Lead Design Engineer - Defense

YOUR ROLE

As a Lead Design Engineer, you will be responsible for leading and coordinating multidisciplinary design teams in the process industries, ensuring the delivery of high-quality installation design projects while sharing your expertise and driving continuous improvement within the team.

In this role you will play a key role in:

• Leading and managing multidisciplinary design teams composed of specialised profiles including draughtsmen/designers, mechanical, piping, electrical, instrumentation, automation, and process engineers, ensuring effective coordination and fluid communication across all disciplines
• Overseeing the dimensioning of industrial installations with a strong focus on equipment, tanks, pumps, valves, piping, instrumentation, automation, filtration, and the coordination of 2D/3D draughtsmen/designers
• Ensuring the technical quality and compliance of design deliverables, reviewing and validating installation design documentation in accordance with applicable industry standards and project specifications
• Acting as the technical reference point for multidisciplinary project teams, providing expert guidance on installation design challenges across chemical, food, pharmaceutical, and other process industries
• Collaborating closely with project managers, clients, and internal stakeholders to ensure seamless project delivery, anticipating potential risks and proactively proposing solutions to keep projects on track
• Contributing to the continuous improvement of design methodologies, tools, and best practices, ensuring that the team remains at the forefront of innovation in process industry installation design

YOUR PROFILE

As a Lead Design Engineer, you are an experienced and technically excellent professional with a strong background in installation design across process industries, combined with proven leadership skills and a genuine passion for sharing your knowledge and developing others.

• You hold an engineering degree in a relevant discipline and bring a minimum of 7 years of experience in installation design within the process industry (chemical, food, pharmaceutical, or equivalent), ideally gained within a design office or project team environment
• You have solid experience managing multidisciplinary teams of specialised design profiles, including draughtsmen/designers, mechanical, piping, electrical, instrumentation, automation, and process engineers, with a strong ability to coordinate and align diverse teams towards common objectives
• You possess extensive expertise in the dimensioning of industrial installations, with a strong focus on equipment, tanks, pumps, valves, piping, instrumentation, automation, and filtration, combined with solid experience coordinating 2D/3D draughtsmen/designers
• You have a general knowledge of electrical engineering and civil engineering, complementing your core expertise in process industry design and enabling you to work effectively across all disciplines
• French proficiency is required for this role, as you will be working exclusively on-site in Liège with French-speaking teams and stakeholders

What you'll love about working here:

• Career Acceleration Programs : From associate to leaders and beyond, get support in your career at every stage with award-winning programs such as our leadership development program, Connected Manager, to accelerate your growth and develop your expertise, even at a senior leadership level.
• Communities : Our Framework drives career development and elevates Capgemini's capabilities across various domains. These communities form the pillars of our Engineering Career Framework, connecting you with peers and experts worldwide and enabling you to grow your influence and technical leadership.
• Environmental Sustainability : Our teams around the world pave the way for a sustainable future, from building electric and hydrogen cars to solar airships, and making industrial operations greener. As a Lead Design Engineer in process industries, you will be contributing to projects that truly make a difference for our planet.
• Ethical Excellence : Capgemini is honoured as one of the World's Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere® Institute for 11 consecutive years, a value that resonates deeply in a leadership role where integrity, rigour, and responsibility are at the core of every decision.