Graduate Project Engineer

Graduate Job Description Template

Job Title

Graduate Project Engineer

Location

Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Intended Start Date

September 2021

About Worley

At the end of April 2019, WorleyParsons combined with Jacobs’ Energy, Chemicals and Resources (ECR) division, to create Worley.

Together, we are a leading global provider of professional project and asset services in the energy, chemicals and resources sectors. We have almost 60,000 amazing people in around 60 countries across the world covering the full lifecycle, from creating new assets to sustaining and enhancing operating assets for our customers.

Our exciting combination will create new opportunities for you to join us.

The transition will take time, so in the short-term you may see references to our heritage companies in your application process

We engineer for lasting impact

At Worley we are creating value all around the world, and our professionals are driving it all with expertise and confidence.  When you take your place on our team, you'll discover nearly endless opportunities to develop your career and you'll have the support and encouragement to be at your best.

Visit www.worley.com to explore our success, expertise and global reach

Role Outline/ Responsibilities

As a Worley Graduate you will join the Integrated Solutions business, based in Aberdeen, which delivers maintenance, modification, operations, engineering, fabrication, construction, hook-up and commissioning in support of greenfield and brownfield assets globally.

Worley recognises the importance of continual development, therefore you will join a four year structured programme, designed to provide you with the knowledge, skills and experience required as a Project Professional Graduate. You will join the Project Management Function which leads the successful delivery of our projects from concept, FEED and detailed design services for both onshore and offshore Oil & Gas facilities. Our structured programme is designed to provide Graduates joining the Project Management community of Worley with first-hand training and development, ensuring that they gain the knowledge, skills and experience required for them to contribute positively to the wider Worley business. As a Project Professional Graduate, you will focus your learning to apply theoretical principles to defined tasks.  You will be involved in the review of project processes, utilising your current knowledge based experience whilst learning the broader theoretical principles related to Project Management. 

Throughout the development programme you will become competent in the following:

• Providing support to the project engineering team to coordinate the implementation of repair order and minor modification scopes on the contract
• Assisting the project engineers with delivery of modification scopes under direction and supervision
• Helping to deliver the client’s workplan and budget commitments
• Having a full awareness of the administering of contract agreements between Worley and its subcontractors whereby Worley and Client interests are protected and costs are managed
• Maintaining close contact with the client throughout the project lifecycle to ensure satisfactory reaction to Client needs or criticisms
• Monitoring and controlling project performance against budget, schedule, quality and safety requirements, using appropriate control tools and reporting to Worley Management
• Identifying any changes in the scope of work and ensuring that appropriate change requests are current and adequate
• Gaining an awareness of the requirement to manage multi-discipline engineering teams in the delivery of work.

Qualifications

Qualifications required:

• Bachelors or Masters Degree in a relevant subject – Engineering, Business Management or Project Management

Experience and personal qualities, aptitudes and skills:

• University work placement within an Oil & Gas organisation is desirable
• Previous experience of Brownfield/Greenfield Projects
• Professional demeanour
• Commitment to involvement in industry / educational / STEM seminars and activities
• Responds positively to the needs of the client and your work colleagues
• Develops good team working relationships and contributes to team efforts
• Actively seeks feedback to improve own performance
• Acts responsively in carrying out tasks
• Demonstrates cost consciousness
• Passionate about Project Engineering and understands current industry challenges and demonstrates a general willingness to learn
• Excellent communication and influencing skills
• Confident, energetic and an ambitious self-starter.

What we offer you

Graduates undertake a two-year training and development programme that aims to prepare them for professional qualifications and gives a broad grounding in all other aspects of our business. Every graduate has a personal mentor with whom they work closely to devise a programme that meets our business needs and their aspirations.

We have established a Graduate Community which is run and managed by our graduates. It has established a culture whereby graduates direct and take responsibility for their own development, with its own structure and annual budget, it is a voice for the graduate community, providing regular input to Company strategy.

Our graduates enjoy competitive compensation packages and a fun, personal, collaborative and safe working environment.  We value equal employment opportunity and are committed to promoting fairness, equality and diversity.

Our policy is to conduct background checks for all candidates who accept an offer of employment with us.

If you have the passion and talent to keep up, it's time to test the limits of what you can become.  Find your future with Worley