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Project Engineer Mechanical
For our client in Ghent we are hiring a Project Engineer Mechanical.
Job description
You will be part of the project team in Ghent as a Mechanical Project Engineer for the scope related to adaptations in the existing Steel Shop. You will handle major sub-projects and work closely with the project managers/engineers in your team.
Your expertise in coordinating and providing technical direction will be crucial in ensuring the team delivers this major project on time and within budget.
Key tasks
Your expertise in coordinating and providing technical direction will be crucial in ensuring the team delivers this major project on time and within budget.
Key tasks
Responsible for the project management of the several subprojects (>10MEUR) with a mainly mechanical scope, taking into highly complex brownfield conditions and production restrictions.
You collaborate closely with EPCM and permitting partners (scope definition, reviewing schedules for deliverables, enforcing D&E standardization).
You are the main contact person to dive into technical discussions with suppliers and engineering contractors.
You check and define technical requirements, designs and offers from a general technical, multidisciplinary and common-sense perspective. You are supported by expert discipline engineers for detailed technical knowledge, who you give clear directions regarding their tasks and the related subproject scope
You take a leading role in challenging mechanical related design concepts, ensuring the choice of the best available technology.
You take a leading role in challenging process and fluids related design concepts, ensuring the choice of the best available technology.
You ensure integration and validate brownfield adaptations always taking into account the preservation of existing operations.
You conduct reviews and approvals for documents, drawings and request for change.
You enable periodic internal reviews and coordination with stakeholders to address gaps and follow-through resolution.
Proactively escalate any project governance issues that are creating a barrier to project delivery in a timely manner and make suggestions for how they might be brought back to plan.
Drive continuous process improvements through the project lifecycle, by using lessons learnt and identifying opportunities.
Analyse improvement areas identified via maturity assessment, evaluate use cases & prioritize and propose actions.
You will support and report to the Steel Shop project delivery lead of the project
Your qualifications
Technical skills
Job experience / other skills
Courses
Language skills
Expertise in Project Management
Goal oriented, results driven, takes initiative, leadership and attention to detail
Effective communicator, with ability to proactively deal with senior executives and stakeholders.
Job experience / other skills
+5 years’ experience as a Project Engineer in a similar role.
A broad technical background is needed to understand and navigate the entire scope. Experience in any of these areas would be a plus: Electro-mechanical installations, Structural works, Heavy transport equipment, Bulk and dust handling or Fluid and gas networks
It’s a plus if you have experience in managing EPCM or EPC companies, Mining & Metal sector knowledge or experience in a multinational production company
Courses
Master/Bachelor degree in engineering or equivalent professional technical education, with mechanical or structural background.
Language skills
Project language is English
Knowledge of the Dutch language is a prerequisite
Your advisor
Reference:
3522
Discipline:
Mechanical
Position:
Engineer
Function level:
Senior, Medior
Region:
(B) Oost-Vlaanderen
Education:
Bachelor
Experience:
3-8 years, 8-15 years, 15+ years
Type of contract:
Project
Posted at:
08-04-2025
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