Engineering Manager

Orion Group; Redruth; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Orion Group is recruiting for an Engineering Manager based in Aberdeen to lead the company’s Engineering team and oversee subsea and topsides activities, ensuring delivery to high HSE standards. FPSO experience is preferred, with responsibility for resource planning, governance and regulatory interfaces.

The role demands strong leadership, clear communication, and a track record of delivering complex engineering projects in an operator environment.

Qualifications

• Solid understanding of roles and contributions of all key business functions in an E&P environment.
• Relevant technical degree or equivalent experience in Engineering gained in an Operator environment.
• Team oriented leadership style and demonstrated ability to motivate others/teams.
• Result oriented and commercially driven.
• Ability to communicate effectively both written and verbally in English.
• Familiar with legislation and regulation with ability to assess applicability and monitor compliance.
• Understanding of and ability to demonstrate leadership by example of HSE and Process Safety Culture.
• Understanding of ISO 14001 Certification requirements and application.
• Ability to monitor hazard management measures, interpret trends and intervene with corrections.
• Understanding KPI's and ability to ensure all are met within timescales.
• Working knowledge of Change control procedures.
• Ability to participate in incident investigation teams and ensure corrective actions.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Engineering team to meet business goals with leadership, direction, coaching and mentoring.
• Accountable for ensuring that facilities and subsea engineering and subsea operations are carried out to high HSE standards.
• Ensure Engineering team is resourced to deliver the business requirements.
• Own the Engineering area of the System, including Topsides Engineering Procedure and related documents.
• Deliver Subsea Projects in line with the Project Delivery Model and Underwater Operations Management System.
• Deliver Topsides Engineering in accordance with Topsides Engineering Procedure.
• Develop and manage Subsea Engineering performance measurement, risk management and reporting systems.
• Provide effective management of key contractors and foster high performance.
• Promote, reinforce and instil a strong safety culture and environmental responsibility.
• Ensure business processes, project gate reviews and controls are in place and followed via review and audit.
• Interface with regulators regarding Engineering regulatory compliance.
• Participate in and support Emergency Response duty rota.
• Perform the role of Pipeline Responsible Person with accountability for resources and processes to manage pipeline.

Skills

Leadership & people management

Communication

Commercial awareness

Regulatory & HSE compliance

HSE culture leadership

Emergency response leadership

KPI & performance monitoring

Incident investigation

Change control

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Relevant technical degree in Engineering (Operator environment)

Job description

Our client is a North Sea operator currently recruiting for the position of Engineering Manager, based in Aberdeen. This would preferably have FPSO experience.

Responsibilities:

• Manage the company Engineering team to meet business goals by providing leadership, direction, roles, responsibilities, coaching and mentoring.
• Accountable for ensuring that facilities and subsea engineering, subsea operations activities are carried out to high HSE standards.
• Responsible for ensuring that the Engineering team is appropriately resourced to deliver the businesses requirements.
• Owner of the Engineering area of the System. Including: Topsides Engineering Procedure and associated documents
• Accountable for delivery of Subsea Projects in accordance with company’s Project Delivery Model and Underwater Operations Management System.
• Accountable for delivery of Topsides Engineering in line with company’s Topsides Engineering Procedure.
• Development and management of Subsea, Engineering performance measurement, risk management and reporting systems.
• Provide effective management of key contractors and promote a culture of high performance.
• Promote, reinforce and instil a strong safety culture and environmental responsibility as a fundamental and essential part of team culture.
• Accountable to ensure that business processes, project gate reviews and controls are in place and being followed by way of review and audit.
• Interface with regulators with respect to Engineering regulatory compliance.
• To participate and support the Company's Emergency Response duty rota and activities.
• Performs the role of Pipeline Responsible Person with accountability for providing the necessary resources and processes to manage pipeline

Experience & Qualifications:

• Solid understanding of roles and contributions of all key business functions in an E&P environment
• Relevant technical degree or equivalent experience in Engineering gained in an Operator environment
• Team oriented leadership style and demonstrated ability to motivate others/teams
• Result oriented and commercially driven
• Ability to communicate effectively both written and verbally and at all levels of the organization in the English language
• Familiar with relevant legislation and regulation with demonstrable ability to assess applicability, develop and implement plans to meet requirements, and monitor compliance
• Understanding of and ability to demonstrate leadership by example of company’s HSE and Process Safety Culture
• Understanding of ISO 14001 Certification requirements and application
• Ability to monitor and review hazard management measures, interpret trends, and intervene with corrections as necessary
• Working knowledge of audits in compliance with company guidelines, ability to delegate action teams to carry out investigations into non-
• conformance, and a working understanding of active monitoring procedures
• Understanding of KPI's and ability to ensure all are met within agreed timescales
• Working knowledge of the Control of Change procedure
• Ability to participate in incident investigation teams, develop terms of reference, review and approve recommendations and ensure corrective actions are generated
• Clear understanding of company’s business strategy, ability to articulate application to local issues and challenges, engage stakeholders, monitor and ensure effectiveness and sustainability, and report adherence
• Ability to perform leadership role in emergency response situation

Permanent position

People are our business worldwide.

Orion Group was founded in 1987 and is now one of the largest, independent, international recruitment companies. We have a network of 200 employees working from 24 offices, delivering a range of services – Talent Acquisition, Recruitment Outsourcing Services, Retained Search, Global Workforce Solutions, Completions & Commissioning and Materials Management – across 68 countries. As a global leader in workforce solutions, we recruit personnel across the Engineering & Technical, Office & Commercial, Scientific and Skilled Trades disciplines, for sectors including Oil & Gas, Life Science, Power & Utilities, Constructions & Infrastructure, Manufacturing and Renewables.