Senior Project Engineer - Optimus Plus

Oil, Gas and Renewables; Aberdeen City; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Project Engineer to join their dynamic team in Aberdeen. This role offers the opportunity to lead exciting projects within the energy sector, ensuring efficient delivery from contract award to completion. You will be at the forefront of managing budgets and quality requirements while collaborating with multidisciplinary teams. With a focus on proactive communication and organizational skills, you'll play a key role in driving project success. This innovative firm values inclusivity and offers flexible working arrangements, making it a great place for passionate professionals looking to make a difference in the energy landscape.

Benefits

Pension

Enhanced Sick Pay

Income Protection

Flexible Working Options

Qualifications

• Experience in overseeing multidisciplinary projects across various stages.
• Strong understanding of engineering disciplines and project management.

Responsibilities

• Ensure efficient and timely delivery of projects while managing budgets.
• Main point of contact for clients and coordinate diverse engineering teams.

Skills

Project Engineering

Time Management

Communication

Organizational Abilities

Conflict Resolution

Education

Engineering Degree

Project Management Qualification (PMP, APM, PRINCE2)

Tools

Planning Software

Job description

Optimus Plus, a PD&MS Group company, is now looking for a Senior Project Engineer to join their team on a full-time, employee basis at their office in Aberdeen on a hybrid working pattern.

About The Role

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, ensuring successful delivery of our projects from contract award to completion and close-out for our clients within the energy sector.

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

The Senior Project Engineer is tasked with ensuring the efficient and timely delivery of projects, managing budgets, and fulfilling the quality requirements set by clients. This role requires extensive experience in overseeing multidisciplinary projects across various stages, including Concept, FEED, and Detailed Design. Responsibilities also include preparing project reports, maintaining action/issue tracker, and managing resolutions.

Key skills include being proactive, with strong time management, communication, and organizational abilities to keep project schedules on track and aid in conflict resolution when necessary.

Key Duties:

1. Main point of contact for our client
2. Identify and confirm project workscopes and ensure delivery
3. Ensure work is carried out in budget and to schedule
4. Provide cost estimates for project
5. Co-ordinate diverse engineering teams

Our Senior Project 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.

Candidates should have discipline experience in Process, Mechanical, or Instruments, and hold an engineering degree. While not mandatory, a Project Management Qualification (PMP, APM, PRINCE2) is preferred.

We’d like you to have a Degree in a relevant subject, a Project Management qualification, and previous experience in Project Engineering. You need to have an understanding of the various engineering disciplines and knowledge of planning software.
There will be the opportunity to work in other locations, both on and offshore, so candidates may need 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.