Lead Rotating Machinery Design Coordinator/Engineer

£55,744 to £65,581 + up to 6% bonus

Location: Hybrid in any of Lancaster, Preston, Warrington, Warwick or Bristol

About us

At National Gas, the work we do matters.  

As Britain's national gas network, we help keep the lights on, businesses running, and homes warm by maintaining the critical infrastructure that transports gas across Great Britain. While providing the energy security Britain relies on today, we're also helping transform the network for a clean energy future. 

 

Join us and help secure Britain's energy. 

About the role

Primary (75%)

Embedded within a project delivery team the Lead Rotating Machinery Design Coordinator/Engineer provides clear guidance and expert advice from an experience and knowledge base of Rotating Machinery, CABS, Mechanical & Process systems.

 

Provide understanding and guidance to the supply chain partners on what is expected to achieve stakeholder design acceptance in accordance with Gas Turbine & Compressor and Mechanical design codes, policy procedure and specification standards

 

Define and coordinate the rotating machinery design deliverables schedule, including equipment data sheets, calculations, performance curves, rotor-dynamic studies, vibration assessments, general arrangements, interface drawings, inspection and test plans, preservation requirements, operating philosophies and asset data, while driving delivery against project milestones.

 

Ensure process safety, machinery safety, technical integrity, reliability, availability, maintainability, operability, environmental performance and whole-life value are embedded throughout equipment selection, package design, manufacture, installation, commissioning and handover.

 

Act as the primary rotating machinery design point of contact, maintaining an auditable technical assurance process and ensuring machinery records, vendor data, deviations, concessions, design decisions and asset information are complete and traceable.

 

Supplementary (25%)

Support wider business teams in preparing rotating machinery scopes, technical specifications, data sheets, tender schedules, technical bid evaluations, clarification responses and contract award recommendations.

 

Prepare clear progress, technical risk, assurance, interface, quality and decision updates for project governance and key stakeholders.

 

Participate in technical working groups to develop, review and standardise rotating machinery policies, specifications, maintenance strategies, obsolescence plans and engineering practices.

Why this role matters

This role is critical to ensuring the safe, reliable and technically assured delivery of Rotating Machinery, CABS and mechanical systems projects, providing expert leadership that drives design quality, stakeholder acceptance and whole-life asset performance from concept through to commissioning and handover.

What you'll be doing

Design Management (General):

• Ensure policy, procedure and specification compliance during the design process, including T/PM/G/35, T/PM/RE/18, NGUK/Con/BP135G, NGUK/Con/BP159G and NGUK/Con/BP134G
• Provide a single point of technical and design support for the Project Manager, via Subject Matter Experts
• Review and monitor the implementation of the Contractor’s Design Plan & Change Control procedure
• Ensure Formal Environmental Assessments compliance in accordance with T/PM/ENV/20
• Ensure the availability and acceptability of the Designer’s Design Deliverables Register
• Undertake design reviews and provide guidance to ensure designs meet the project scope requirements

 

CDM / Process Safety Related:

• Ensure that a suitable Principal Designer strategy is developed for all stages of the project
• Ensure effective CDM risk registers are in place, being communicated and that key risks are escalated
• Ensure Formal Process Safety Assessment compliance in accordance with T/PM/HAZ/9
• Attend CDM Compliance Workshop to ensure clarity around Designer and Principal Designer duties
• Lead Pre-Operational / Asset Acceptance Process Safety Engineering Handover Reviews
• Review, comment and monitor the implementation of the Contractor’s Temporary Works design procedures

 

Technical Standards:

• Define the project-specific rotating machinery codes, standards, specifications, data sheets and technical assurance requirements for inclusion in tender and contract documentation.
• Assure compliance with applicable legislation, National Gas engineering requirements, OEM requirements and rotating machinery codes and standards.
• Ensure applicable machinery standards, project specifications, deviations and acceptance criteria are communicated to designers, OEMs, package vendors and installation contractors.
• Assess the technical, reliability, operability, cost and programme consequences of machinery design changes, deviations, concessions and scope changes.
• Coordinate rotating machinery technical queries, deviations and concessions in accordance with NGUK/Con/BP159G, ensuring appropriate technical justification and approval.

 

T/PM/G/35:

• Undertake the responsibilities of the G35 Initiator and “User” single point of contact.
• Ensure appointed G35 Appraisers and Approvers have the relevant Safety and Technical Competence (STC) and registered on the Approver / Appraiser database. 
• Ensure a G35 Register is managed and updated by the Designer
• Provide quality assurance for Part B or MA/1 (for Part C) prior to “User” acceptance submission.
• Ensure design changes post Part C are managed and recorded in accordance with the project specific design change control procedure through to close out and completion.

 

Drawing and 3D Model Management:

• Coordinate access and issue of existing site drawings and models
• Review, comment and monitor the implementation of the Contractor’s Drawing Management Plan
• Ensure all drawings and schedules have been subject to formal document control process.
• Ensure building information modelling, project and operational drawing compliance with T/PM/RE/20
• Provide Quality Assurance to the T/PM/RE/20 process.

What you'll bring

Technical or Specialist

 

• Minimum 3 years’ experience in a relevant design management role

 

Knowledge of:

• Management of Change - T/PM/G35 Design Approval & Appraisal process along with T/PM/RE/18 Commissioning, Operational & Asset Acceptance Process
• Engineering, specification and technical assurance of gas generator, power turbine and compressor packages, including gas-turbine drivers, centrifugal and reciprocating compressors, gearboxes, couplings, bearings, dry-gas seals, lubrication and seal-oil systems, fuel and starting systems, inlet and exhaust systems, package controls, anti-surge control, machinery protection, vibration monitoring and associated auxiliaries.
• Application of gas-generator and compressor codes and standards, including API 616 for gas turbines, API 617 for axial and centrifugal compressors and expander-compressors, API 618 for reciprocating compressors, API 614 for lubrication, shaft-sealing and control-oil systems, API 670 for machinery protection systems and API 671 for special-purpose couplings, together with the BS ISO 3977 series for gas-turbine procurement and BS EN ISO 21789 for gas-turbine application safety.
• Knowledge of