Job Description

Bilfinger is a leading international industrial services provider, driving efficiency and sustainability for the process industry. With 30,000+ employees and over €5 billion in revenue in 2024, we offer solutions in consulting, engineering, manufacturing, maintenance, turnarounds, and digital applications across key sectors like energy, chemicals, pharma, and oil & gas.

At Bilfinger, we offer a work environment where you can learn and grow. Join us and be part of a team shaping the future!

We are recruiting an experienced Project Piping Superintendent to lead pipework installation, pressure testing, and pre-commissioning activities on major new-build construction projects, with full responsibility for integrating with and overseeing mechanical installation works.

The role suits a piping specialist with a strong background delivering large-scale projects in sectors such as Energy-from-Waste, Hydrogen, Power, Petrochemical, or Pharmaceutical, and proven experience managing multidisciplinary site teams and subcontractors.

Key Responsibilities

• Oversee piping installation across all materials and sizes (carbon, stainless, GRP, ABS, PTFE-lined) from receipt of fabrication through to system handover.
• Integrate with and oversee mechanical installation activities — boilers, vessels, pumps, heat exchangers, and major plant items — ensuring sequencing aligns with piping scope.
• Lead pressure testing (hydrostatic and pneumatic) and support pre-commissioning, signing off ITPs to release systems for commissioning.
• Manage and coordinate subcontractors including scaffolders, laggers, painters, heat tracers, and civils.
• Author and review RAMS for all piping and mechanical installation activities.
• Chair daily SIMOPS meetings, toolbox talks, and management HSE audits.
• Liaise with client, design, and planning teams; submit Early Warnings and Variations in line with NEC 4 contract requirements.
• Review labour, budget, and key plant delivery dates weekly; report progress and KPIs to project leadership.

Essential Requirements

• Proven Piping Superintendent / Construction Manager experience on large-scale new-build projects (EFW, Hydrogen, Power, Petrochemical, or similar).
• Demonstrable experience integrating with and overseeing mechanical installation scopes (boilers, vessels, plant items).
• Strong pressure testing, pre-commissioning, and ITP sign-off background.
• RAMS authoring, NEC 4 contract awareness, and subcontractor management.
• SMSTS or IOSH/NEBOSH Managing Safely; CCNSG; recognised piping/mechanical trade background.

If you have any questions please contact Carla Yvonne Bowman (carla.bowman@bilfinger.com).

Bilfinger is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or other characteristics protected by law.

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