Lead Piping and Plant Layout Engineer (100%)
CLIMEWORKS AG – Vacant since 28.05.2026. Number of jobs: 1. Location: 8152 Glattpark (Opfikon) (ZH). Employment type: Permanent, 100%, immediately.
We are a leading high‑quality carbon removal provider, combining decades of expertise in Direct Air Capture (DAC) technology with a holistic approach to carbon removal solutions. We advise companies on their carbon removal strategies and provide tailored portfolios of nature‑based and engineered approaches, offering end‑to‑end services to help achieve net‑zero goals. Our two DAC plants in Iceland demonstrate our core commitment to high‑quality carbon removal, backed by over 15 years of pioneering research, development, and deployment. By advancing reliable solutions in the market, we accelerate the global transition to net zero, unlocking economic value for businesses, governments, and society. We foster a dynamic environment and are building a global purpose‑driven team. We look for disruptive thinkers, passionate achievers and inspiring leaders ready to take on the world’s greatest challenge.
Your mission
Specifications and design: You develop and lead our Piping Engineering & Plant Layout Team, ensuring it delivers on all project requirements in a fit‑for‑purpose manner globally. You ensure owner requirements are clearly defined, documented, and communicated to contractors, and validate design assumptions against operability, safety, and applicable regulatory expectations. This includes defining piping and plant layouts suitable for local and regional execution.
Contractor management: You review and approve contractor submissions, enforce owner requirements, provide technical clarifications, and ensure adherence to schedule, quality, safety, and operability. You set clear expectations for execution methods, field quality controls, and turnover documentation needed for safe operation and maintenance.
Innovation and cost optimization: You develop innovative engineering solutions to identify cost‑saving opportunities without compromising quality or safety. You focus on design‑to‑construct decisions appropriate for local boundary conditions (e.g., modularization readiness, reduced field welds, optimized layout, local climactic conditions, access and maintenance).
Interface management: You assure strong integration with process, civil, electrical, mechanical and O&M disciplines to achieve seamless and optimized designs. You proactively manage cross‑discipline interfaces.
Regulatory and stakeholder awareness: You support alignment of piping and plant layout scope assumptions with local permitting and application needs for energy/industrial facilities and infrastructure interfaces.
Documentation and knowledge management: You maintain thorough records of technical decisions, design bases, vendor information, and lessons learned for future operational use.
Cold‑weather and constructability: As our next DAC plant is planned for Alberta, Canada, you incorporate Alberta (or similar) climate conditions into piping and plant layout design and execution planning (freeze protection, winterization, insulation/heat tracing philosophy, drainage/low‑point management, cold start/commissioning constraints). You ensure the design is constructable and able to operate and be maintained through winter conditions, including consideration of temporary works, winter work sequencing, and interface constraints with cold‑weather civil activities.
Requirements
Education: Degree in Mechanical Engineering or related discipline.
Professional experience: At least 10 years in process plants, preferably cold‑weather climates, as a piping and plant layout engineer, with understanding of current standards and directives in mechanical, piping and civil engineering.
Project experience: Hands‑on involvement in at least one full‑cycle project in the chemical, petrochemical, or renewables industry, covering all phases from FEED and detailed design to construction, commissioning and start‑up, preferably in cold‑weather or remote/seasonally constrained execution environments.
Work style: Precise, adaptable, reliable, proactive, solution‑oriented. Comfortable driving decisions, owning them both in office and under field constraints, including winter productivity and schedule risk.
Communication: Confident presenting to executive audiences and EPC contractors, translating technical content into clear, actionable information.
Languages & travel: Fluent in English, ready to travel up to 60% of your time (including extended site presence in Alberta, Canada during peak design, engineering, construction and commissioning periods).
Our promise
We are committed to building an inclusive environment where everyone feels valued. We encourage all qualified applicants to apply – regardless of background, identity, or experience. If you think you’d make a great fit for this role, we’d love to hear from you, even if you don’t check every single box.
Benefits
Time off: 25 paid vacation days a year, plus public holidays.
Flexibility: Hybrid work setup and up to 4 weeks of remote work annually within any EU country.
Ownership: Fair base pay paired with an equity package.
Family support: Inclusive parental leave.
Continuous learning: Dedicated budget for professional growth.
Referral rewards: Bonuses for successful referrals.
Salary: Range based on seniority and location, reflecting market median and external benchmarks.
Position details
Work location: 8152 Glattpark (Opfikon) (ZH)
Workload: 100%
Employment start: Immediately
Employment duration: Permanent
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