John Cockerill, enablers of opportunities
Driven since 1817 by the entrepreneurial spirit and thirst for innovation of its founder, the John Cockerill Group develops large-scale technological solutions to meet the needs of our time: facilitating access to
low-carbon energies, enabling sustainable industrial production, preserving natural resources, contributing to greener mobility, enhancing security and installing essential infrastructures.
Its offer to companies, governments and communities consists of services and associated equipment for the sectors of energy, defense, industry, environment, transport and infrastructures.
With more than 8 200 employees, John Cockerill achieved a turnover of € 1.649 billion in 2025 in 27 countries, on 5 continents.
Location - Mumbai, India
Job Purpose
To support its growth, John Cockerill Energy Solutions, headquartered in Belgium, is opening an office in Mumbai, and is hiring a Pipe Stress Engineer.
The Pipe Stress Engineer is an employee in charge of the pipe stress analysis of the products of the Energy Business of John Cockerill. Main products are HRSG’s (Heat Recovery Steam Generators), IB’s (Industrial Boilers) and MSSR’s (Molten Salt Solar Receiver).
He/She executes the detailed pipe stress engineering during project execution from the award of an order to the provisional acceptance of the equipment. The Pipe Stress Engineer is particularly responsible to ensure that the pipe stress analysis of the product is compliant to applicable codes and norms, to the contractual technical specifications and to internal standards as defined in the Design Process according to the QMS (quality management system) of the Energy Business.
The Pipe Stress Engineer is responsible for the pipe stress analysis of products for proposals and project execution under the hierarchical responsibility of the Pipe Stress Manager and the functional responsibility of the Proposal Engineer or the Technical Project Manager with the following objectives:
- Customer satisfaction,
- Conformance to applicable codes and norms, contractual scope of supply, Customer’s technical specifications, internal standards, and local regulations,
- Quality, conformity, and completeness of the technical documentation,
- Respect of document delivery schedules,
- Optimization of the design,
- Control of internal and external interfaces.
Key Responsibilities
The duties of the Pipe Stress Engineer are amongst others:
- Application of the Design Process,
- Pipe stress analysis of products for the proposals of the Energy Sector of John Cockerill,
- Detailed pipe stress analysis of products during project execution,
- Issue of calculation reports,
- Optimization of the design,
- Conformity of the technical documentation to applicable codes and norms,
- Respect of Customer specifications and requirements,
- Technical risks assessments,
- Application of internal standards and good practices,
- Delivery of the technical documentation to the Project Team according to the project schedule and within the specified budget.
The Pipe Stress Engineer reports to the Pipe Stress Manager.
Education & Experience
- 2-5 years of relevant experience within an engineering context.
- B.E. in Mechanical Engineering
Background, Skills, and Competencies
The Pipe Stress Engineer has a specialist profile. He/She must be available for temporary missions, sometimes on short notice, including international travels.
He/She adheres to the essential values of John Cockerill:
- Human
- Committed
- Innovative
- Responsible
- Customer oriented
His / Her soft skills are:
- Analytical mind
- Problem solving
- Detailed focused
- Decision taking
- Creative and innovative
- Organized and rigorous
- Team spirit
- Information sharing
- Results oriented.
- Schedule oriented
- Comfortable with international contacts and relationships
- Ability to work under pressure
- Assertiveness
His / Her technical skills are:
- Understanding of international codes and norms (ASME, ISO and EN) in particular with ASME B31 and EN13480
- Technical skills related to products (thermal, mechanical design)
- Software skills with Caesar II
- General knowledge of steel materials
- Ability to read mechanical drawings (especially piping isometric drawings)
- Application of internal technical choices
- Understanding of his professional environment
- Understanding of product and organization interfaces
- Knowledge of the MS Office, particularly Excel
- Fluent in English (reading, speaking, listening)
Who We Are
It is from the heart of its history stretching back more than 200 years that John Cockerill Energy draws its expertise in the production of steam, which has led to it being recognized worldwide on the market for the conception and supply of heat recuperation boilers. Resolutely turned towards the future. We proudly incarnate the bold spirit of an entrepreneur and we have extended our know-how to respond to the needs of our times, by developing innovative solutions to encourage access to energy, just like our founder in his own times:
- Heat Recovery steam generators, particularly suited to operate in cycles with frequent start-ups and shutdowns. They can be installed behind gas turbines of all power ratings, brands and burning all types of fuel.
- The manufacture and maintenance of boiler parts, in particular pressure parts in its specialized workshop based in Mexico.
- Aftersales services, technical assistance, inspections from the rehabilitation to the modernization of all types and brands of boilers.
- Wet & dry cooling with cooling towers and air-cooled condensers for power plants.
- Thermal solar receivers (Concentrated Solar Power), that capture the sun’s rays, reflected by mirrors on the ground, and enable to produce energy 24/7 thanks to molten salts.
- Industrial boilers destined for sectors such as chemicals, petrochemicals, biomass, incineration, …
It is from this knowledgeable mix of tradition and innovation that we draw our own energy. And it is across the whole world that John Cockerill Energy makes its mark through its technological know-how and its mastery of project management thanks to our Belgian, American, and Mexican teams and our recuperation boiler licensees, Wuxi, S&T and Larsen & Toubro which respectively cover China, South Korea and India. Together, we all work to facilitate access to green energy.
Visit us at Energy - John Cockerill to know more.
Equal Opportunity Employer
John Cockerill and all John Cockerill Companies are equal opportunity employers that evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, ancestry, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions), age, marital status, disability, veteran status, citizenship status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, and other characteristics protected by law.
John Cockerill offers you career and development opportunities within its various sectors in a friendly working environment.
Do you want to work for an innovative company that will allow you to take up technical challenges on a daily basis?
We look forward to receiving your application and to meeting you!
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