fabrication, NDE, and painting providers as requiredCoordination with Equipment Leads for hook-up to rotating and static equipmentCoordination with SIP Lead for scaffolding, painting and insulation requirementsCoordinate with Pre-Commissioning and Commissioning Leads as part of a systemised completion and handoverCoordinating with HSE Leads for ensuring lifting, testing and pressurising is assessed, planned, and conducted ensuring suitable plant and methodology are in place with appropriate exclusion and access controls.Ensuring compliance with client specifications, project specifications, safety standards, and quality requirementsEnsuring EPC reporting is compliant and reflects the status of the workThe role will involve close coordination with EPC
engineering teams, site contractors, and off-site providers to deliver and erect fabricated pipework and supports through installation, turnover, testing, mechanical completion, and handover.You will be based on Teesside at the project site office at Redcar. If required, you will be expected to conduct occasional travel to EPC Contractor's design offices in Paris and potential fabrication facilities in the UK and overseas.It will be a full-time site-based role with Mon-Fri site working pattern overseeing all construction areas on the project. Limited but regular overtime may be required in keeping with EPC working patterns, which may change through the life of the project.Our Clients and ProjectsDesigning the future. Transforming the world.Wood's Projects business unit specialises in delivering predictable and consistent results in high complexity projects that include new technology, challenging construction logistics and, or sheer scale. Just like the nature and expansiveness of our
sectors, so is our Projects business, in its solutions, abilities and global track record. Across any major capital project lifecycle, we provide a full suite of solutions from programme and project management, to engineering and design, procurement, construction and project delivery. #J-18808-Ljbffr

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