Overview
Mechanical and Piping Superintendent- North- Nights – Stockton-on-Tees
Job Description
Due to a growing team the position of Mechanical and Piping Superintendent- Nights has become available to join a major Energy project based in Teesside. This role will be based at the North project site.
The Mechanical & Piping Superintendent- Nights will b e responsible to lead the safe, quality, and timely execution of all construction activities during nightshift within an existing Tunnel, ensuring progressive completion and adherence to project standards and procedures.
The nightshift scope includes:
- Overseeing the installation of a new 22″ CO2 pipeline within the confines of an existing tunnel with live assets.
- Ensuring safe working practices (incl. confined space procedures) are strictly followed.
- Overseeing NDT and coating activities.
Providing close coordination with the onsite Contractors and providing Safety and Quality leadership. The M&P Superintendent will be responsible for overseeing and co-ordination of the onsite Contractors tasked with executing the associated construction scopes. Reporting to the M&P Construction Lead and in close coordination with the Area lead and responsible Package Manager.
This role is based full time on site in Teesside.
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Responsibilities
1. Field Execution and Safety
- Contractor Management: Oversee the management of Mechanical & Piping Contractor during the project works within the tunnel.
- Supervisory Selection: Select and appoint the Mechanical & Piping Contractors’ Front Line Supervisors in compliance with Costainway procedures.
- Meetings & Briefings: Lead the daily coordination meeting and deliver start-of-shift briefings to the Mechanical & Piping Contractors Front Line Supervisors.
- Readiness & Advanced Work Packaging (AWP): Verify that work fronts, permits, and approved Installation Work Packages (IWPs) are in place before activities start. Ensure IWPs are being used on site by the contractors’ Front-Line Supervisors.
- Permit to Work (PTW): Act as an Area Authority under the PTW procedure and assist planning of permits with the Contractors.
- SHE Leadership: Enforce adherence to safe systems of work and construction phase plans on site. Ensure RAMS are reviewed in accordance with Costainway procedures.
- Progress & Reporting: Monitor daily output against schedule and report any blockers to the M&P Construction Lead.
2. Quality & Technical
- Quality Control: Ensure all Mechanical and piping activities adheres strictly to specifications, design, and approved Inspection & Test Plans (ITPs).
- Design Interface: Interpret design drawings/specs and manage the onsite process for raising technical queries (TQs) promptly.
- Installation Work Package Support: Support the Work Package Engineers with the development and validation of IWPs.
- Documentation: Ensure timely and accurate submission of all Costain daily reports and Installation Test Records (ITRs) from the field.
4. Completions & Handover
- Progressive ITRs: Drive the timely execution and sign-off of all Inspection Test Records (ITRs) and pre-commissioning checks related to structural and piping scope.
- Punch List: Lead the initial identification of punch list items and manage the Contractors rectification effort to achieve early close-out.
- Mechanical Completion Readiness: Ensure the mechanical and piping scope is verified, documented, and physically ready for handover.
Qualifications
- Demonstrate sufficient experience (Five years +) in a similar role on a large-scale project.
- Proven experience in managing mechanical and piping construction teams on brownfield projects and upper tier COMAH sites.
- Knowledge of UK construction safety regulations and procedures.
- Ability to read and interpret construction drawings and specifications.
- Experience in progress reporting and record keeping
- Permit to Work (PTW) experience
- Ability to communicate with multi-disciplined engineering teams.
- Safety, Health and Environmental Leadership
- To be apprentice trained or have a discipline-specific qualification or trade background – i.e., C + Guilds, NVQ 3 or above (HNC/D) in a Mechanical & Piping Engineering subject.
- Safety Critical Medical
About Us
Costain helps to improve people’s lives with integrated, leading edge, smart infrastructure solutions across the UK’s energy, water, transportation and defence markets. We help our clients improve their business performance by increasing capacity, improving customer service, safeguarding security, enhancing resilience, decarbonising and delivering increased efficiency. Our vision is to be the UK’s leading smart infrastructure solutions company. We will achieve this by focusing on blue chip clients whose major spending plans are underpinned by strategic national needs, regulatory commitments, legislation or essential performance requirements. We offer our clients leading edge solutions that are digitally optimised through the following five services which cover the whole lifecycle of their assets: future-shaping strategic consultancy; consultancy and advisory; digital technology solutions; asset optimisation and complex programme delivery. Our culture and values underpin everything we do.
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