Cathie
Senior Project Engineer
How your CV stacks up
Upload your CV to see how well it fits this job role
?%
Senior Project Engineer – Offshore Energy
Location: Newcastle (or UK / Europe hybrid)
Company: Cathie Associates
About Cathie
Cathie is a leading global offshore geoscience and geotechnical engineering consultancy. We specialise in geospatial analysis, marine geophysics and geotechnics, cable engineering, foundations, trenching and advanced numerical analyses.
We support the full lifecycle of offshore energy projects, with a strong focus on offshore wind, and continuously challenge how we work to improve and innovate.
About the Role
We are looking for a Senior Project Engineer to join our engineering team in a project delivery-focused role.
The role is centered on coordinating and delivering projects, working closely with senior engineers and technical specialists to ensure high-quality outcomes.
You will typically act as a Project Manager or experienced engineering resource, taking ownership of delivery from proposal stage through to completion and client close-out.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the delivery of geotechnical offshore engineering projects, ensuring time, budget and quality targets are met
- Act as a key client interface during project delivery, reporting and coordination
- Manage several project scopes and coordinate multidisciplinary inputs
- Prepare and manage proposals, budgets, schedules and risk registers
- Coordinate internal teams and external stakeholders (clients, subcontractors, other offices) where required with the support of seniors.
- Support technical delivery by working with specialist geotechnical engineers and geoscientists
- Ensure compliance with QA, HSE and company management systems
- Contribute to continuous improvement, innovation, digital workflows and project delivery tools
Reasons to use Rodeo
Start with a chat, not a search bar
Grad scheme, placement, apprenticeship? Not sure what you want yet — that's fine. Your agent talks it through with you and turns "I have no idea" into a shortlist.
It searches the market for you
Every day your agent scans the market matching roles against what actually matters to you, not just keywords on a CV.
Only hits
No noise. No "maybe this fits." Just roles with a clear explanation of why they're right — and where to focus when applying.
What We’re Looking For
- Degree in Civil Engineering or Geotechnical Engineering
- Minimum 3-5+ years’ experience in offshore engineering (offshore wind, oil & gas, subsea cables or marine construction)
- Demonstrated experience in project delivery and strong geotechnical analysis skills
- Strong organisational and stakeholder management skills
- Commercial awareness and ability to manage budgets and risks
- Experience in the use of specialist geotechnical packages, e.g. Plaxis, Abacus, Itasca suite
- Programming experience in Python (data handling, automation or engineering tools)
Desirable
- Experience in subsea foundations, databases and AI tools
- Experience supporting or managing proposals and tenders
- Chartered status (or working towards it)
Get help with your application
Your very own career expert that helps elevate your application to the next level.
Highly desirable
- LPA analysis of offshore jack up structures
- Familiarity with software development platforms (e.g. Azure DevOps) and version control workflows
- Experience contributing to digital tools, scripts or engineering workflows
What We Offer
- Competitive salary and performance-related bonus
- Flexible / hybrid working arrangements
- Opportunity to work on high-profile offshore wind and energy projects globally
- Exposure to multidisciplinary teams across Europe and internationally
- A collaborative environment with strong knowledge sharing and support from senior specialists
- Opportunities for career progression into Project Manager and senior delivery roles
- Support for professional development and chartership
- Involvement in innovation, digital engineering and continuous improvement initiatives
- A culture that encourages initiative, learning and long-term career growth
- Additional financial benefits will be discussed to suitable candidates (e.g. pension scheme, health cover, dental cover, bike to work cover, etc)
“It took my CV and asked me questions relevant to understanding what kind of jobs to suggest for me. Suggestions were almost perfect. Jobs were exactly what I’ve been looking for.”
Jessica, London
Skills