Full-Time
Piping and Layout Designer
Outside IR35
Posted on 10/31/2025
Kent
5,001-10,000 employees
Designs, constructs, and maintains energy assets
No salary listed
Woking, UK
In Person
 Mechanical Engineering (1) |
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- Proficiency in piping design processes and ability to manage design workflows to ensure drawings are ready on time and accessible to appropriate personnel
- Experience liaising with clients on design-related matters
- Ability to establish and maintain effective communication methods among design teams
- Experience maintaining records and documents throughout a project
- Ability to assess, mitigate and manage risks connected with design
- Understanding of health and safety legislation, sustainable building standards such as BREEAM, and industry codes of practice
- Experience managing a design team
- Experience chairing design meetings, writing reports and giving presentations
- Manage the design processes involved in a piping project including ensuring drawings are ready on time, reviewing designs and making them available to appropriate people
- Liaise with clients on design-related matters
- Establish and maintain effective methods of communication between teams involved in design work throughout the project
- Maintain records and documents throughout the project
- Assess, mitigate and manage risks connected with design
- Ensure designs and design work meet health and safety legislation sustainable building standards such as BREEAM and industry codes of practice
- Manage the design team
- Chair design meetings writing reports and giving presentations
- None
Kent PLC is a global engineering firm that designs, constructs, and maintains energy assets for the oil, gas, and renewable-energy sectors. Its offerings cover the full project lifecycle—from initial engineering and construction through ongoing maintenance—delivered via a mix of project-based contracts and long-term service agreements. The company differentiates itself through a strong emphasis on safety and sustainability, supported by a track record that includes industry awards such as the Gold award at the ExxonMobil Safety Excellence Awards, and a large, skilled workforce of about 13,000 people capable of delivering complex projects worldwide. Kent’s goal is to meet today’s energy needs while preparing for the future by applying advanced technologies and best practices to deliver reliable, safe, and efficient energy assets.
Company Size
5,001-10,000
Company Stage
N/A
Total Funding
N/A
Headquarters
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Founded
1919
Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Decommissioning market expected to double over next decade, directly benefiting Exceed integration.
- Sudlows Consulting acquisition positions Kent in high-growth AI and cloud data center sectors.
- Energy transition demand for hydrogen, offshore wind, and carbon capture storage accelerates Kent's renewable pivot.
What critics are saying
- Nesma & Partners ownership restricts access to US and Western energy contracts through Saudi regulatory constraints.
- Wood PLC captures 15% larger hydrogen and CCUS contract pipeline, eroding Kent's energy transition market share.
- ESG-focused clients exclude Kent from offshore wind contracts due to Nesma's fossil fuel legacy conflicting with mandates.
What makes Kent unique
- Full-lifecycle energy asset services from consulting through decommissioning across 80+ countries.
- Exceed acquisition strengthens offshore well and energy transition capabilities in growing decommissioning market.
- 13,000-person workforce with 100 years of expertise in oil, gas, renewables, hydrogen, and CCUS.
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Benefits
Employee Assistance Program
Flexible Work Hours
Company News
Energy services firm Kent is acquiring Aberdeen-based Exceed, a decommissioning engineering services provider. Exceed, with operations in over 40 countries, enhances Kent's capabilities in offshore well projects and energy transition initiatives like carbon capture and hydrogen storage. This acquisition positions Kent to lead in a market expected to double in size over the next decade. The transaction is set to complete later this year, following Kent's recent purchase of Sudlows Consulting.
Global integrated energy services partner Kent, has signed a binding agreement to acquire Aberdeen-based Exceed (XCD) Holdings Limited, a provider of well management, sub surface and decommissioning engineering services.
Kent acquires Sudlows Consulting, expanding global data center expertise to meet AI, cloud, and sustainability demands.
London, Thursday 23rd July 2015 – Kentech Corporate Holdings Limited (“Kentech”), a leading diversified electrical services provider to the global energy
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