Senior Structural Engineer

OGV Energy; Glasgow; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - GBP 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering consultancy is seeking a Senior Structural Engineer to join their team in Glasgow or Aberdeen. This full-time position offers a flexible hybrid working model with opportunities to work on new and existing projects in the energy sector. Candidates should have significant structural design experience in offshore oil and gas, and an understanding of brownfield projects. The role includes supervising others and producing cost-effective engineering solutions while enjoying a generous benefits package.

Benefits

Pension

Enhanced sick pay

Income protection

Qualifications

• Significant structural design experience in offshore oil and gas industry.
• Experience in brownfield projects is beneficial.
• Relevant certification for offshore work is required.

Responsibilities

• Identify the scope of work required.
• Input to project plans and schedules.
• Produce cost-effective engineering solutions.
• Supervise the time of others.

Skills

Structural design experience

Teamwork

Customer focus

Initiative

Quality focus

Education

Degree in a relevant subject

Tools

AutoDesk products

Job description

About The Role

Optimus Plus are now looking for a Senior Structural Engineer to join our team on a full-time employee basis. This role can be based in our office in Aberdeen or Glasgow on a flexible hybrid working model where 2 days per week can be worked remotely. An excellent salary + benefits package is available for the successful candidate.

Do you enjoy a challenge? Do you want to make difference? Would you like to work within a friendly and inclusive team? We have an exciting opportunity working within both new and existing projects, creating bespoke, safe and cost-effective engineering solutions for our clients within the energy sector.

Suitable candidate’s will have significant structural design experience working in the offshore oil and gas industry and in particular in brownfield projects. Any knowledge of the North Sea assets, Asset Integrity Management, life extension studies or decommissioning would be beneficial.

Key Duties:

• Identify the scope of work required
• Input to project plans and schedules.
• Identify areas of concern during any project or study.
• Produce cost-effective engineering solutions that are fit for purpose, safe and add value to address operational and maintenance issues in the design and liaise with colleagues for the best solution
• Undertake Surveys, both onshore and offshore (not essential)
• Supervise the time of others

Our Senior Engineers can expect to work in a modern environment, enjoy flexible working and will be offered a range of working options to suit individual situations. We have a generous benefits package available which includes pension, enhanced sick pay and income protection to name a few.

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 some experience and an interest in working with AutoDesk products.

There will be the opportunity to work in other locations, both on and offshore so candidates may need to travel and hold the relevant certification to do so.

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.