Delivering
Together.
Optimus is an integrated, multi-discipline engineering design, project delivery and consultancy organisation. Founded in 1999, the business began as a consultancy with a headcount of just four. In the intervening years, Optimus has grown into a highly respected international engineering consultancy with almost 100 employees working for clients worldwide.
We are proud of our record in securing repeat client business by delivering consistently excellent solutions. Some of our clients have been working with us for many years and have entrusted us to deliver on projects from the North Sea to North Africa and from the Far East to Eastern Europe.
Optimus is more than simply a sum of its parts, at all levels our team combines experience with practicality and enthusiasm, innovation with character. As a group of professionals, we are committed to our founding ethos of independent pragmatic thinking to ensure that we remain both flexible and responsive enough to react quickly to all our customers’ requirements whilst at all times delivering excellence.
What’s more; we like being here together, we thrive on technical problem solving and communication comes naturally, our clients benefit as a direct result
- Chris WestCEO
Chris has 17 years’ experience in the Energy Industry. Over the last 10 years he’s led multidiscipline projects for Optimus, a major operator and has held the role of Optimus COO. He was responsible for the development of OPT, Optimus’ project and business management system and leading transformational change makes him tick. Taking on the reigns of CEO from Ian Bell after 20 years at the helm, Chris will lead the organisation through its next chapter, engineering with character through a rapidly changing global energy landscape. In his other important leadership role he’s a family man, outside of work you’ll find him in his garage brewing or down by the river chasing Scottish salmon and 5 minutes peace.
- Gordon LamontEngineering Manager
Gordon is an engineering / project manager with more than 30 years experience in the oil and gas sector and an additional five years experience the power generation sector. He has worked in several roles since he joined Optimus in 2008 and now leads the electrical and instrumentation disciplines.
- Graeme MacDonaldHead of Commercial
Graeme has 25 years’ experience in the oil and gas and construction industries working for both service companies and operators. Graeme Joined Optimus in 2008 and has a track record of delivering and managing high value complex commercial and contractual relationships from strategy development through to tendering, contract execution and post-contract management.
- James IrvineHead of Projects and Procurement
James has 11 years of experience in the Energy Industry in field and office roles. Starting as a Structural Engineer, he soon moved into Project Management, building on knowledge gained on-site and working within engineering teams. Since joining Optimus at the beginning of 2018, he has honed his craft in Project Management, attaining Chartered Project Professional (ChPP) status through the Association for Project Management (APM). James’ ambition is to continually develop the project delivery function at Optimus and build a competent and professional Project Management Office (PMO).
James spends most of his time with his young family outside of work, usually subjecting them to various outdoor pursuits. Nice picnics in even nicer places are generally the main objective for the weekend.
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We have a history of delivering projects on schedule and to agreed engineering costs. Key objectives are agreed with the client at the outset and throughout delivery we remain resolutely focused on balancing and communicating the costs, schedule and the technical solution to meet every objective.
Optimus operates a bespoke intranet-based Quality Management System (QMS), Green Knowledge Center and Health & Safety Management System (HSMS), which are certified to ISO 9001, ISO 45001 and ISO 14001 standards by DNV. We categorically ensure that we provide our clients with consistently high-quality Consultancy, Engineering and Project Delivery whilst assuring the health, safety and welfare of all our personnel and all parties affected by our operations. On these promises, we shall not compromise.