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Principal Technical Safety Engineer

Website PD&MS Group

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About The Role
Optimus Plus are now looking for an experienced Principal Technical Safety Engineer to join our Engineering Team on a full-time employee or PAYE Contractor basis. This role can be based in our Aberdeen or Glasgow office on a flexible hybrid working model where 2 days per week can be worked remotely. An excallent salary + benefits package is available for the sucessful candidate.

The role will involve working across various client projects, candidates with previous experience in Flare Recovery, Decommissioning, Hydrogen and Carbon Capture is highly beneficial.

If you are passionate about Engineering, have some energy industry experience, or have transferable skills, then we would love to hear from you.

Key duties:

  • Identify the scope of work required
  • Input to project plans
  • Identify areas of concern during any project or study
  • Produce cost- effective engineering solutions that are fit for purpose, safe and add value
  • Ability to address operational and maintenance issues in the design and liaise with colleagues for the best solution
  • Exercise technical authority and autonomy in all engineering activities

About You
Our ideal candidate will enjoy team working, will be customer and quality focused, can use their own initiative and will be responsive to our business and client needs. We’d like you to have a degree in a relevant subject and significant previous experience in detail design with an understanding of other disciplines.  You need to have  experience and an interest in working with AutoDesk products and have exposure to people management and development.

Experience / Competence:

  • Significant previous oil and gas process engineering experience
  • Demonstrable experience delivering consultancy studies and engineering projects.
  • Strong process design and process safety knowledge.
  • Ability to lead and technically assure a process engineering scope.
  • Experience coordinating multidisciplinary teams and engaging directly with clients.
  • Ability to support project estimates, resource planning, proposals and commercial delivery.
  • Experience in Flare Recovery, Decommissioning, Hydrogen and Carbon Capture (preferred).

About Us
We are all about practical delivery. Our expert engineering solutions are always tailored, pragmatic, credible and fit for purpose. That is the Optimus way.

Optimus is an integrated, multi-discipline engineering design, project delivery and consultancy organisation. Founded in 1999, the business began as a consultancy with a headcount of just four. In the intervening years, Optimus has grown into a highly respected international engineering consultancy with almost 100 employees working for clients worldwide.

We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and value inclusion and diversity. We welcome applications from all persons regardless of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran or disability status.

To apply for this job please visit careers.optimusaberdeen.com.