Remarkable people, trusted by clients to design and advance the world.
The Role
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Project Manager with a proven track record in overseeing and coordinating engineering projects, ensuring they are completed on time, within budget, and meet quality and safety standards 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 decarbonisation 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
The key objectives for this role are:
- Developing comprehensive plans, schedules, and budgets to ensure the successful execution of engineering projects.
- Leading and collaborating with cross-functional teams, including engineers, contractors, and stakeholders, to align efforts.
- Allocating manpower, equipment, and materials efficiently to meet project goals and deadlines.
- Ensuring all project activities meet technical standards, quality requirements, and industry regulations.
- Identifying potential risks and implementing mitigation strategies to keep the project on track.
- Tracking project milestones, performance metrics, and deliverables to ensure timely completion.
- Providing expertise and problem-solving support for complex engineering challenges.
- Responsible for providing the support on Project Management activities to the UZ1.0MMBD Project team throughout all phases of project execution on management matters related to the allocated portions of the 1.0MMBD Project scope.
- Responsible for delivery of all systems (equipment & facilities) from design to hand over meeting all Project objectives.
- Works in close co-ordination with PMT Project Manager for the supervision of the Integrated Project Management Team to ensure that the project objectives are meet. Reports regularly to the PMT Project Manager on Project status, critical issues and areas of concern that may affect performance targets and Project objectives.
- Ensures project compliance with HSE requirements, meeting HSE performance targets during all phases of the project and works with UZ1.0MMBD HSE to ensure that Contractors comply with Company HSE policies, procedures. rules & regulations during execution.
- Manages the Construction, Fabrication and Commissioning teams to ensure integration and that they perform to their optimum potential, meet their objectives effectively and prioritizes work load.
- Stewards the activities of 1.0MMBD Contractor to ensure that the Project is executed in accordance with the Contract, Company’s technical and contractual requirements.
- Monitors Contractor efforts in managing interfaces with other EPC Contractors, ADNOC Offshore Groups/Departments, other operating Companies and provides guidance as required.
- Contributes to the development and definition of project execution strategies, scope of work, schedule and budgetary cost estimates to ensure that the Project is properly planned, meets user requirements and overall execution plans.
- Monitors Project Team activities to ensure that EPC contractor critical subcontracts are awarded and executed according to the project schedule, quality and cost.
- Provides support on Contract Administration duties to ensure that Consultants and Contractors are effectively and efficiently administered including monitoring of financial expenditure.
- Attends Weekly and Monthly Progress Review Meetings with Contractors and other meetings at Sites on a regular basis
- Participates in Management meetings and disseminate information.
- Participates in Project Risk Assessments to ensure that risks to the Project are identified on time, mitigations are planned and properly managed.
- Ensures proper management of change. Assists in evaluation of Contractors' claims, recommendations to accept/ reject/ negotiate and final Change Order submissions for approval in accordance with Management of Change Procedure.
- Ensures compliance with close-out procedures, submission of project as-built documentation, material reconciliation, close-out reports and documentation of lessons learnt.
- Assists UAE Nationals in their development to take up lead roles within the Organization
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:
A bachelor's degree in Engineering or equivalent from an accredited university with minimum fifteen (15+) years in execution of FEED/ EPC contracts in the Oil & Gas or Petrochemical industry, including minimum (5) years (preferred) in GCC region. Must have at least five (5) years of experience in similar position for mega Oil & Gas FEED / EPC projects (more than US$ 1 Billion).