Foundations Package Lead

KBR, Inc; Glasgow; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary reviews

25 days holiday + buy 5

Company pension scheme

Private healthcare

Job summary

Frazer-Nash Consultancy is seeking a Foundations Package Lead to drive the design and delivery of offshore wind foundation packages in development phases. The role covers fixed-bottom and floating foundations, with leadership across technical scopes and procurement.

You will work within a hybrid pattern across UK offices and client sites, reporting to the Foundations team. The position offers a competitive salary (£60,000–£75,000) and benefits, with a focus on professional development and risk

Qualifications

• Extensive direct experience in offshore wind as package lead or project manager in early phases.
• Strong knowledge of floating foundations for offshore wind projects.
• Commercial awareness with supplier and contract management.
• HSEQ compliance and risk management experience.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Chartered Engineer status and relevant engineering degree.

Responsibilities

• Lead the delivery of the Foundations Design package for fixed-bottom and floating offshore wind projects in development phase.
• Define, analyse and execute technical scopes of work for the foundation package.
• Procurement support, including tender preparation and evaluation.
• Management of suppliers and interface with other packages; identify technical risks.

Skills

Offshore wind package lead

Floating foundations knowledge

Supplier & contract management

HSEQ awareness

Stakeholder relationship management

Engineering background

Education

Engineering degree

Chartered Engineer

Job description

Title: Foundations Package Lead Role: Foundations Package Lead Salary range: £60,000–£75,000 per annum depending on experience Location: Any UK office Working Pattern: We operate a flexible hybrid working pattern at Frazer-Nash, with time split between the office, client sites and working from home. Closing date: 18th September. We encourage early applications, as vacancies may close once we receive sufficient applications. Frazer-Nash’s large renewable energy team is a community of engineers who are committed to contributing to the growth of the offshore wind industry, in particular holding a leading position supporting the delivery of offshore floating WTG technology worldwide. We provide support across the project lifecycle, delivering cutting-edge research on wind farm technology challenges combined with commercial project support to WTG OEMs, foundation designers and developers. Our delivery approach is fully centred on understanding our client’s problems and providing bespoke solutions for some of the key issues facing the offshore wind industry today. To complement our market leading position in technology development and understanding, we are actively seeking to increase our engagement in the early stages of a project. We are committed to investing in, and building, our capability around early phase developer support to take increased responsibility for specific packages of work. Specifically, we are looking for an experienced candidate to work with our world leading technical teams in floating offshore foundations and help expand our offering to a wider client base. We welcome applications from candidates with significant experience in a foundation package in the early development phase of an offshore wind project. This is a unique opportunity to help shape the growth of our early phase developer support. The candidate will support two core functions. Firstly, the candidate will lead and support existing technical services to our clients. And secondly, they will be a person of influence, helping to shape and define new service offerings, collaborating with colleagues from across the company to deliver success.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the delivery of the Foundations Design package for fixed-bottom and floating offshore wind projects in development phase.
• Lead the definition, analysis and execution of technical scopes of work for the foundation package.
• Procurement support, including tender preparation and evaluation.
• Management of suppliers.
• Support identification and management of technical risks for the projects.
• Interface management with other packages.
• Ensure compliance with industry regulations and HSEQ guidelines and standards.

Skills and Attributes:

• Extensive direct experience working in the offshore wind industry as package manager/lead or project manager to a developer, foundation designer or WTG OEM in the early project or design phase of an offshore wind project.
• Strong technical knowledge of floating foundations for offshore wind projects.
• Strong commercial awareness, including supplier and contract management.
• Strong HSEQ awareness for offshore wind projects.
• Excellent communication skills, with previous track record in developing and managing relationships with multiple stakeholders within the offshore wind industry.
• A degree in Engineering, Physics, Applied Mathematics or related discipline.
• A strong team player with a willingness to create the new and different.
• Chartered Engineer status.
• Due to the nature of the work that Frazer‑Nash Consultancy undertakes, candidates will be required to undergo pre‑employment screening and must be able to satisfy clearance criteria for UK National Security Vetting.

BENEFITS

• Competitive salary with yearly reviews
• 25 days holiday + the opportunity to buy 5 days.
• A company that has its heart in the right place and a welcoming work culture.
• Happy to talk flexible working
• Enhanced parental benefits
• Company pension scheme
• Targeted professional development
• Life assurance
• Private healthcare membership
• Bonus scheme linked into company performance
• Paid membership fees to a professional institution
• Support in attaining professional membership
• Cycle to work scheme
• Season rail ticket loan
• And further optional benefits you can tailor to your personal requirements

Frazer-Nash is a leading systems, engineering and technology company. We help organisations deliver innovative engineering and technology solutions to make lives safe, secure, sustainable, and affordable. With over 1000 employees, we work from a network of nine UK and four Australian locations. Our people apply their expertise to develop, enhance and protect our clients' critical assets, systems and processes. We use our skills and talents to ensure a sustainable future for society. Our work helps deliver a safe and secure world, where natural resources are conserved, and clean energy is available to all. And we focus on actions to reduce climate change; supporting rapid and far-reaching transformations in the delivery of energy, security, industry, and transport. At the heart of our business are a set of self-defined core values. These are part of our DNA and we’re committed to upholding them – internally as part of our Frazer-Nash family; in the way we work with our customers; and when we engage with the wider world. We care At Frazer-Nash, we care about each other; always looking to collaborate and see things from the other person’s point of view We offer mutual support, learn from one another, and work as a team to deliver the best results Everyone has a voice, and we all make the time to listen We will work with openness and collaborate effectively – thinking about our clients and our people, and responding to their needs We care about the difference we make to the wider world. We are trusted Effective collaboration is founded upon trust. We earn the trust of our customers and colleagues by delivering on the commitments we have made to them. We deliver success We deliver value and success to our customers and to our business. We continually strive to be the best at what we do. We want to do things that matter We seek out interesting and satisfying work that helps makes a difference in society We use our expertise to provide trusted, impartial professional advice to our clients By making a difference to today, we benefit the world of tomorrow – so we can all go home each day knowing that we’ve done something that really mattered.