Lead Structural Designer

Lead Structural Designer

Company: PD&MS Group

Do you enjoy a challenge? Do you want to make a 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.

Optimus Plus are now looking for a Lead Structural Designer to join our engineering 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.

If you are passionate about design, have some energy industry experience, or have transferable skills, then we would love to hear from you.

• Aids the project in creating schedules, time assignment and resource allocation
• Responsible for ensuring designs meet project requirements
• Input to project plans
• Identify areas of concern during any project or study
• Produce cost‑effective engineering solutions that are fit for purpose, safe and add value
• Ability to address operational and maintenance issues in the design and liaise with colleagues for the best solution
• Undertake surveys, both onshore and offshore

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. You should also enjoy leadership and development of people through coaching and mentoring of others.

Experience of brownfield design work is preferred, as is knowledge of other CAD drafting tools such as Inventor 3D, Navisworks, PDMS, etc.

We’d like you to have a HND in a relevant subject and previous experience in detail design and design checking with an understanding of other disciplines. You need to be highly competent in the use of Auto Desk design 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.

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.

Seniority level:
Mid‑Senior level

Employment type:

Full‑time

Job function:
Design

Industries:
Oil and Gas

Location:

Aberdeen or Glasgow, or remote based on flexible hybrid arrangement.