Senior Development Engineer

The Senior Development Engineer (Facility Development) provides process engineering expertise and project management support for early-phase oil and gas facility developments and modifications. This contractor role focuses on ensuring technical excellence, regulatory compliance, and safe, efficient project delivery in the early stages of development.

• Ensure all activities comply with HSES, legislation, and Harbour Energy procedures.
• Collaborate with internal disciplines (operations, commercial, subsurface) and JV partners.
• Lead integrated project team meetings and maintain inter-discipline technical interfaces.
• Support Phase Gate readiness and ensure lessons learned and technical data are properly retained.
• Lead early-phase projects (Appraise and Select) with a focus on process engineering solutions.
• Maintain adherence to Harbour Energy’s Ethics and Compliance Policies.
• Generate cost estimates, schedules, and economics to support business case assessments.
• Manage technical studies and contractors, ensuring delivery against budgets and timelines.
• Develop contracting and procurement strategies in alignment with Harbour Energy’s supply chain.
• Promote a positive, collaborative team environment.
• Prepare budget/AFE requests and decision-support packages.
• Develop key project documentation: SORs, BODs, Project Execution Plans, and framing charters.
• Facilitate handover of early-phase development projects to execution teams.
• Coach less experienced engineers and act as a technical role model.
• Participate in HAZOP, HAZID, LOPA, and constructability reviews.

• Chartered Engineer with a Master’s (or equivalent) in Engineering (preferably Chemical/Process).
• Experience in facilities engineering, including brownfield/greenfield projects, subsea, and drilling.
• Regulatory compliance, safety, and HSES awareness.
• Beneficial: project management, decision analysis, and direct operations experience.
• Strong background in process engineering for early-phase facility projects.
• Stakeholder engagement, JV coordination, and contractor management.
• Strong analytical, presentation, and report-writing capabilities.
• Exposure to project development processes, stage-gate frameworks, cost-estimating, and risk evaluation.