Senior Project Engineer in Aberdeen

Wood is recruiting a Senior Project Engineer with expertise in the Oil and Gas Industry for an exciting role developing scopes of work for engineering modifications within our clients' office on a Staff basis. The role will be hybrid working and will require a minimum of 3 days per week in the client office.

The key responsibility of this role will be to develop and prioritise scopes of work as part of the client work entry process. Work closely with the asset facilities engineers and technical teams, co-ordinate and develop technical solutions and business justifications to support work entry as a medication. On completion of each scope, this is presented in the form of a scope of work to the respective asset managers.

This scope includes but is not limited to:

• Management of a database of proposed scopes and prioritising scopes appropriately to meet the business demand.
• Working closely with the asset technical engineers to develop fit-for-purpose value adding solutions and preparing the scope sufficient for the respective maintenance or engineering team to develop a study or execute proposal.
• Presenting to the asset the value/benefits of the scope and giving an honest appraisal of whether the scope has a sufficient business justification to proceed into the next phase.
• Management of the Agile process to ensure best in class delivery of the scopes.

Successful candidates should have a strong safety focus, and as a Wood representative in the client office, are expected to be a champion and role model for ethical behaviour and comply with applicable laws, policies, and Wood procedures.

Wood is currently growing their project and modification portfolio of key EPCC opportunities spanning 3-5 years longevity. This will include projects in full lifecycles ranging from early Study / FEED into detail design which will cover sectors within the O&G, renewable energy, pharmaceutical and chemicals.

What we can offer:

• Flexible working arrangements that balance client, team and individual needs offering hybrid and remote working where relevant.
• Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion; we are an organisation actively committed to diversity and inclusion across our business with employee networks committed to giving all employees a voice.
• Competitive salary with regular salary reviews to ensure we are rewarding at the right level in line with the market.
• Flexible benefits package; inclusive of 33 days annual leave (including public holidays), generous contributory pension scheme, private medical cover, 4x base salary life insurance; all of these and more that can be adapted to suit your own lifestyle.
• Commitment to continued professional development; development plans that are tailored to your individual needs and interests.
• Global connections; join experts around the world who are at the leading edge of our industry, shaping the standards of our profession.

Responsibilities:

• Safety focused, places the welfare of both internal and customer employees at the top of the agenda.
• Customer focused – develops sincere and open relationships with the client.
• A motivated self-starter, who can self-direct when required and is able to use own initiative to make appropriate proposals and decisions.
• Capable of working with asset engineers to develop fit for purpose scopes of work for engineering modification, and plan to determine timeframe, procedures for accomplishing the project.
• Excellent communication skills - verbal, written and presentational - and desire to build working relationships in an operating environment.
• Good organisational skills, particularly the capability to prioritise activities.
• Strong desire to provide competitive, fit-for-purpose solutions.
• Solid appreciation of risk management, particularly risk and opportunity identification.
• Capability to identify opportunities for innovation, such as digitalisation and technology use to bring value to maintenance and engineering modifications scopes.
• Pragmatic in approach with a strong commercial bias and ability to balance commerciality with operational excellence.

Qualifications:

Expected:

• Recognized qualification in an engineering discipline.
• Preferable chartered engineer and member of a recognized institution.
• Relevant proven experience in multidiscipline engineering management within engineering and procurement projects for the Process and Energy or Oil and Gas industry.
• Understands and knows how to apply the procedures and work practices which define and govern Engineering Management and Project Engineering deliverables.
• Understands the importance of Project Engineering deliverables and the need for accuracy and timely issue.
• Fully conversant with project scopes and work carried out by all engineering disciplines and various interface and inter-discipline coordination requirements among the various disciplines including procurement and construction.
• Commercially astute and aware of the importance of change control.
• Has a good knowledge of engineering standards, procedures and work practices; follows project execution flow chart; developing skills in project and technical execution.
• Able to lead a small team; develops skills of leadership with minimum intervention from manager.
• CDM experience is a preference.
• Extensive experience gained either as a discipline engineer in a project environment or in more junior project engineering roles.
• Good understanding of technical work scope, key dates and milestones.
• Completely familiar with project contractual and commercial requirements.
• Understands the concept of customer satisfaction and is able to deliver to internal customers, including other engineering disciplines.
• Good negotiation and presentation skills.
• Ability to make independent decisions in planning, organizing and coordinating to develop solutions to complex problems.