Engineering Manager

The Company

Buchan Offshore Wind is the developer of a major floating offshore wind farm 75 km to the northeast of Fraserburgh on the Aberdeenshire coast. With an anticipated capacity of close to 1GW and a connection date of 2033, the project would feature up to 70 turbines and has the potential to generate the equivalent of the annual power needs of some 1.4 million British homes.

A dynamic, committed and focused project team has seen the project deliver on its key milestones to date, with both the offshore and onshore consent applications submitted to the Scottish Government and Aberdeenshire Council respectively, in Autumn 2025. The focus is now making preparations for moving into the post-consent phase, enhancing the supply chain programme and delivering on the project's engineering roadmap.

The project's unique selling point is the selection of BW Ideol's patented Damping Pool floating substructure which has the potential to both accelerate delivery and generate significant levels of employment in Scotland, with BW Ideol actively working to establish a manufacturing centre at the former oil and gas fabrication yard at Port of Ardersier.

The joint venture has three equal partners, with highly relevant and complementary capability and expertise: BayWa r.e., a global renewable energy business with UK offices in Glasgow and Edinburgh; BW Ideol, a proven floating technology leader and international floating wind project co-developer; and Elicio, an experienced Belgian offshore wind developer, owner and operator.

This major multi-billion-pound infrastructure project will include up to 70 WTGs and associated floating foundations, up to 3 offshore substation platforms, 1 intermediate reactive compensation platform, a cable route of circa 90km offshore, 30 km of onshore cable and a HVAC substation connecting to SSE's onshore transmission system.  More information on the project, including the related planning applications can be found at

The Role

The Engineering Manager will play a central role in driving the technical design and coordination of all engineering packages for the Buchan Offshore Wind project. Reporting to the Technical & Engineering Director, the postholder will lead the day-to-day management of the project's engineering activities, ensuring design work is integrated, timely and aligned with the project's development strategy.

The role will span the full lifecycle of the project: from early design development, through FEED, into procurement and construction preparation, and eventually supporting the project through installation and commissioning. The Engineering Manager will ensure that design decisions made today remain robust, coordinated, and deliverable as the project enters execution.

They will manage the internal engineering team and oversee a suite of external consultants delivering multi-disciplinary scopes. This is a key leadership position in one of Europe's most advanced floating offshore wind developments, suited to someone who thrives in coordinating complex engineering programmes and working across multiple technical and commercial interfaces.

Key Responsibilities

Lead and Coordinate All Engineering Packages

• Provide day-to-day leadership across all engineering disciplines, floating foundations, electrical systems, cables, substations, onshore works, WTG interface and O&M inputs.
• Ensure all design packages progress consistently and align with the overall project strategy and schedule.
• Own the day-to-day delivery of the project's design management framework, ensuring design work is integrated, consistent, well-governed and progresses in a controlled manner.
• Ensure all engineering disciplines follow a structured, transparent approach to interfaces, decisions, assumptions and design progression.

Manage the Internal Engineering Team

• Line manage a growing engineering team.
• Foster a collaborative, high-performing team environment.
• Coordinate resource planning, discipline leadership and technical delivery.
• Support the development and manage performance of the growing team

Oversee External Engineering & FEED Contractors

• Manage a framework of engineering consultancies delivering pre-FEED and FEED scopes.
• Ensure clarity of scope, strong technical standards, and timely high-quality outputs.
• Lead technical input during specification development, tendering and contract management
• Manage the delivery of the external work to meet commercial and cost requirements

Drive Integration of All Engineering Activities

• Coordinate the full suite of design activities to ensure a coherent, controlled and traceable design progression.
• Maintain alignment between structural, electrical, installation, marine, ports and onshore package interfaces.
• Keep the design baseline, design changes and interface decisions consistent and well-managed.

Support Programme Delivery

• Work closely with project management and planning teams to ensure engineering outputs meet key milestones.
• Track progress, highlight risks early, and drive mitigation actions.
• Ensure technical definition is available in line with procurement and long-lead timelines.

Technical Assurance & Quality Management

• Ensure designs meet relevant standards, industry practice and project quality requirements
• Review critical deliverables and guide technical direction within the team.
• Support preparations for design reviews and formal approvals.

Support Transition into Execution

• Maintain engineering continuity as the project moves from design into manufacture, installation and commissioning.
• Ensure package designs are mature, coordinated and ready for execution.
• Provide technical support to construction planning, installation readiness, and commissioning strategy development.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Work closely with commercial, consenting, project management and supply-chain teams to ensure engineering requirements are aligned across the project.
• Support the Technical & Engineering Director in interactions with OEMs, supply-chain partners, advisors and shareholders.
• Ensure engineering requirements are clearly represented and balanced within wider project objectives, working closely and collaboratively with commercial, consenting, procurement and project management teams to delivery overall project objectives and priorities.

9.     Addressing CDM / design safety

• Lead the implementation of design safety principles and CDM responsibilities, ensuring hazards are identified, reduced or designed out, and that designers meet their legal duties.

Where the role fits

Technical & Engineering Director

• Provides overall technical strategy, project-wide direction, and owns major technical decisions.

Engineering Manager (this role)

• Leads day-to-day engineering delivery.
• Ensures all design packages progress consistently, resolves interfaces, manages consultants, and coordinates the internal engineering team.

Package Leads & Discipline Engineers

• Deliver the detailed technical work within their packages, reporting to and supported by the Engineering Manager.

This gives the Engineering Manager clear authority for delivery while being backed by strong strategic leadership.

Candidate Requirements

Essential

• Degree-qualified engineer (BEng/MEng or equivalent).
• Strong background in multi-discipline engineering coordination for offshore wind, floating wind, or major energy/infrastructure projects.
• Demonstrable experience leading engineering teams and managing external design contractors.
• Strong organisational capability to manage complex technical programmes.
• Experience with design assurance, interface coordination and progressing engineering in line with structured delivery processes.
• Excellent communication and team-leadership skills.
• Ability to build and motivate a high-performing engineering team.
• Experience working across design, development and preparing for construction/commissioning transitions.
• Understanding of UK HSE and design safety obligations.

Desirable

• 5 years' experience working in Offshore Wind projects
• Chartered with a relevant and accredited institution
• Experience with floating structures, offshore foundations or large HV electrical systems.
• Experience in FEED delivery and major package procurement.
• Familiarity with manufacturing, installation or commissioning requirements in offshore wind or similar sectors.

Benefits Package

In addition to a competitive salary our wider package of rewards include:

• Private Health Insurance
• Life Assurance Cover
• Company Pension Scheme
• Flexible Working Environment
• Yearly Discretionary Performance Bonus Scheme
• Excellent Company Culture
• Health & Wellbeing support
• Access to an online benefits portal which includes travel and shopping discounts, healthy living advice, a well-being resource bank and an Employee Assistance Programme which provides all employees with 24/7 access to telephone counselling