Senior Project Engineer
TR/080612
Posted: 15/01/2026
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:
SHE (as per SHE-PRO-101):
For assigned projects:
Experience & Qualifications:
Contract position
If you feel that you are well suited to the above opportunity and would like to find out more then please contact Orion Group for more information or apply by forwarding your current CV quoting reference: TR/080612.
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.
- Competitive PAYE Day rate
- Scotland, Aberdeen City, Aberdeen
- Contract
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 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.
- Knowledge and understanding of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion principles. Ability to seek value for the business by promoting and applying these principles appropriately.
- Ability to mentor and coach staff. Has clear understanding of when to lead and not manage.
- Ability to inspire and motivate team and wider peers and colleagues towards the attainment of key goals.
- Demonstrate a passion for safety leadership at all times.
- 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.
Contract position
If you feel that you are well suited to the above opportunity and would like to find out more then please contact Orion Group for more information or apply by forwarding your current CV quoting reference: TR/080612.
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.
Jenny Chalmers
Account Manager
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