Lead Engineer - Engineering Management

Remarkable people, trusted by clients to design and advance the world.  

The Role 

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Lead Engineer - Engineering Management with a proven track record in leading and coordinating engineering teams to ensure the successful planning, execution, and completion of technical projects for a high-profile client.  

Our Clients and Projects 

Designing the future. Transforming the world. 

Wood's Oil, Gas & New Energies business is built on a strong legacy of delivering large and complex projects for national and international energy companies across the globe. We have experienced teams, a proven delivery model and a strong reputation.

We are the market-leading provider of integrated and innovative solutions that challenge the status-quo in the oil and gas upstream and midstream, onshore and offshore, gas to liquids and decarbonization and electrification markets. We pride ourselves in steady and predictable delivery, setting our sights on an exciting growth trajectory. 

Energy security, transition and supply have never been more important. You, our enabling teams, are at the very forefront of transformative projects that are providing sustainable power to generations to come. We are the ones to bring low-carbon concepts to reality.

What we can offer

• Meaningful and interesting projects: Delivered to high profile clients across the Energy Sector
• Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion: We are an organization actively committed to diversity and inclusion across our business 
• Competitive remuneration package: With regular reviews to ensure we are rewarding at the right level in line with the market 
• Medical Insurance: Ensures inpatient, and outpatient medical care is available should you require treatment
• Group Life and Personal Accident Insurance: The company provides Life Assurance cover 
• End of Service Gratuity: In line with UAE Labor Law, all employees are eligible for an End of Service benefit
• The Employee Share Plan: Gives you the opportunity to purchase Wood shares and receive a match from the company
• Long Service Award: Wood values the commitment and loyalty of our people. Celebrating Long Service provides an opportunity for the business to demonstrate their appreciation of the hard work, dedication and many years’ services of our employees at 5 - year service milestones
• Commitment to continued professional development: Development plans that are tailored to your individual needs and interests 
• Global connections: Join experts around the world who are at the leading edge of our industry, shaping the standards of our profession 
• Energy Transition Academy: Join a community of experts sharing your knowledge and gaining more exposure to a variety of existing and emerging energy systems – delivered by experts in their field

Key accountabilities and responsibilities:

Project Deliverables

• Oversees a team which manages and coordinates engineering multidiscipline inputs and deliverables across multiple execution centers including workshare / high value engineering centers
• Appraises the Project Engineering team of the key execution principles and the contractual basis of  the project 
• Prepares Discipline Design Instruction; prepares and checks Project Engineering Manpower Plans, prepares multidiscipline contract requisition scopes
• Prepares and checks Project Engineering Manpower Plans
• Interfaces with discipline managers for resources
• Prepares multidiscipline contract requisition scopes
• Creates and implements work plan for discipline and inter-discipline interfaces; identifies key dates, milestones and deliverables, drives for completion; manages forecasts
• Creates work share plan

HSE, Quality and Assurance

• Checks compliance with Project Quality System; able to audit projects; proactively drives team
• Ensures Health, Safety, Environment and Security (HSES) reviews are planned and implemented; 
  supports initiatives
• Manages the development of project specific procedures

Responsible for assuring quality of engineering deliverables before issue to customer

• Development and management of schedule
• Creates and implements work plan for discipline and inter-discipline interfaces; identifies key dates, milestones and deliverables, drives for completion; manages forecasts
• Resolves escalated delays and changes, ensures recovery plans are implemented and reviewed
• Creates work share plan

Design Verification

• Drives and participates in Design Verification; drives others to complete; Understands risk and mitigation requirements
  Change Management
• Uses knowledge of conditions of contract to support decisions on schedules, key milestones and change management
• Understands customer needs and able to deliver customer satisfaction; actively monitors and supports initiatives
• Quantifies effects of change project wide; develops mitigation plans against change and drives change management

People Management

• Supervises work of technical professionals in the delivery of engineering deliverables including checking work
• Coordinates and manages inputs from large interdisciplinary team (typically 50+)
• Provides communication to project team; good at public speaking; strong in leading people to participate and contribute

Skills And Qualifications

What makes you remarkable?

At Wood, we are committed to equal opportunities and welcome all talented individuals to consider joining our team. So even if you don't match every statement below but feel you have some of the experience, knowledge or skills needed for this role, we encourage you to apply. It will take all of us working together to deliver solutions to the world’s most critical challenges.  

Expected

• Bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering
• Typically requires 15 years in a project delivery environment
• Experience in mega Gas processing EPC/EPCm project is required
• Deep understanding of technical work scopes and commercial aspects of projects
• Able to use conditions of contract to support decisions on schedules, key milestones and change management
• Has good working and application knowledge of specifications and standards
• Extensive experience in delivering to internal customers, including other Engineering disciplines
• Familiar with change management practices and able to robustly manage change
• Has an expert knowledge of standards, procedures and work practices; follows project execution flow chart; developing skills in project and technical execution
• Expert ability in application of the procedures and work practices which define and govern  Engineering Management and Project Engineering deliverables
• Able to lead Project Engineering team; able to manage between Engineering Discipline Groups
• Good communicator in leading work effort; motivates team; strong positive and active in solutions and proactive attitude
• Competent at managing technical matters and interfaces with Third Parties
• Able to manage and enhance performance and build effective team