Lead Structural Engineer

Optimus Plus; Aberdeen City, Glasgow; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension

Enhanced sick pay

Income protection

Job summary

Optimus Plus in Aberdeen or Glasgow is seeking an experienced Lead Structural Engineer to join our team on a full-time, ongoing contract basis. The ideal candidate will be chartered, with extensive leadership experience and a track record in detailed design, coordinating across disciplines and mentoring others.

You will act as the focal point for engineering activities, identify scopes, contribute to project plans, address design challenges, and deliver safe, cost-effective solutions for our

Qualifications

• Degree in a relevant subject and chartered engineer status.
• Significant prior lead-level experience in structural engineering.
• Experience in detailed design and managing others.
• Experience with Autodesk products.

Responsibilities

• Act as focal point for engineering activities and client liaison.
• Define scope of work and input to project plans.
• Identify risks and issues and propose cost-effective solutions.
• Oversee detailed design work and mentor team members.
• Coordinate onshore and offshore surveys as required.

Skills

Lead engineering

Client liaison

Project planning

Team leadership

Education

Degree in a relevant subject

Tools

Autodesk software

Job description

About The Role

Optimus Plus are looking for an experienced Lead Structural Engineer to join our team in Aberdeen or Glasgow on a full-time, on-going contract basis. Our ideal candidate would be a chartered engineer with significant previous experience in a Lead position. This role is required to assist with various activities of our structural department, including client focal point, managing detailed design scopes and acting as deputy to the Head of Department.

Do you enjoy a challenge? Do you want to make a difference? Would you like to work within a friendly and inclusive team? We have an exciting opportunity working within both new and existing projects, creating bespoke, safe and cost-effective engineering solutions for our clients within the energy sector.

If you are passionate about Engineering, have some energy industry experience, or have transferable skills, then we would love to hear from you.

Key duties:

• Focal Point for engineering activities
• Identify the scope of work required
• Input to project plans
• Identify areas of concern during any project or study
• Produce cost- effective engineering solutions that are fit for purpose, safe and add value
• Ability to address operational and maintenance issues in the design and liaise with colleagues for the best solution
• Undertake surveys, both onshore and offshore

Our Lead Engineers can expect to work in a modern environment, enjoy flexible working and will be offered a range of working options to suit individual situations. We have a generous benefits package available which includes pension, enhanced sick pay and income protection to name a few.

About You

Our ideal candidate will enjoy team working, will be customer and quality focused, can use their own initiative and will be responsive to our business and client needs.

We’d like you to have a degree in a relevant subject and significant previous experience in detail design with an understanding of other disciplines. You need to have experience and an interest in working with AutoDesk products and will have experience in managing and developing others.

There will be the opportunity to work in other locations, both on and offshore so candidates may need you to travel and hold the relevant certification to do so.

About Us

We are all about practical delivery. Our expert engineering solutions are always tailored, pragmatic, credible and fit for purpose. That is the Optimus way.

Optimus is an integrated, multi-discipline engineering design, project delivery and consultancy organisation. Founded in 1999, the business began as a consultancy with a headcount of just four. In the intervening years, Optimus has grown into a highly respected international engineering consultancy with almost 100 employees working for clients worldwide.

We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and value inclusion and diversity. We welcome applications from all persons regardless of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran or disability status.