Job Description

Job Category: Construction & Commissioning Delivery
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Wood is currently recruiting for a Static Equipment Lead (Discipline Construction Lead) on a contract basis. The role will be working at the Redcar site office on an World Class energy transition project for around 12 months.
The Role
As the Static Equipment Lead (Discipline Construction Lead), you will be responsible for overseeing all static equipment construction activities executed by the EPC and PCC Contractors. This includes, but is not limited to:

• Health and Safety
• Industrial Relations
• Quality
• Constructability
• Readiness
• Installation, setting, installation of internals and pre-commissioning of static mechanical equipment
• Mechanical completion and handover
• Equipment cleanliness, preservation, and readiness for commissioning
• Installation, testing, and pre-commissioning of piping systems
• Mechanical completion and handover
• Leadership of client standards for build it right and build it clean
• Oversight of all static equipment installation and hook-up
• Ensuring compliance with client specifications, project specifications, safety standards, and quality requirements

The role will involve close coordination with engineering teams, contractors, and vendors to deliver the static equipment scope through installation, mechanical completion, and handover.. It will initially be based on Teesside between the Wilton Centre and the site offices, transitioning to a full time site role in Q2 2026. You will also be expected to conduct occasional travel to contractor's design offices in Paris and potential fabrication facilities in the UK and overseas. It will be a full-time site based role in Teesside with Mon-Fri site working pattern overseeing all construction areas on the project.
Our Clients and Projects
Designing the future. Transforming the world.
Wood's Projects business unit specialises in delivering predictable and consistent results in high complexity projects that include new technology, challenging construction logistics and, or sheer scale. Just like the nature and expansiveness of our sectors, so is our Projects business, in its solutions, abilities and global track record. Across any major capital project lifecycle, we provide a full suite of solutions from programme and project management, to engineering and design, procurement, construction and project delivery.
Responsibilities:

• Participate in Self Verification and Oversight process
• Provide Client input to constructability and readiness process
• Provide oversight for the field execution of static equipment installation works from installation through to mechanical completion and handover
• Ensure all static mechanical equipment is installed, tested, and commissioned in accordance with project requirements
• Monitor contractor performance for technical compliance, cleanliness, quality standards, and schedule adherence; raise NCRs where necessary
• Coordinate resolution of technical queries (TQs), deviations, and change requests with engineering and contractor teams
• Review contractor proposals, method statements and construction work packs for static equipment activities
• Support construction planning and progress reporting, ensuring accurate daily / weekly / monthly updates from the contractor
• Oversee vendor activities on-site and ensure timely submission of vendor close-out documentation
• Participate in construction walkdowns and punch list management as part of mechanical completion
• Ensure discipline handover documentation / dossiers are complete and meet project requirements
• Identify and mitigate equipment specific risks, applying lessons learned and best practices throughout the project lifecycle
• Collaborate with other discipline leads and the main contractor to ensure seamless integration of static equipment with other systems
• Lead build it tight and build it clean to drive contractor compliance

Qualifications:
What makes you remarkable?
Expected

• HNC or higher in Mechanical Engineering or related discipline
• Extensive experience in piping construction execution on major projects
• Strong understanding of static equipment, cooling towers, plate heat exchangers and installation techniques
• Proven skills with the ability to coordinate multidisciplinary teams
• Ability to oversee construction planning and execution while maintaining safety and quality standards

Desirable

• Familiarity with multi-discipline interfaces and construction sequencing
• Experience in energy transition or large-scale industrial projects

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.
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.

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