Lead Engineer- Subsea Field Development

Did you know that Atkins Energy business has expanded by nearly 20% in the last year and now employs 1200 people worldwide, in the Nuclear, Oil and Gas, Power and Renewables sectors!

People are the heartbeat of our business. Our status as a world leading engineering and design consultancy is reflected in the quality of life our people enjoy. The modern, flexible approach we take means ambitions, both at home and at work, can be fully realised.

Our Energy business has been operating for over four decades. You’ll be helping us to design complex new schemes, assure the longevity and integrity of existing infrastructure and deliver innovative consultancy advice to core clients, critical to the success of the global energy market.

Within the oil and gas division, our operations focus on fixed and floating offshore structures, terminals, refineries, petrochemical plants and subsea pipelines. Having worked on 1000 oil and gas installations around the world, we are now the operator’s ‘go to’ company for difficult challenges from life extension to innovative new design.

Become part of a team of over 650 experts located in North America, Australia, the Middle East, Europe and the UK.

Our subsea team is building an industry reputation for completing field development studies, conceptual designs and FEED of some of the most challenging projects including deepwater HP/HT development.

This ongoing success has created an exciting opportunity for a Lead Subsea Field Development Engineer within our team based in Aberdeen, Newcastle or South-east.

The Lead Subsea Field Development Engineer will be responsible for working with and leading teams of technical specialists to successfully deliver fully integrated multidisciplinary studies to the highest technical standards.

Job Details

Responsibilities

As a Lead Engineer, you will be responsible for the following:

Successfully delivering fully integrated multidisciplinary studies, development of conceptual designs for subsea facilities, including the preparation of preliminary operating philosophies

• Ensuring the provision of efficient, high quality engineering and preparation of associated clear, concise, high quality reports.
• Interfacing with clients, suppliers and sub-contractors when required.
• Managing your own and others’ cost and time targets to deliver high quality consultancy services
• Maintaining and developing client relationships Developing proposals and tendersContribution to strategy for field development engineering

Requirements

Suitable candidates will possess the following qualifications and experience:

• An engineering degree (honours or equivalent) in chemical or mechanical engineering, or similar.
• Familiarity with field development drivers and optimisation (flexibility/operability/cost/ schedule/ risk/ reliability) of subsea facilities
• Knowledge of relevant disciplines e.g. field architecture, flow assurance and operating philosophies, flowline design, subsea controls, installation, scheduling and cost estimating
• Knowledge of relevant assurance technologies (e.g. HIPPS, Gas Lift, Subsea processing) and operating strategies for subsea systems.

Candidates should also possess the following personal skills/qualities:

• Potential and desire to progress to Principal Consultant status and beyond A co-operative and helpful attitude to colleagues and clients Self-motivated, reliable, consistent and mature approach to work
• Able to work independently and in small teams
• Good presentation skills and the ability to interface with clients Ability to cope rapidly with challenging problems

Training and Development

Atkins develops individuals through a portfolio of training and development activities designed to help you make the best of your abilities and talents. Assistance with continuing professional development will be provided.

Additional Information

• Travel to other company sites may be necessarySuccessful applicants must have the right to work in the UK without restriction.

Rewards and Benefits

Please refer to our website for details of our full benefits package.

Atkins recognise that there are many well qualified people who are looking to further their career in engineering, but who cannot commit to full time employment. We support flexible working arrangements and are interested to discuss how we can accommodate individual requirements.