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Senior Project Engineer

NES Fircroft

Aberdeen City

On-site

GBP 50,000 - 90,000

Full time

22 days ago

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Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Project Engineer to lead project initiatives in Aberdeen. This role involves managing project initiation and execution, ensuring compliance with specifications, and overseeing contractor performance. The ideal candidate will have a strong engineering background, excellent communication skills, and experience in project management. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to significant engineering projects while collaborating with diverse teams and stakeholders. If you're driven and ready to take on new challenges, this role is perfect for you!

Qualifications

  • Degree in engineering discipline is essential for this role.
  • Project management qualifications are preferred for enhanced capability.

Responsibilities

  • Manage project initiation, development, and routing through processes.
  • Ensure compliance of deliverables with project requirements.
  • Oversee contractor performance and identify improvement opportunities.

Skills

Project engineering experience
Excellent communication skills
Relationship building
Risk and change management
Knowledge of process/engineering drawings

Education

Degree in engineering discipline
Project management qualifications (APM, PMI, PRINCE2)
Current Offshore Survival Certificate

Tools

CMMS systems (Maximo)
Orbit System

Job description

Senior Project Engineer
Duration: 12 months
Location: Onshore Aberdeen

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
  • Manage the initiation, development and routing of work through the work initiation and eMoC process
  • Provides support in the areas of feasibility, scope definition, cost and schedule
  • Ensure compilation of work scopes and work specifications.
  • Ensure execution of work and deliverables are compliant with project requirements.
  • Input into the review and monitoring of delivery programs and cost estimates.
  • Input into the preparation of project control documents and processes and their upkeep.
  • Project management of engineering/construction contractor and other key service providers, review and challenge of contractor performance, review of work schedules/plans, identifying opportunities to improve performance, reduce costs, maximise use of resources, etc.
  • Occasional offshore trips required to monitor/plan progress and oversee key tasks.
  • Vendor management, package management and interface with 3rd Party Contractors

QUALIFICATIONS/TRAINING

Essential:

  • Degree in engineering discipline

Preferred:

  • Project management qualifications e.g., APM, PMI, PRINCE2
  • Current Offshore Survival Certificate

EXPERIENCE/KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS

Essential:

  • Project engineering experience
  • Highly effective relationship builder at all levels, internally and externally
  • Excellent communication skills (verbal, interpersonal, written and presentation)
  • Strong initiative and orientation towards focused delivery
  • Experience of applying risk and change management processes
  • Past exposure to multi-discipline work
  • Knowledge of process/engineering drawings & schematics

Preferred:

  • Knowledge of project delivery framework for decision making and assurance
  • Knowledge and experience of financial control, cost estimating and planning
  • Design engineering awareness and good understanding of codes, standards, risk-based decision making, quality assurance and compliance
  • Experience in systems for construction, pre-commissioning and commissioning activities (Orbit System or equivalent knowledge)
  • Experience of CMMS systems (Maximo)
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