Principal Concept Development Engineer
Petrofac, Mount Hermon, Woking
Principal Concept Development Engineer
Salary Not Specified
Petrofac, Mount Hermon, Woking
- Full time
- Permanent
- Remote working
Posted today, 6 Oct | Get your application in now to be one of the first to apply.
Closing date: Closing date not specified
job Ref: 613af36e853a45c09dea8b007316a767
Full Job Description
- This position sits within our Energy Consultancy team, based in Woking, Surrey. The job holder will report into our Manager, Energy Consulting.
- This team consists of seven employees, these are typically Study Managers, Concept Development Engineers and Flow Assurance Engineers.
- 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
- Cost control - very good awareness of project CTRs and the general monitoring of actual project activity hours. Identifying and mitigating potential project time overrun. Working to improve efficiency and effectiveness of the design process
- Financial performance monitoring - delivery of projects within specified targets.
- Creating, checking and approving project deliverables
- Quality control - ensuring all work is carried out in accordance with corporate standards and procedures
- Health, Safety & Environment - taking personal responsibility of own safety and that of others. Adhering to corporate Health, Safety and Environmental Policies and reporting all incidents and accidents without delay
- Lead Energy Consulting studies in accordance with the contract terms and conditions and the project execution plan.
- Manage risk relating to execution of the contract and manage contractual changes as they arise.
- 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 Petrofac and Study Health and Safety, Environmental and Quality Management Procedures are followed.
- Support Business Development team on early engagements with prospective clients
- Support study proposal development
- Provide support to study managers as required.
- Develops solutions to bring client projects to market
- Leads feasibility screening of development concepts.
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 understands 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 Client's recognise 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.
- Professional development and excellent career opportunities with the chance to work on a wide variety of projects
- A healthy work-life balance with flexible working conditions throughout the different phases of your journey
Petrofac is a leading international service provider to the energy industry, with a diverse client portfolio including many of the world's leading energy companies. We design, build, manage and maintain infrastructure for our clients. We recruit, reward, and develop our people based on merit regardless of race, nationality, religion, gender, age, sexual orientation, marital status or disability. We value our people and treat everyone who works for or with Petrofac fairly and without discrimination. The world is re-thinking its energy supply and energy security needs; planning for a phased transition to alternative energy sources. We are here to help our clients meet these evolving energy needs. This is an exciting time to join us on this journey. Our purpose is to help our clients meet the world's evolving energy needs. Our support spans the full asset lifecycle, from design through to construction, commissioning, operations, maintenance and even decommissioning. As the energy landscape is evolving, so are we. Today, we are increasingly supporting projects across the energy landscape, from traditional oil and gas projects to those that promise a lower-carbon alternative. We focus on offshore wind, hydrogen, carbon capture, to waste-to-value, and emissions reduction projects. Here we leverage our engineering and complex project delivery skills sets to advance critical industrial decarbonization projects. We recruit, reward, and develop our people based on merit regardless of race, nationality, religion, gender, age, sexual orientation, marital status, or disability. We value our people and treat everyone who works for or with Petrofac fairly and without discrimination. We support flexible working requests and have adopted a hybrid approach for most office-based roles. We ask employees to be present in the office at least three days per week. This is an exciting time to join the energy industry and to join us on our journey as we help shape the future energy landscape. If you want to make a difference in a forward-thinking, inclusive environment, join us. Woking is Petrofac's centre of excellence for consultancy and early-stage engineering and where much of our work on energy transition projects is undertaken. Join our dynamic team to help bring to life the developments that will be key to the energy transition. Are you ready to bring the right energy to Petrofac and help us deliver a better future for everyone? - Competitive pay and benefits with excellent pension and insurance schemes as well as private health services
- Possibility to work remotely/from home 2 days per week
- Opportunity for international travel.