Senior Project Manager (UK)

Trendsetter Engineering, Inc.; Ballater; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Trendsetter Engineering, Inc. in Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom seeks a Senior Project Manager to oversee full lifecycle of subsea projects, aligning with company strategy, client commitments and project goals. The role requires leadership across planning, coordination, execution and closeout.

The ideal candidate has 5–7 years in project management within oil & gas, with hands-on subsea experience, offshore operations, and the ability to manage budgets, schedules and cross-functional teams.

Qualifications

• 5–7 years of project management experience, ideally in oil & gas.
• Experience with subsea intervention projects and multifaceted stakeholders.
• Experience managing budgets, schedules, and resource allocation.
• Ability to lead multidisciplinary teams and coordinate cross-functional work.
• Strong MS Office skills, especially Excel and project planning.
• Excellent communication, presentation and interpersonal abilities.

Responsibilities

• Execute assigned projects with strategic execution plans, contracts, and budgets.
• Align the team to goals, timelines, and success criteria.
• Manage project schedule and address critical path issues to ensure on-time delivery.
• Develop relationships with internal and external customers as central point of contact.
• Provide forecasts for equipment, services, milestones, and margins.
• Share knowledge and best practices across the company.
• Ensure work aligns with HSE guidelines and QMS requirements.

Skills

Project management

Leadership

Communication

Interpersonal skills

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering, Science, or management

Tools

MS Excel

MS Project

MS Office

Job description

Trendsetter Engineering, Inc. | Full time

Senior Project Manager (UK)

Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom | Posted on 07/23/2026

Senior Project Manager (PM) will oversee the full lifecycle of assigned projects, ensuring they are executed inalignment with company strategy, client commitments, and project goals. This role requires comprehensiveleadership across planning, coordination, implementation, execution, monitoring, and closure of projects.

We are seeking a candidate with proven experience managing complex subsea equipment projects. The idealapplicant will have hands-on knowledge in executing scopes involving subsea hardware and offshore operations,especially subsea interventions and life of field projects. Strong technical understanding, cross-functionalcoordination skills, and the ability to deliver on schedule and budget are essential.

Requirements

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Effectively execute assigned projects; this includes ensuring strategic execution plans are fully developedand implemented, contracts are agreed upon and adhered to, communications within and external to theteam are effective, and approved team resources and budgets are appropriately planned and managed.
• Establish and align the team to project goals, timelines, and success criteria
• Manage the project schedule, identifying any critical path issues and developing mitigation actions to ensureon-time delivery
• Development of effective working relationships with internal and external customers, being the central pointof contact
• Provide project forecasts for completion of equipment, services, cash milestones & margin
• Share knowledge & best practice across the company
• Responsible for ensuring all work is undertaken in a safe manner in line with company HSE guidelines andwork is executed in line with company QMS requirements
• All other duties as assigned

Qualifications:

• Minimum 5-7 years of project management, construction management, or project controls required. Oil &gas industry experience preferred but not required
• Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering, Science, or management discipline highly preferred
• Experience with the subsea intervention sector including riser based and riser-less subsea interventionsystems.
• Experience with management of customer property
• Proficient in offshore operations and subsea equipment
• Must be able to lead a multidisciplinary and to handle multiple projects and deadlines with changingpriorities
• Relationships with key support vendors in the local market are highly advantageous.
• Must be keen to thrive in a fast-paced, rapid growth environment
• Proficiency in MS Office, especially MS Excel and MS Project required
• Strong communication, presentation and interpersonal skills required