Senior Project Engineer - Decommissioning
PR/079598
Posted: 21/10/2025
- Competitive
- Scotland, Aberdeen City, Aberdeen
- Permanent
A staff position for a Senior Project Engineer - Decommissioning with an operator client. Requires previous decommissioning experience. Aberdeen based.
Experience & Qualifications:
Our role in supporting diversity and inclusion
As an international workforce business, we are committed to sourcing personnel that reflects the diversity and values of our client base but also that of Orion Group. We welcome the wide range of experiences and viewpoints that potential workers bring to our business and our clients, including those based on nationality, gender, culture, educational and professional backgrounds, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, and age differences, job classification and religion. In our inclusive workplace, regardless of your employment status as staff or contract, everyone is assured the right of equitable, fair and respectful treatment.
- Responsible for delivery of assigned Decommissioning Projects, plus joint responsibility for the overall success of all decommissioning activities, working with the wider team to ensure decommissioning campaigns and activities are executed safely, within budget and on schedule.
- Work together with technical leads, contractors, verifiers, all company functions and the decommissioning department to promote and ensure a cohesive and collaborative team environment in which to deliver successful projects.
- Work with the Decommissioning Manager and Decommissioning Team Lead to support the development of people within the decommissioning department. 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 the Decommissioning Programme and any other 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.
- Take accountability for successful decommissioning project delivery for assigned project(s) and joint accountability for the success of all International Division Decommissioning projects and activities.
Experience & Qualifications:
- Demonstrated personal integrity. Actively demonstrates behaviours aligned to mission statement and company core values.
- Demonstrated ability to work together with others to achieve results and successfully coach and mentor team and peers to do likewise.
- Demonstrated ability to lead successful cross functional projects. Demonstrated ability to deal effectively with conflict, disagreement and indecision. Ensures decisions are made.
- Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively – able to articulate complex ideas and views, able to listen effectively to others and take on board alternative points of view.
- Demonstrated ability to challenge traditional thinking, driving innovation to solve complex issues.
- Demonstrated support of company’s culture, promoting participation in our teams, committees and forums, including EDI, ER, CSC, Safety Forum, Sports and Social.
- Demonstrated positive attitude, energetic and enthusiastic. Creates an atmosphere in which team and individual initiative is encouraged and rewarded.
- Promote a culture of equality, diversity and inclusion in line with company’s EDI strategy: commit to learning about developing inclusive cultures and eliminating blockers to diversity in the working environment.
- Demonstrated ability to drive continuous improvement.
- Ability to drive innovation in technical solutions.
- Competency in contract management.
- Competency in risk assessment and mitigation at project level.
- Ability to keep the larger project picture in mind, including recognising where interfaces may be needed.
- Be able to prioritise multiple work fronts, both for themselves but also provide guidance to less experienced team members.
- Ability to enquire and challenge the relevance of accepted operational standards for the decommissioning phase.
- Ability to create an empowered project team, setting clear expectations and ensuring the team take accountability for delivery.
- Technical/Engineering degree or a number of years of experience in a technical field.
- Commitment to continuous professional development
- Experience of managing budgets, teams and working collaboratively with external parties.
- Knowledge of the offshore working environment and/or site based working.
- Project Management qualification or working towards accreditation with a recognised body i.e. APM or PMI.
Our role in supporting diversity and inclusion
As an international workforce business, we are committed to sourcing personnel that reflects the diversity and values of our client base but also that of Orion Group. We welcome the wide range of experiences and viewpoints that potential workers bring to our business and our clients, including those based on nationality, gender, culture, educational and professional backgrounds, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, and age differences, job classification and religion. In our inclusive workplace, regardless of your employment status as staff or contract, everyone is assured the right of equitable, fair and respectful treatment.
Lachlan Nicholson
Staff Recruitment Manager
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