Company Information
Our organisation was created in 1990 as a vendor of integrated modelling software to the oil and gas industry. Since then we have built up a hugely successful business with more than 450 clients across the world, ranging from small consultancies to major multinational corporations. In our last trading year the company turned over £66m and has significant cash reserves which are to be held for future expansion.
In this regard, we see an exciting future which embraces the challenges around energy transition technologies and renewables. In addition, we see huge scope in applying the lessons that we have learnt within this industry to other sectors, notably mining, banking, and medicine.
With this in mind, the company is on the cusp of a major expansion. Part of this involves the relocation of the headquarters from Edinburgh to Guildford in Surrey, to take advantage of the improved travel links, recruitment possibilities, and links to London. An office has been purchased and is currently being refitted. We plan to be staffing this office from September 2024, with it becoming the company headquarters in September 2025.
PE Limited currently has 85 staff, split roughly between technical support, providing solutions for customers, product development, and contract and licensing administration. The technical staff are all highly qualified, with almost everyone having at least a Masters qualification and many holding PhDs.
Package
Our starting salary is around £61,000. Within a comprehensive package we also offer an annual performance bonus, an excellent pension to which the company will match up to 10% of all employee contributions, private health and dental insurance, and other benefits.
About this Vacancy
The core task of the engineer is to support existing clients in all aspects of their usage of the software. As the software evolves the role will also evolve (e.g. towards energy transition technologies). The engineer will:
- Assist the development team with research and development on any aspect of company interest, as noted above.
- Provide technical advice and support to clients on all aspects of petroleum engineering (production, reservoir, process, real time systems and research).
- Conduct engineering data processing and analysis, modelling, and general research and development projects.
- Train clients worldwide.
- Exercise a considerable amount of personal initiative and take a pro-active commercial approach to developing the company's business.
- Report to the Technical Director.
The role is suited to engineers who wish to develop their engineering knowledge whilst pursuing an exciting and challenging technical and business career. It is ideally suited to an engineer who has graduated within the last few years, but any experience will be considered. Extensive travel is required.
Qualifications
Master's or PhD degree in Petroleum, Chemical or Mechanical Engineering, Physics (or equivalent) plus Bachelor's degree in Petroleum, Chemical or Mechanical Engineering, Physical Science or Mathematics at 2.1 grade (or equivalent)