Engineering Manager

Job description

Our client is a North Sea operator currently recruiting for the position of Engineering Manager, based in Aberdeen. This would preferably have FPSO experience.

Responsibilities:

• Manage the company Engineering team to meet business goals by providing leadership, direction, roles, responsibilities, coaching and mentoring.
• Accountable for ensuring that facilities and subsea engineering, subsea operations activities are carried out to high HSE standards.
• Responsible for ensuring that the Engineering team is appropriately resourced to deliver the businesses requirements.
• Owner of the Engineering area of the System. Including: Topsides Engineering Procedure and associated documents
• Accountable for delivery of Subsea Projects in accordance with company's Project Delivery Model and Underwater Operations Management System.
• Accountable for delivery of Topsides Engineering in line with company's Topsides Engineering Procedure.
• Development and management of Subsea, Engineering performance measurement, risk management and reporting systems.
• Provide effective management of key contractors and promote a culture of high performance.
• Promote, reinforce and instil a strong safety culture and environmental responsibility as a fundamental and essential part of team culture.
• Accountable to ensure that business processes, project gate reviews and controls are in place and being followed by way of review and audit.
• Interface with regulators with respect to Engineering regulatory compliance.
• To participate and support the Company's Emergency Response duty rota and activities.
• Performs the role of Pipeline Responsible Person with accountability for providing the necessary resources and processes to manage pipeline

Experience & Qualifications:

• Solid understanding of roles and contributions of all key business functions in an E&P environment
• Relevant technical degree or equivalent experience in Engineering gained in an Operator environment
• Team oriented leadership style and demonstrated ability to motivate others/teams
• Result oriented and commercially driven
• Ability to communicate effectively both written and verbally and at all levels of the organization in the English language
• Familiar with relevant legislation and regulation with demonstrable ability to assess applicability, develop and implement plans to meet requirements, and monitor compliance
• Understanding of and ability to demonstrate leadership by example of company's HSE and Process Safety Culture
• Understanding of ISO 14001 Certification requirements and application
• Ability to monitor and review hazard management measures, interpret trends, and intervene with corrections as necessary
• Working knowledge of audits in compliance with company guidelines, ability to delegate action teams to carry out investigations into non-
• conformance, and a working understanding of active monitoring procedures
• Understanding of KPI's and ability to ensure all are met within agreed timescales
• Working knowledge of the Control of Change procedure
• Ability to participate in incident investigation teams, develop terms of reference, review and approve recommendations and ensure corrective actions are generated
• Clear understanding of company's business strategy, ability to articulate application to local issues and challenges, engage stakeholders, monitor and ensure effectiveness and sustainability, and report adherence
• Ability to perform leadership role in emergency response situation

Permanent 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: PR/084615.

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Orion Group was founded in 1987 and is now one of the largest, independent, international recruitment companies. We have a network of 200 employees working from 24 offices, delivering a range of services - Talent Acquisition, Recruitment Outsourcing Services, Retained Search, Global Workforce Solutions, Completions & Commissioning and Materials Management - across 68 countries. As a global leader in workforce solutions, we recruit personnel across the Engineering & Technical, Office & Commercial, Scientific and Skilled Trades disciplines, for sectors including Oil & Gas, Life Science, Power & Utilities, Constructions & Infrastructure, Manufacturing and Renewables.