Mechanical Design Engineer

Responsibilities

• Mechanical engineering services for experimental research installations with bench-size up to skid-size
• Manage the projects in a safe and cost-effective manner with the highest quality 
• Initiate and adopt new technologies, guidelines, and applications to increase the customers’ competitive edge
• Responsible for the integrity of the design and the process safety
• Reviewing the engineering activities of contractors
• Pro-active and effective communication on workload and priorities, ability to manage changing priorities
• Mechanical engineering of experimental installations with 3D software (AutoCAD), resulting in technically correct and viable designs at a competitive price 
• Responsible for Factory Acceptance Test and Site Acceptance Test
• Estimate, plan and control the required hours and costs for a project 
• Work on multiple projects simultaneously
• Effective supervision of project realization: coaching of contractors, budget control, compliance with safety procedures
• Continuously develop new technical options and expand the range of experimental applications
• Review of work delivered by third parties
• Responsible for interfacing between research and utility infrastructure
• Act as a mentor in group for new hires and actively coach, stimulate and correct colleagues
• Responsible for safety in design and design notes
• Delivers presentations internally and externally
• Consultant with respect to design, planning and cost for all research departments and/or third parties

Requirements

• >8 years of working experience with Mechanical Engineering or a closely related discipline
• You have a background in projects varying from oil, gas, and petrochemical related
• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering 
• English: fluent in speaking and writing, ideally Dutch also
• VCA-VOL (or willing to achieve this)
• Excellent communication skills
• National and international standards and specifications.
• Understanding and development of process flow schemes and process design notes.
• MOC experience 
• You are based in Netherlands or Europe already (due to quick onboarding requirement) if not: you will not be shortlisted.