Mechanical Project Engineer

Company: Altrad UK, Ireland & Nordics
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Location: Huddersfield
Job Description:

Mechanical Project Engineer – Huddersfield

Altrad are currently looking for an Mechanical Project Engineer to join our team at Syngenta in HUddersfield.

Key Deliverables

  • Prepare overall project scope, costs and schedules
  • Support project manager with development of the project programme
  • Contribute to process risk assessments (PRAs)
  • Liaise with construction teams to gather information – scope, estimates, methods of working, constructability, change
  • Coordinate the design process and team(s) activities, and ensure input from stakeholders – customers, operations, constructors, subcontractors, suppliers, maintenance
  • Facilitate a team of multi-discipline designers and engineers in the development of a fully detailed and approved detail design, ensuring all required aspects are considered (standards, directives, specifications and processes)
  • Manage the procurement and expedition of equipment and materials, including the review and technical approval of specifications, purchase requisitions, acceptance criteria, supplier documentation and validation of performance
  • Liaise with planning dept to provide accurate resource and schedule information
  • Facilitate technical and project reviews and approvals
  • Manage the production, issuing and control of project documentation deliverables, including final documentation packs
  • Support the construction and commissioning phases of the project
  • Manage the technical query process
  • Define the commissioning and training (operation and maintenance) procedures
  • Review critical spares requirements and manage initial stores inventory
  • Take responsibility of the project(s) hand over and completion
  • Collate, manage and report key indicator data – programme, cost, change, quality
  • HSEQ engagement (audit, TBT, etc)

Key Requirements / Qualifications

  • Required:
    • Degree / HND or equivalent in a Mechanical Engineering discipline
    • HSEQ qualification (i.e. IOSH)
  • Preferable:
    • Level 4 Project Control / Management Qualification
    • CompEx – ExF (foundation) or Ex11 (Mechanical) or Ex12 (Application Design Engineers)
    • Pressure Directive (PED) awareness / conformance
    • CDM regulations

Experience & Knowledge

  • 5 years recent experienced in an equivalent role
  • Industrial sector Engineering
  • COMAH Tier 1 Process Manufacturing Environment
  • Maintenance, shutdown / outage, project, OPEX & CAPEX
  • Functional Safety
  • ATEX directive
  • Pressure equipment directive
  • CDM
  • Project delivery lifecycle and processes
  • Engineering design process
  • Document control process
  • Procurement & expediting processes
  • All major Engineering disciplines – mechanical, structural, piping, EC&I, civil, process, etc
  • Equipment, material and method specification
  • Industrial plant construction, installation, maintenance and modification processes
  • Verification processes – pre-commissioning, commissioning, hand-over
  • Commercial processes – estimating, budget, programme
  • Strong PC skills – MS Office, drafting tools, document databases, specialist Engineering design tools
  • Risk management
  • Budget management
  • Team leadership and management
  • Reporting and presenting
  • Planning and scheduling
  • Strong presentation skills

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Posted: July 7th, 2026