Senior Project Manager in Aberdeen

Costain provides Engineering and Design services to the Energy, Water, Defence and Transport Sectors. We have exciting opportunities available to join our growing Energy team delivering upstream and midstream oil and gas projects to optimise our clients’ assets and extend their useful life, both onshore and offshore. We are seeking Study Managers experienced in delivering front end scopes, starting at the earliest stages in project development, including feasibility assessments, concept selection and Pre-FEED studies.

In this role, the Study Manager will lead multi-disciplinary teams across one or more studies, with clients ranging from major energy companies to specialist project developers. The Study Manager will in most cases provide the main interface with the client’s project team, and will work collaboratively to achieve desired outcomes, building strong relationships and growing workstreams and new opportunities.

Costain’s Energy team delivers optimised solutions to customers in the energy production, energy transition and related industries, including oil & gas production, energy storage, carbon capture, hydrogen production and fuel switching, and emissions reduction. The team is focused on finding the best solutions in the earliest phases of projects and, where necessary, to develop technologies required for delivery of these solutions. The team includes specialists in process, mechanical, safety and environmental design, working closely with the wider engineering teams in Costain and collaboratively with customers and partners.

This role will be based in our Aberdeen office 3 days a week.

• First degree in a relevant engineering discipline, preferably in Chemical Engineering, but other discipline degrees will be considered along with the relevant experience.
• Chartered Engineer preferred and the candidate should have more than 10 years’ experience including significant experience of UK energy infrastructure, and facilities development, preferably in an engineering consultancy or contracting environment.
• Deep knowledge and experience of a range of process technologies and equipment appropriate to offshore & onshore oil & gas production and processing.
• Experience across full project lifecycle – concept, FEED and EPC is preferred.
• Extensive experience in delivering feasibility studies, selecting technologies, developing conceptual design and evaluating options is essential.
• Proven experience at working interactively with a multi-discipline engineering team.
• Energy industry experience in UK regulatory environment.
• Wide knowledge of processes and technologies employed in energy production; processing including upstream and midstream oil and gas.
• Ability to frame problems, identify diverse options, and prepare robust evaluations to screen and select options, understanding and accounting for appropriate selection criteria.
• Ability to guide team in developing solutions and preparing deliverables.
• Awareness of process safety and environmental aspects of design.
• Project capital and operating cost estimating, interfacing with estimating function.
• Commercial awareness, including overall project execution strategies.
• Knowledge of brownfield construction projects on operating sites or offshore platforms.
• Proactive, self-motivated and solutions biased.
• Strong interpersonal skills.
• Effective communicator.
• Strong technical writing skills.
• Technical risk management.
• Excellent IT skills including Microsoft Word and Excel.

To manage delivery of studies in the early phases of project development, with accountability for the quality, budget and schedule. To be the primary interface with clients in study delivery and to work collaboratively to develop a full understanding of the project objectives, constraints, options and decision making processes. To manage the necessary multi-disciplinary technical and commercial inputs to allow robust study recommendations and decision making, with an understanding of technical and commercial options; health, safety and environmental aspects; cost and schedule impacts and project risk and opportunity. To ensure client needs are met and manage any emerging changes to the basis, scope of work, time frames or budgets.

To assist our clients in the process and energy industries in development of overall strategies to deliver and accelerate the energy transition, supported by innovation and appropriate technologies. To identify resource requirements and support in resource planning across a portfolio of projects as appropriate. To work with project controls team to provide reporting on project performance both internally and to client. To work with cost estimating function to develop estimates of total installed cost, understand level of uncertainty and identify project risks and opportunities. To prepare and check key project and technical study deliverables and ensure high levels of quality. To support line managers in managing performance and development of engineers and consultants in the team. To develop relationships with customers, supply chain and other third parties, and represent Costain in discussions and meetings on proposals, studies and projects. To support Business Development in winning repeat business with existing clients and identifying and winning new business from new clients.

To ensure personal and project compliance with current company policy, relevant legislation and company and customer’s requirements for Quality, Health, Safety and Environmental matters and work in such a manner not to cause personal harm or injury to fellow workers, customer and subcontractor employees or the environment. The role is to be based in Costain’s Aberdeen Office and may require travel to company, supplier or customer offices or sites for business purposes. The company operates a dynamic working policy which offers the opportunity to work by agreement with the individual considering the needs of the project, client and business.

Full time

Posting Date: 2026-06-02