Overview
Front End Study Manager – Manchester
Due to growth the position of Front End Study Manager has become available to join our vibrant team based in Manchester Office.
Costain provides Engineering and Design services to the Energy, Water, Defence and Transport Sectors. We have exciting opportunities available to join our growing Energy team working to accelerate the energy transition as well as delivering more traditional projects to optimise our clients’ assets and extend their useful life, both onshore and offshore.
We are seeking Study Managers experienced in delivering front end scopes, starting at the earliest stages in project development, including feasibility assessments, concept selection and Pre-FEED studies.
In this role, the Study Manager will lead multi-disciplinary teams across one or more studies, with clients ranging from major energy companies to specialist project developers.
The Study Manager will in most cases provide the main interface with the client’s project team, and will work collaboratively to achieve desired outcomes, building strong relationships and growing workstreams and new opportunities.
Costain’s Energy team delivers optimised solutions to customers in the energy production, energy transition and related industries, including oil & gas production, energy storage, carbon capture, hydrogen production and fuel switching, and emissions reduction. The team is focused on finding the best solutions in the earliest phases of projects and, where necessary, to develop technologies required for delivery of these solutions. The team includes specialists in process, mechanical, safety and environmental design, working closely with the wider engineering teams in Costain and collaboratively with customers and partners.
Working arrangement : This is a hybrid role with 2/3 days based at the Manchester or Aberdeen office with the option for dynamic working.
This is a fantastic opportunity to join a career enhancing project where you will be a welcomed member of the wider team. Costain are looking for skilled people who’ll help us shape, create and deliver pioneering solutions that transform the performance of the infrastructure ecosystem across the UK. Together we are creating connected sustainable infrastructure to help people and the planet thrive.
This position has a competitive salary dependent on skills and experience, in addition to a fantastic benefits package including pension contribution matched up to 10%.
We have a vibrant, challenging and growing business, with project environments that provide tremendous opportunities for everybody. We know that by being a more diverse company we will be more innovative, have a greater understanding of our clients’ needs and will deliver smarter, more inclusive solutions for them. Our goal is to have a workforce that is representative of society and the communities in which we work. As an inclusive, family friendly employer we believe that everyone matters, and we are committed to ensuring that everyone has the same opportunities to be able to reach their full potential.
Role Requirements
• Degree qualified in chemical engineering.
• 10 years or more experience coordinating multidiscipline teams in the various stages of the project and life cycle on major contracts in the Energy Sector.
• Deep knowledge and experience of a range of process technology and equipment appropriate to onshore and offshore oil and gas production and processing. Co2 capture hydrogen production, fuel switching and electrification.
• Good knowledge of the major project delivery process from work winning to project handover.
• Knowledge and understanding of UK technical regulatory standards and global best practice.
• Extensive experience in delivering feasibility studies, selecting technologies, developing and concept design and evaluating options
• Champions Sustainability Safety, Health and Environment by putting personal safety and wellbeing at the heart of everything we do and helping the environment and communities to thrive.
• Having integrity by always doing the right thing in the right way
• Must be customer focussed by striving for excellence through understanding, anticipating and meeting their needs
For a full job description, please contact careers@costain.com quoting the vacancy number.
About Costain Costain helps to improve people’s lives with integrated, leading edge, smart infrastructure solutions across the UK’s energy, water, transportation and defence markets. We help our clients improve their business performance by increasing capacity, improving customer service, safeguarding security, enhancing resilience, decarbonising and delivering increased efficiency. Our vision is to be the UK’s leading smart infrastructure solutions company. We will achieve this by focusing on blue chip clients whose major spending plans are underpinned by strategic national needs, regulatory commitments, legislation or essential performance requirements. We offer our clients leading edge solutions that are digitally optimised through the following five services which cover the whole lifecycle of their assets: future-shaping strategic consultancy; consultancy and advisory; digital technology solutions; asset optimisation and complex programme delivery. Our culture and values underpin everything we do.
Your application
At Costain we aim to be an accessible, diverse and inclusive organisation to continue to meet our customers’ needs. We will be industry leading in our approach and people from all backgrounds will be proud to work for Costain. Our goal is to have a workforce that is representative of society.
Should you require any adjustments to support you in your application, please do not hesitate to contact us: careers@costain.com
We will consider all applicants regardless of age, race, faith and socioeconomic background, including those from marginalised groups, such as (but not exclusive to):
People who identify as LGBT+, including non-binary people
People with physical or neurological disabilities
People who have mental ill health
We welcome you to ask about the flexibility you need for dynamic working, such as, working part-time, remote working, or compressed hours. In return, we will explore what is possible.
To find out more about our Inclusion strategy, please visit our ED&I page:
https://www.costain.com/our-culture/equality-diversity-and-inclusion/
Right to Work & Security Checks
Understandably given the nature of our business, everyone who is employed at Costain must undergo thorough referencing checks. We will need different information depending on the job we have offered you. For all roles, we’ll carry out a criminal record check and we’ll ask to see evidence that you have the legal right to work in the UK.
For some of our roles, you may be required to obtain and maintain security clearance of at least Security Check level (or SC clearance). To satisfy the requirements, you will need to have been a legal UK resident for a minimum of 5 years and have successfully complete all stages of the vetting process.
Closing date
Please note that Costain reserves the right to bring forward the closing date of any of its job vacancies if we receive a suitable number of quality applications from which to make a shortlist. Therefore, we recommend at you apply as soon as possible rather than wait until the published closing date
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