Lead Mechanical Engineer - Production Systems

About The Role

Do you enjoy a challenge? Do you want to make a difference? Are you ready to engineer change within the industry and wider community?

At PD&MS, we’re determined to help drive the change that our world needs to see. To support current and new customers to be part of the energy transition, through future-friendly solutions.

You can be part of our vision!

Working Pattern: Permanent / Full Time

As the Lead Engineer, you will:

• Act as the discipline focal point providing support across the business and client streams in Hydrogen, Decarbonisation, Oil and Gas and Renewables.
• Execute engineering activities (Concept, Front End Engineering Design, Technical Study & Detailed Design).
• Proven and led assessing the effectiveness of working practices and systems with a view to continuously improving systems, personal and team performance.
• Carry out work in accordance with PD&MS and project Health, Safety, Environmental and Quality systems.
• Prepare estimates and schedules and assist in their review.
• Provide technical assistance to junior team members as and when required.

The role offers:

• Development opportunities: the opportunity to develop within your technical department, to be appreciated, to work with people who have the same goals and are driven to succeed.
• Varied workload: you’ll have the chance to transfer your skills and develop in our industry and deliver on projects across the fully energy sector, from conventional to renewable energies.
• Opportunities for transferable skills: if you’re experience isn’t traditional oil & gas, we still want to hear from you! If you’ve EPC experience in nuclear, rail, utilities, petro-chemical, renewables, marine and pharmaceuticals then please apply.
• Salary: Competitive Salary depending on knowledge and experience plus a range of benefits that support your finances, wellbeing, and family.
• Benefits: Pension, Life Assurance, Income Protection, Private Medical Cover, Private Dental Cover, 33 days holiday, Holiday Buy, Flexible Working and Employee Assist Programme and CrashPlan.
• Location: Aberdeen or Glasgow – hybrid working 3 days in the office with flexibility to work from home for 2 days.

About You

You’ll have experience of:

• Leading a team of engineers and coordinating work tasks to achieve required plan dates or be a senior / principal engineer looking for a step up in their career.
• Managing team budgets, producing scope estimates and recognising and controlling scope change.
• Performing studies, equipment selection reviews, specification, technical bid evaluations and package management of equipment packages in an EPC environment or client role is highly preferred.
• Static, package or rotating equipment is essential and to be demonstrable. Typical equipment to be experienced within the role include; pumps, heat exchangers, power generation, gas compression, vessels, tanks, chemical injection, pig traps, cranes, mechanical handling equipment and process conditioning packages.
• Offshore and onshore gas business but similar transferrable industries skills will also be considered in lieu of specific O&G experience.
• Having offshore BOSIET, MIST and medical are preferred for the role with experience of site surveys for condition assessments, commissioning assistance or dimensional and utility interface reviews.
• Flexible working attitude to deal with an environment that operates 24hrs/day 365 days/year is essential.
• CE/ATEX and UKCA certification of equipment is essential.
• Technically competent in own discipline and actively maintains own competence according to standards and pursues continuous professional development.
• Producing, checking and approving deliverables that conform to all applicable industry engineering codes and standards as well as the client’s policies and procedures relative to the equipment being specified. Sound knowledge of relevant commonly used codes therefore required.
• Specifying mechanical package equipment. Evaluate, select and procure replacement and/or upgrades to equipment.
• Producing, checking and approving mechanical equipment purchase specifications.
• Producing, checking and approving mechanical equipment datasheets.
• Producing, checking and approving mechanical equipment SDRL's.
• Producing mechanical equipment Technical Bid Evaluations.
• Producing, checking and approving mechanical equipment rental or overhaul vendor Scopes of Work.
• Liaise closely with other disciplines to ensure all equipment requirements are addressed in the design, specification of equipment, construction sequencing and commissioning.
• Candidate should have experience of participation in safety studies such as: HAZOP, HAZID and design safety reviews.
• Provide value adding knowledge to constructability reviews and take consideration of layout restrictions, ergonomics, safety, utilities and maintainability.
• Equipment vendor coordinating and Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT’s) is essential for the role along with an understanding of quality control requirements in line with the inspection and test plan.
• Understanding and ability to interpret system Process and Instrument Diagrams, fabrication drawings and schematics is essential.
• Coordinating and controlling vendor document submissions and reviews.
• Generating, checking and approving calculations against design codes and best practice.
• IT Packages such as Finglow, PV Elite, HTRI would be an advantage, but not essential. Knowledge of Microsoft packages and Mathcad is essential.

Personal attributes

• Go the extra mile.
• Empower our people.
• Never get complacent.
• Engage our partners.
• Step up and deliver.

If this sounds like you, then you could be a perfect fit.

Qualifications

• BSc or equivalent in relevant Engineering Discipline.
• Chartered Engineer status preferred.
• Significant, demonstrable experience in Detailed Design Engineering and Engineering Checking.
• Detailed understanding of all Engineering disciplines.
• Knowledge and understanding of relevant Oil & Gas Industry Codes and Standards.
• Understand the application of Autodesk Design products.
• Competent in the use of MS Office applications.
• Survival BOSIET/FOET with CA-EBS & MIST (advantageous).

About Us

PD&MS has been engineering solutions in the energy industry and beyond since 2002, our ability to combine innovative ideas with technical expertise sets us apart. A flexible, full-service provider committed to supporting the energy transition, we deliver high-quality project work across the entire lifecycle of assets within the oil and gas, renewables and nuclear sectors. But whoever we work with, it’s the energy, professionalism and purpose of our people that really makes the difference.

Be who you’re meant to be, with PD&MS

We firmly believe in a work culture in which: individual differences are a source of collective strength and pride; everybody can perform to the best of their abilities and on a level playing field; and all colleagues feel they’re part of our team and their voices will be heard. We’re already heartened by the diversity within our organisation, but we recognise that there’s always more we can do to improve further. We welcome applications from all persons regardless of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran or disability status.

We’re energised by the prospect of operating successfully today, tomorrow and far into the future. But we’re also driven to ensure that our business activities are conducted in socially responsible, morally acceptable and sustainable ways.