Lead Engineer, Plant Engineering

Lead Engineer, Plant Engineering for Pulp Energy and circularity Business Line (based in Chennai, India)

Are you the enthusiastic, self-driven and result-oriented professional who wants to move our customer’s performance forward?

We are looking for “Lead Engineer, Plant Engineering” to be based in Chennai, India. This position reports to “Manager, Engineering, India”.  In this position you will have an opportunity to carry out all engineering activities associated with Plant Engineering for Cooking, fiber line, Pulp drying wherever required and to play a lead engineer role if nominated for coordinating, directing and carrying out all activities of engineering.

In this position, you will be required to,

• Develop and carry out detailed 3D piping and plant layouts including equipment, piping, support design using tools like AVEVA E3D and associated engineering calculations.
• To carry out basic Engineering of Pulp mill areas like Cooking, Fiber line, and Pulp Drying, consisting of various Equipment, platform, structures and other items considering various aspects such as operation, maintenance, Access requirements etc., load data for structures, general arrangement drawings etc.
• To produce and review piping layout drawings, Isometrics & support drawings.
• To coordinate & closely work with all agencies like process engineers, project management for receipt of inputs and maintain schedule.
• To provide deliverables in line with project & company quality requirements.
• Managing and development of reporting engineers/Designers.

To succeed in this role, you will need:

• Mechanical Engineering Graduate with 10 - 15 years of Experience. Diploma holders with 15 – 20 years of experience.
• Plant Layout and Detail engineering of Pulp mill area like Cooking, Fiber line, and Pulp Drying.
• Detail engineering knowledge of equipment, Piping along with experience in piping support engineering.
• Good Knowledge on ASME and EN codes, strength calculation.
• Good knowledge on flexibility analysis
• Good Communication skills in English
• Leading the team of Engineers / designers
• Coordinating with Shop, Site and other Engineering units.
• Exposure on software COMOS, M files, AutoCAD, E3d, Navis, Caesar II, etc.

We offer:

We offer you a rewarding position in a global industry, leader in pulp, paper and energy industries with the possibility to grow professionally.

If this sounds like something you are looking for and you are ready to go forward on your career, send your application with your CV via the link provided latest by 25th Feb 2026.

When everything works together,

Valmet is a leading global developer and supplier of process technologies, automation and services for the pulp, paper and energy industries. With our automation systems and flow control solutions we serve an even wider base of process industries. We aim to become the global champion in serving our customers. Our more than 19,000 professionals work close to our customers and are committed to improving our customers’ performance – every day. The company has over 220 years of industrial history and a strong track record in continuous improvement and renewal. Valmet’s net sales in 2022 were approximately EUR 5.1 billion. Valmet’s shares are listed on the Nasdaq Helsinki and the head office is in Espoo, Finland.

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