Mechanical & Piping Senior Designer Dock

Job Description About Insite

InSite Technical Services Limited (InSite), part of Vulcain Engineering Group, is a UK-based engineering consultancy with an international footprint, delivering expert engineering design, project management, and technical support across a range of energy and industrial sectors.

With a strong track record in the oil refining, terminals, LNG, and renewables industries, InSite combines its specialist expertise with the scale, capability and global reach of the Vulcain group to help clients meet the challenges of the energy transition and deliver projects that support a more sustainable future.

Our team of experienced engineers and designers bring technical expertise and industry insight to every project, offering value, assurance, and innovative thinking from concept to execution. InSite specialises in conceptualising, designing, and supporting projects that have a lasting, positive impact on the world of tomorrow.

We are seeking a Mechanical & Piping Senior Designer to strengthen our growing engineering and design consultancy. This role is ideal for an experienced professional designer who brings deep technical expertise, particularly in Process Piping systems in both Brownfield and Greenfield environments and can provide disciplined leadership across a diverse portfolio of industrial and energy projects.

As a senior member of the team, you will lead key technical decisions, oversee complex piping design scopes, mentor junior members of the team, and represent the Mechanical and Piping discipline in high-impact client, contractor, and vendor engagements.

• Lead the production, review and approval of Piping design documents including Isometrics, Material Take-offs, Plot Plans, and Detailed Drawings using Aveva E3D, Plant3D, and Navisworks Manage.
• Provide input to project schedules, working closely with the project management team throughout the course of a project.
• Review incoming vendor information and client’s technical standards alongside our Mechanical Engineers.
• Support with defining scope, deliverables and resource requirements for piping design packages, providing accurate input to risk identification and change management.
• Represent the Mechanical and Piping discipline in client meetings and technical discussions, resolving complex design queries and coordinating with vendors and contractors to ensure technical integrity.
• Work closely with other engineering disciplines to deliver integrated, high-quality project solutions, providing checking of multi-disciplinary deliverables where required.
• Lead 3D 30%, 60% and 90% model reviews gathering input from client SME’s.
• Distribute work packages efficiently to more junior members of the project team.
• Mentor and develop engineers and apprentices, promoting a culture of engineering excellence, quality and continuous improvement across the team.

The successful applicant will lead technically challenging, high-impact projects while playing a key part in shaping and enhancing the capability of the Mechanical and Piping discipline.

If you are an experienced mechanical designer ready to step into a Senior-level role - or already operating at Senior level and seeking greater technical influence and responsibility - we would welcome your application.

• A minimum of a HNC in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent relevant industry experience.
• Experience delivering detailed piping design within industrial, energy or infrastructure sectors, with strong working knowledge ASME B31.3 Standards is preferred.
• Proven ability to lead project design scopes, coordinate multidisciplinary engineering activities and engage confidently with clients, vendors and senior stakeholders.
• Demonstrated experience guiding and mentoring junior and mid-level engineers, supporting their technical development.
• Experience interpreting and explaining Static and Rotating equipment drawings and design.

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