Planner - Site

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

The Role

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Planner with a proven track for operation 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 renumeration 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: 

• Preparing and maintaining comprehensive commissioning documentation, including test results and certificates.
• Collaborating with project teams, contractors, and stakeholders to ensure seamless integration and communication.

Executing Assigned Scopes of Work:

• Participates as a team member in a specific phase of a broad engineering assignment.
• Directs preparation of appropriate documentation for assigned projects. 
• Ensures successful completion of the assigned project/phase within the budgeted time and cost constraints. 
• Participates in defining engineering approaches, and in planning and scheduling work
• Evaluates problems, organizes investigations and establishes general performance specifications for components, equipment, systems, processes, etc. 
• Check Engineering calculations as well as check all drawings in accordance with industry codes and standards; Assist with the development of less senior Technical Professionals
• Adhere to and comply with relevant discipline specific procedures and provide feedback for continuous improvement.
• Participate in audits and incident investigations as required.
• Performs complex engineering tasks related to specific units of major projects
• Participate in site visits, project review meetings, design reviews and other workshops as require
• Organising and active participation in design reviews

Providing discipline expertise:

• Solves problems requiring development of new approaches or new uses for existing approaches; exercises mature professional judgment in evaluating and selecting technical strategic options.
• As necessary, modifies established guidelines, devises new approaches, applies existing criteria in new ways and draws conclusions from comparative situations.
• Regularly functions as a technical leader or significant contributor to a major complex problem or project
• Produces innovative ideas and solves problems requiring development of new approaches or new uses for existing approaches
• Consistently called on to use creativity and professional judgement to formulate results based on engineering standards, experience and constructive thinking
• Develops unique solutions for complex technical problems
• Anticipates potential problems and takes the initiative to solve complex problems through creative thinking and creative use of internal and external resources both inside and outside of discipline expertise
• Exercises mature professional judgement in identifying the implications of experimental results
• Understands customer needs and applies technical solutions to meet goals
• Provide technical input and support to proposals as required

Supporting and Supervising task delegation to team:

• May supervise a small work group consisting of technical/professional staff with some coaching from own supervisor, or may provide advice and guidance in area of specialization to others.
• Assist in performing managerial tasks as requested, such as assigning tasks to engineers; planning and coordinating portions of the engineering work; preparing scopes, schedules, and budgets; attending project meetings; and developing lesser-experienced technical professionals
• Discusses with other senior engineers to agree priorities and implications on work of others
• Approves work schedules and makes recommendations for increased resources and special equipment
• Makes commitments on acceptance of projects, completion dates, resources and staff required to meet goals.
• Coordinates the activities of engineering and design groups assigned to small projects.
• Participates in developing deadlines, projects and work to be done
• May manage one or more small projects, with responsibility for cost, schedule, resources allocation and risk.
• Provide appropriate HSSE leadership including compliance with site and office safety requirements and technical/design safety requirements

Bachelors Degree in a relevant technical or business discipline (or equivalent gained through relevant vocational training and/or industry experience)

Knowledge, skills, and experience:

• Incumbents will typically have a minimum 5 years relevant scheduling/planning experience

• Basic knowledge of Primavera and other scheduling software and related tools and techniques 

including Logic and CPM analysis, resource loading and levelling

• Basic knowledge of Project Execution Procedures for Scheduling

• Basic understanding of WBS & CBS structures and project reporting capabilities

• Basic ability to develop project schedules and plans

• Basic ability to prepare resource loading, progress and staffing plans

• Understanding of earned value application, cost and schedule variance analyses/trending and what[1]if scenarios

• Understanding of project management principles and techniques

• Understanding of Cost Management, Change Control, Planning & Risk Analysis & Management

Personal Attributes

• Demonstrates commitment to Wood Values, Visions & Behaviours

• Applies analytical and statistical analysis

• Ability to work independently and as part of a team

• Ability to handle multiple tasks and changing priorities in a fast paced environment

• Good communication skills both written and oral

• Uses initiative and a proactive approach to problem solving

• Commitment to continuous improvement