Principal Concept Development Engineer

First Recruitment Group • Woking, ENG, United Kingdom • 14h ago

Job Description

Principal Concept Development Engineer

Woking

Hybrid: 3 days officer per week

Our client is a leading international service provider to the energy industry. Its diverse client portfolio includes many of the world’s leading energy companies.

You will work in our client’s centre of excellence for consultancy and early-stage engineering where much of their work on energy transition projects is undertaken.

Key Responsibilities:

The job holder will report to the Manager, of Energy Consulting.
Developing innovative engineering work on conceptual and FEED projects
Providing a consultative role to internal and external clients
Supervising, guiding and directing project teams. Ensuring the project team understands the technical details and key features of the project to enable the team to deliver work efficiently and to the highest technical standards
Business development – identify and propose opportunities to develop business within or beyond projects you are directly involved in
Proposal development – assist in preparing proposals by providing technical expertise
Manage relationships with Clients, being aware of and responding to customer needs, whilst still achieving study objectives.
Organise and manage the study team to achieve the health, safety, environmental, schedule, cost and quality requirements of the study.
Manage the preparation of cost estimates for studies and economic assessments of Projects
Ensure that Health and Safety, Environmental and Quality Management Procedures are followed.

Essential Qualifications & Skills

Good understanding of Interfaces between various engineering disciplines.
Appreciations of onshore and offshore Oil & Gas facilities engineering as well as new energy sectors such as hydrogen, CCUS and energy from waste
Good ability in field development planning and Conceptual design competency for greenfield and Brownfield
Management of teams of multi-discipline engineers.
Excellent intrapersonal skills.
Manage the preparation of cost estimates for studies and economic assessments of Projects
Ability to think innovatively, practically and pragmatically.
Flexible and responsive approach to achieve Client’s requirements.
Capable of structuring bespoke highly technical reports and presentations.
Presenting and discussing complex issues with Clients as well as project management/ commercial aspects.
Multi-tasking abilities.
Planning and forecasting ability.
Good experience in early-stage project development within the oil & gas and/or new energies sectors
UK and international concept development experience
Experience on a range of studies across different markets and understanding the tools used and levels of detail required to support the early phase decision-making process.
Relevant experience in FEED, EPC, Commissioning and/or Operations such that the Client recognises the experience from later phases being considered in their early study phase.
Proficient in the use of project scheduling, estimating and cost accounting tools and methods.
Experience in early phases of project development essential (feasibility studies, concept design, pre-FEED, master planning, etc.)
Honours degree or equivalent in a relevant engineering discipline. Chartered Engineer status preferred.