Senior Project Engineer

Our client, a large operator is currently recruiting for the position of Senior Project Engineer, based in Aberdeen. This is a long‑term PAYE contract position for approximately two years. Office based five days per week in Aberdeen.

Responsibilities

• Leadership: Responsible for delivery of the EDC elements of decommissioning project, plus joint responsibility for the overall success of all decommissioning activities, working with the wider team to ensure activities are executed safely, within budget and on schedule. Work together with all company functions, technical leads, contractors, verifiers, and the decommissioning department to promote and ensure a cohesive and collaborative team environment in which to deliver successful projects. Be aware of the roles and responsibilities for team members allocated to the project, get to know their capabilities and development aspirations and support this where possible in project activities. Ensure compliance with regulatory interfaces on the project. Develop and maintain a positive company culture, including promoting the company Mission Statement and Core Values, maintaining an inclusive environment where everyone can thrive and driving continuous improvement.
• SHE (as per SHE-PRO-101): Perform a Safety Leadership role on project(s), ensuring a cohesive approach to safety and committing to: no harm to people and no adverse impact to the environment. Demonstrate an exemplary safety leadership standard, and provide clear direction on SHE expectations by communicating effectively. Be a demonstrably visible presence offshore. Support the communication of lessons learned from incidents, and audit findings. Champion a culture of Process Safety excellence at company. Ensure that all relevant Regulations, Standards and Practices are applied within own area of responsibility. Ensure that standards of competence are met and maintained by all personnel within own area of responsibility.
• Engineering Focus: Take accountability for delivery of your assigned project(s) and work together with the wider company team to assist in all project delivery, where appropriate. For assigned projects, ensure projects are led through the PDP process, author project charter, and work together with the technical leads to ensure full project cost estimating, annual budgeting, effective cost reporting, SOX controls, full project risk management, overall project planning & milestones, lead scenario planning, compile resource profiles, agree project objectives and metrics, maintain robust management of change, ensure an effective evaluate phase(s) is conducted so learnings can be taken forward. Responsible for maintaining oversight of the scopes of the work streams, ensuring they are collectively being delivered to the success criteria and that the technical leads are working together in an effective manner. Responsible for working with the technical leads and Information Management (IM) team to ensure the quality and completeness of knowledge & project content is maintained during the course of the project in accordance with IM procedures. Working alongside SHE ensuring all relevant Regulations, Standards and Practices are applied within your area of responsibility and aligned with the wider project requirements. Establish active and consistent risk (threat and opportunity) management throughout all project phases. Takes an overview of relationship management for the project, for example: works with SCCO in managing JV/third party/vendor relations, works with SHE in managing OPRED relations, works with NSLT in managing NSTA relations, works with technical lead in managing key contractor relations. Ensure effective and value‑adding reporting is in place, including financial control and reporting. Work with SCCO to ensure the supply chain is informed about business opportunities with company through timely and effective engagement in order to stimulate competitive interest in working with company. Take accountability for financial budgets for the Projects under their ownership. Work closely with the SCCO and finance teams to ensure the project is well managed in line with the contract and commercial agreements. For all project activities: Share in the team accountability for overall department financial performance. Promote a culture of cost efficiency. Be open‑minded and inquisitive to developments in techniques, commercial models and technologies etc. applicable to projects. Take a leading role in maintaining and building effective external interfaces, including those with regulators, industry bodies, supply chain members and other operators. Be open to collaborative opportunities externally and internally. Work closely with the team to create an environment where everyone can perform to their best, enhancing the delivery of projects and creating value for the company.

Experience & Qualifications: Demonstrated personal integrity. Actively demonstrates behaviours aligned to mission statement and company core values. Demonstrated ability to work together with others.