Senior Digitalisation Engineer in Aberdeen

Location: Aberdeen

Bilfinger UK is a leading engineering and maintenance provider, supporting customers across the chemical & petrochemical, nuclear, oil & gas, pharmaceuticals & biopharma, power & energy, utilities, renewables and food & beverage markets. We enhance the efficiency of assets, ensuring a high level of availability and reducing maintenance costs. We have extensive experience in offshore and onshore facilities, specialising in asset management services throughout all life cycle phases from consulting, engineering, manufacturing, assembly, operations, maintenance, and decommissioning. This commitment is delivered by an experienced and highly competent workforce of over 4,500 employees operating from 14 offices in strategic industrial hubs, upholding the highest standards of safety, compliance and quality.

As a Senior Digitalisation Project Lead at Bilfinger UK, you will play a pivotal role in implementing and managing digitalisation initiatives across various aspects of our industrial services. This position requires an understanding of technical project delivery within an industrial environment along with a strong background in digital technologies, and the ability to understand, map and evaluate business processes. The ideal candidate will also have worked within an IT / Technical environment and understand the complexities of implementing and achieving adoption of new technologies.

Main Responsibilities

• Manage the delivery of digital projects across all Bilfinger UK business units, ensuring timely and successful execution.
• Support with the development and implementation of a business-wide digitalisation strategy to drive digital transformation.
• Work closely with internal stakeholders to understand their requirements and effectively communicate the value propositions of digital innovations.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, both internally and externally to ensure successful implementation of digital projects.
• Work across the business to implement more standardisation of solutions.

Secondary Responsibilities

• Enthusiastically present and demonstrate digital solutions to internal stakeholders and customers, showcasing their benefits.
• Provide training and support to internal teams relating to new digital tools and technologies.
• Develop and own digital value propositions that align with business objectives and enhance overall operational efficiency.
• Drive and support the strategic development of individual sites and functions within the business through the implementation of digital innovations.
• Identify opportunities for digital innovation and recommend technologies to enhance operational performance.

Skills Required

• Experience in the delivery of projects focused around business change and the application of new technologies.
• Experience in engineering, operational focused positions or industrial automation and control, and a strong understanding of digital technologies.
• Experience in the execution of Change Management processes and the ability to articulate why this is important to organisational change.
• Demonstrate passion for digital solutions and a clear understanding of the benefits they can bring to business operations.
• Flexible approach to solutions and highly adaptable to change, with the ability to navigate evolving digital landscapes.
• Possess intercultural competency to collaborate effectively in a diverse work environment.
• Commitment and willingness to carry out business trips as needed for project requirements.
• Excellent skills in leadership & presentation, with the ability to communicate effectively at all levels within the organisation.

Desired Experience

• Experience in engineering, operations and digital technologies.
• Proven experience in a similar role within the industrial sector.
• Demonstrable understanding and experience of lean management principles for process optimisation.
• Familiarity with the implementation of Mobile Applications (Low Code Platforms).
• Familiarity with the implementation of MS SQL based solutions.
• Dashboard Reporting Technology (e.g. PowerBI).
• A Degree or HND/HNC in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• Certification in Project Management (Prince2, APM).

If you wish to speak to a member of the recruitment team, please contact 01224 246246.