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Mechanical Project Engineer
Employer: NMS Recruit Ltd t/a Russell Taylor Group
Location: Cheshire
Salary: 30.00 - 100.00 GBP Hourly
Closing date: 22 Sep 2026
Specialist area: Mechanical engineering
Function: Engineer
Contract Type: Contract
Hours: Full Time
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Job Details
Mechanical Project Engineer Major Refinery Turnaround
Employment Type: 2–Year Contract Outside IR35
Location: Cheshire
Could this be you?
- Mechanical Engineer with experience in refining, petrochemical, process plant or heavy industry?
- Experienced in developing mechanical scopes and working with contractors and engineering teams?
- Have you been involved in major projects, shutdowns or turnaround preparation?
What's in it for you?
- 2–year Outside IR35 contract
- Support a major 2028 refinery turnaround
- Work on significant CCU/FCCU, stripper, regenerator and boiler scopes
- Involvement from early engineering and scope development through to turnaround execution
- Opportunity to work on major brownfield, re–life, repair and replacement projects
What will you be doing?
- Develop and deliver mechanical scopes for major turnaround projects
- Support re–life, repair and replacement projects across vessels, boilers, exchangers, piping, valves and equipment internals
- Review contractor designs, specifications, calculations, repair methodologies and workpacks
- Support constructability, access, lifting, isolation and execution planning
- Provide mechanical input into estimates, procurement, schedules and turnaround readiness
- Identify and manage mechanical risks throughout project delivery
- Provide technical and field engineering support during the turnaround
- Ensure work complies with relevant engineering standards, legislation and site requirements
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Where will you be doing it?
You'll be joining the engineering team at a major UK refinery, supporting the preparation and execution of a significant 2028 turnaround. The role sits between project engineering and turnaround delivery, giving you the opportunity to develop technically robust mechanical scopes ahead of execution before providing field engineering support during the turnaround.
What will you need?
- Mechanical Engineering qualification or equivalent experience
- Strong mechanical engineering background within refining, petrochemical, process plant, power or heavy industry
- Experience with fixed/pressure equipment, boilers, vessels, piping or similar
- Exposure to brownfield projects, shutdowns or turnarounds is highly beneficial
- Comfortable reviewing technical documentation and working with contractors and multidisciplinary teams
- Good understanding of relevant mechanical engineering codes, standards and regulatory requirements
- Practical, delivery–focused approach with strong technical judgement
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