Principal Mechanical Package Engineer

Wood; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A global leader in consulting and engineering seeks a Principal/Senior Mechanical Package Engineer in the UK. This role demands significant experience in the Oil, Gas, or Petrochemical industries. Candidates must be degree qualified and have strong technical competence to improve plant efficiency while ensuring safety standards. The ideal candidate will possess excellent communication skills and a proactive approach to problem-solving in operational contexts.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in operating site support and EPC roles.
• Experience working closely with clients and vendors.
• Relevant experience in operational and maintenance engineering preferred.

Responsibilities

• Executing assigned scopes of work.
• Supporting and supervising task delegation to team.
• Providing discipline expertise to the business.
• Maintaining own competence and pursuing continuous professional development.
• Highlighting areas of production risk due to equipment vulnerability.

Skills

Experience in Oil, Gas, and/or Petrochemical

Technical competence in mechanical engineering

Ability to work on own initiative

Good written and verbal communication skills

Education

Degree qualified

Chartered Engineer status preferred

Job description

Overview

Wood is currently recruiting for Principal/Senior Mechanical Package Engineer with significant experience in the Oil, Gas and/or Petrochemical industries in both operating site support and EPC roles. Candidates shall have experience of working closely with clients and vendors. The role is to work directly with our client and take the lead on assessing static equipment and piping to improve plant efficiency and reliability. In addition, as required, day to day support to the operational asset and general mechanical engineering support and expertise, while ensuring all activities are carried in a safe manner to legislative and client standards.

Responsibilities

• Executing assigned scopes of work.
• Supporting and supervising task delegation to team.
• Providing discipline expertise to the business.
• Technically competent in own discipline and actively maintains own competence according to standards and pursues continuous professional development.
• Provide discipline support to the business.
• Ensure self-awareness of relevant regulatory framework, legislation changes, initiatives and industry technology developments and promote to direct reports.
• Provide discipline input to scope definition and execution.
• Relevant experience in operational and maintenance engineering is preferred.
• Ability to work on own initiative and highlight areas of production risk due to equipment vulnerability.
• Supporting and supervising tasks delegated to direct reports.
• Executing assigned personal objectives.
• Self-motivated and pro-active with good written and verbal communication skills to be able to pass on information.

Qualifications

Candidate shall be degree qualified and Chartered Engineer status is preferred.

About Us

Wood is a global leader in consulting and engineering, helping to unlock solutions to critical challenges in energy and materials markets. We provide consulting, projects and operations solutions in 60 countries, employing around 35,000 people. www.woodplc.com

Diversity Statement

We are an equal opportunity employer that recognises the value of a diverse workforce. All suitably qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective criteria and without regard to the following (which is a non-exhaustive list): race, colour, age, religion, gender, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or other characteristics in accordance with the relevant governing laws.

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Management and Manufacturing

Industries

• Professional Services