OUR PLACEMENTS

Placement summary

Cairndene have a fantastic opportunity for a graduate software developer to gain immediate commercial development experience. Join our experienced team and help design, build and deploy software solutions for the Oil and Gas industry! We are looking for proactive and self-motivated junior developer with a positive attitude and excellent technical, and problem solving skills. Full training will be provided on this 12 month placement and we hope to transition this into a permanent role based in Brechin, Angus.

Job description

Project Description

We are looking at the design and development of an enterprise level web application, using the Spring framework. This software will facilitate the day to day administration of offshore Oil and Gas projects within the North Sea.

The successful candidate will be engaged in the full project life cycle including requirements analysis, design, development, testing and production rollout/support, and will be involved in key relationships with technical colleagues, business sponsors and other stakeholders.

Placement Objectives

To support the software department in the design and development of an enterprise level web application for the Oil and Gas Industry.

Role Description

This is a practical role with immediate commercial development experience on offer, training will be given by the software architect on the existing practices and systems. Under the supervision of Cairndene’s software architect and project manager, you will be working within the development team.

As the successful candidate, you will be engaged in the full project life cycle including requirements analysis, design, development, testing and production rollout/support, and will be involved in key relationships with technical colleagues, business sponsors and other stakeholders

Day to day tasks/responsibilities will include:

• Requirements gathering 
• Software design - including database / server side and UX / Front end
• Coding
• Testing
• Help and Functional documentation production
• Software delivery and setup

The successful applicants technical development will be regularly reviewed and training supplied in conjunction with the successful applicants requisite needs and agreed development plan.

You will gain exposure and work with the following practices:

• Object Oriented analysis and design / with an eye on the use of functional programming where applicable for performance improvement.
• Continuous Integration utilising Jenkins CI and Artifactory
• Version control using GIT
• Unit testing using JUnit
• For project management Cairndene applies agile methodologies such as scrum where appropriate and also incorporates traditional project management methodology when necessary.

Qualifications

Graduate from an undergraduate or postgraduate degree, or equivalent, in a scientific, computing or other quantitative subject preferred. 

Skills / Experience

Essential Skills

We are looking for proactive and self-motivated junior developer with a positive attitude and excellent technical, team-working, communication, analytical and problem solving skills.

• Knowledge of Java, C# or similar 3rd generation programming language
• Solid understanding of Object Oriented Design and Analysis
• Some knowledge and/or experience in web development using Javascript, JQuery and HTML
• Some usage of version control such as GIT or Subversion

Desirable Skills

• RDBMS skills, including database design and structured query language

Benefits

Company benefits

We regularly review development needs for staff and agree development plans, so that we can ensure everyone receives regular training according to their needs.

Placement benefits

As part of ScotGrad Graduate Placement Programme, the successful candidate will have access to a free two day business and employability skills residential course and also benefit from ongoing support from the ScotGrad team throughout the duration of the placement.

Additional information

Location: Brechin, Angus

This placement may result in a permanent employment afterwards

Preferred start date: 01/12/2014

Company information

Cairndene, founded in 2003, is a marine engineering and project management consultancy based in the north east of Scotland.

Cairndene has expertise in three areas:

• Project Management with Primavera: Cairndene provides the following Project Management and Primavera related services: P6 EPPM implementation, Portfolio & Project ranking, Planning to deliver ontime and to budget, Resource Optimisation, Reporting, Risk Analysis & Management.
• Engineering For Marine Environments: We provide the following design and development services: 3D Modelling & Drafting, Design Analysis and Manufaturing & Testing. Cairndene also delivers the following engineering consultancy services: Design Reviews, Product Improvement & Implementation, Manufacturing Processes & Optimisation and Installation & Deployment Methods.
• Software Development: Cairndene provides a bespoke software development capability that can support all enterprises undertaken by the business. Coupling our proficiency in both engineering and project management with our software development facility has lead to new innovative business systems and bespoke software solutions that are utilised to provide significant efficiencies for our clients.

Company sector: Energy Oil and Gas

Company website: www.cairndene.com