Business Continuity Specialist - Resilience

ADNOC Abu Dhabi UAE; Dubai; On-site; AED 32,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

ADNOC Group seeks a senior Business Continuity Specialist to lead enterprise BCM standards and resilience across the ADNOC Group. The role acts as Group Technical Authority, shaping recovery planning and driving continuous improvement in crisis readiness, with deep BCM and risk-management expertise.

You will coordinate with regulators, government entities, and critical suppliers, influencing continuity strategy, governance, and performance metrics to ensure preparedness against major disruptions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical/Electrical/Industrial Engineering or equivalent.
• 10 years of experience including 8+ years in emergency/crisis/BCM.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and enhance ADNOC Group BCM standards.
• Act as Group Technical Authority for BCM.
• Serve as SME for BCM requirements, methodologies, and resilience practices.
• Lead development and implementation of enterprise BCM strategy, governance, policies and standards.
• Ensure BCM requirements align with corporate risk appetite and regulatory obligations.
• Coordinate BCM with ERM, crisis management, and organizational resilience frameworks.
• Establish governance clarifying BCM responsibilities across Group Companies.

Skills

Business Continuity

Crisis management

Disaster recovery

Risk assessment

Operational resilience

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering

Job description

Business Continuity Specialist - Resilience Job Snapshot

Role: Business Continuity Specialist - Resilience

Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Industry: Oil and Energy

Function: Risk Management

Experience: Minimum 10 years, including at least 8 years in emergency, crisis, or business continuity management

Job Type: Full-time

Country: United Arab Emirates

City: Dubai

Industry: Oil and Energy

Function: Risk Management

Salary: 32000-48000 Estimated salary range based on similar jobs in the job city; please confirm the final offer with the employer.

Gender: Any

Candidate Nationality: Any

Job Type: Full-time

Role Context

The Business Continuity Specialist provides enterprise-level technical leadership for ADNOC Group's preparedness and resilience against operational, technological, environmental, supply chain, and other disruptive events. The position owns and develops Group Business Continuity standards while ensuring that resilience requirements remain aligned with corporate risk appetite, regulatory obligations, and recognized international frameworks. As Group Technical Authority and Business Continuity Subject Matter Expert, the role establishes consistent BCM practices across Group Companies and works with business leaders, risk functions, emergency and crisis management teams, government entities, regulators, and critical third parties. Its impact extends from identifying critical business processes and recovery priorities to validating continuity plans through exercises and ensuring lessons learned drive measurable resilience improvements.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and continuously enhance ADNOC Group-wide Business Continuity standards.
• Act as the Group Technical Authority for the Business Continuity discipline.
• Serve as the principal Subject Matter Expert for BCM requirements, methodologies, assurance, and resilience practices.
• Participate in the Business Continuity Technical Discipline Council and provide specialist input on Group-wide priorities.
• Lead development and implementation of the enterprise BCM strategy, governance framework, policies, procedures, and standards.
• Ensure Business Continuity requirements align with ADNOC corporate risk appetite and strategic objectives.
• Integrate BCM with Enterprise Risk Management, crisis management, emergency response, and organizational resilience frameworks.
• Establish governance mechanisms that clarify Business Continuity responsibilities across Group Companies and functions.
• Conduct comprehensive Business Continuity risk assessments covering operational and strategic disruption scenarios.
• Lead Business Impact Analyses to identify critical processes, dependencies, recovery requirements, and business priorities.
• Establish appropriate recovery objectives based on criticality, impact, operational requirements, and business dependencies.
• Develop, review, document, and maintain Business Continuity Plans across ADNOC Group entities.
• Coordinate development and maintenance of Disaster Recovery Plans where required.
• Ensure plans address critical personnel, facilities, technology, suppliers, information, communications, and operational dependencies.
• Recommend technology and digitalization solutions that improve Business Continuity capability and resilience.
• Design and lead Business Continuity exercises to test plan effectiveness and organizational preparedness.
• Conduct tabletop exercises, failover simulations, recovery scenarios, and other appropriate testing activities.
• Define exercise objectives, scenarios, performance criteria, observations, and corrective actions.
• Analyze exercise results and ensure identified gaps are converted into measurable improvement actions.
• Provide Business Continuity compliance and assurance services across ADNOC Group.
• Evaluate Group Companies against ADNOC BCM requirements, UAE regulations, and applicable international standards.
• Support assurance reviews, assessments, inspections, and audits relating to organizational resilience.
• Participate in or lead incident reviews and investigations requiring specialist Business Continuity input.
• Assess continuity performance following incidents and identify improvements to plans, controls, and recovery arrangements.
• Maintain alignment with NCEMA 7000 requirements and applicable UAE Business Continuity regulations.
• Support compliance with ISO 22301 Business Continuity Management System requirements.
• Apply relevant guidance from ISO 22313, BCI Good Practice Guidelines, NFPA 1600, and other recognized resilience frameworks.
• Develop Group-wide BCM Key Performance Indicators and resilience metrics.
• Establish dashboards and performance indicators that provide clear visibility of Business Continuity maturity and preparedness.
• Monitor BCM performance across Group Companies and identify emerging gaps, trends, and improvement opportunities.
• Prepare resilience insights, executive reports, and management presentations for Group Company CEOs and Business Line Directors.
• Recommend corrective actions and strategic improvements based on performance results, incidents, exercises, audits, and lessons learned.
• Coach and mentor Business Continuity professionals across ADNOC Group.
• Support capability development of UAE National professionals working in Business Continuity and resilience disciplines.
• Develop BCM competency requirements and contribute to professional development plans.
• Design and deliver Business Continuity awareness programs, campaigns, workshops, and training.
• Strengthen organizational understanding of continuity responsibilities before, during, and after disruptive events.
• Promote a culture in which resilience and preparedness are integrated into normal business planning and decision-making.
• Identify opportunities for HSE-related cost optimization, digitalization, and standardization of Business Continuity practices.
• Lead Group-wide improvement programs that strengthen organizational resilience and operational excellence.
• Benchmark internal BCM practices against recognized standards and international industry practices.
• Define recovery roles, responsibilities, escalation paths, and communication protocols with cross-functional stakeholders.
• Strengthen coordination between business functions during recovery from major disruptions.
• Work with critical third-party providers to assess and strengthen continuity arrangements affecting ADNOC operations.
• Engage government entities, regulators, shareholders, contractors, and external stakeholders on Business Continuity matters where required.
• Plan, supervise, and coordinate assigned Business Continuity activities to achieve functional objectives.
• Train and develop assigned personnel to strengthen technical proficiency and professional capability.
• Provide input into departmental budget planning and approved work programs.
• Monitor relevant expenditure and highlight significant budget variances affecting performance or cost control.
• Implement approved departmental policies, processes, systems, standards, and procedures.
• Contribute to achievement of approved departmental performance objectives.
• Develop tools and techniques that improve the effectiveness and efficiency of BCM processes.
• Identify opportunities to simplify, automate, standardize, and improve resilience processes across the Group.
• Comply with relevant HSE policies, procedures, controls, legislation, sustainability guidelines, and ADNOC Codes of Practice.
• Provide Business Continuity inputs for MIS reports, progress reports, and management reporting.

Ideal Profile

The successful candidate should hold a Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or an equivalent engineering discipline. A minimum of 10 years of operational experience within oil and gas production, operations, petrochemicals, or a closely related industrial environment is required, including at least 8 years working in emergency management, crisis management, Business Continuity Management, or organizational resilience. Candidates should possess deep practical understanding of Business Continuity challenges within complex oil and gas operations, including critical process dependencies, recovery requirements, operational disruption, emergency interfaces, and business resilience. Strong knowledge of internal business processes, governance standards, corporate policies, Enterprise Risk Management, crisis management, emergency response, Business Impact Analysis, disaster recovery, BCM assurance, and performance monitoring is essential. Detailed working knowledge of NCEMA 7000, ISO 22301, ISO 22313, BCI Good Practice Guidelines, and NFPA 1600 is expected. Relevant professional Business Continuity certification and professional membership from the Business Continuity Institute, Disaster Recovery Institute International, or another recognized professional body is required. Credentials may include CBCI, CBCP, AMBCI, MBCI, MBCP, or comparable certifications. ISO 22301 Lead Implementer and ISO 22301 Lead Auditor credentials are also required for this specialist role.

Skills Set

• Business Continuity Management
• Organizational resilience
• Business Continuity strategy
• Business Continuity governance
• Business Impact Analysis
• Business Continuity Plans
• Disaster Recovery Plans
• Enterprise Risk Management
• Crisis management
• Emergency management
• Emergency response
• Operational resilience
• Risk assessment
• Critical process identification
• Recovery prioritization
• Recovery strategies
• Recovery planning
• BCM testing
• Tabletop exercises
• Failover simulations
• Scenario exercises
• Business Continuity assurance
• BCM compliance
• Incident review
• Incident investigation
• Resilience dashboards
• BCM KPIs
• Performance monitoring
• NCEMA 7000
• ISO 22301
• ISO 22313
• BCI Good Practice Guidelines
• NFPA 1600
• ISO 22301 Lead Implementer
• ISO 22301 Lead Auditor
• CBCI
• CBCP
• AMBCI
• MBCI
• MBCP
• Business Continuity auditing
• Regulatory compliance
• Third-party resilience
• Critical supplier continuity
• BCM digitalization
• Resilience assurance
• Management reporting
• Stakeholder management
• Technical authority
• Capability development
• BCM awareness and training
• Continuous improvement

Why Join Us

This position provides an opportunity to shape Business Continuity and organizational resilience across one of the region's most complex Oil and Energy environments. As Group Technical Authority and Subject Matter Expert, the successful professional will influence enterprise standards, governance, risk integration, recovery planning, assurance, exercises, digitalization, and executive-level resilience decisions across ADNOC Group. The role offers significant exposure to Group Companies, senior leadership, regulators, government entities, critical suppliers, and multidisciplinary resilience functions while providing the scope to establish consistent BCM practices aligned with NCEMA 7000, ISO 22301, and leading international standards.

About the Company

ADNOC Group is one of the world’s leading energy organizations, with activities spanning exploration, production, processing, refining, petrochemicals, logistics, and related energy operations. The scale and criticality of its operations require robust Business Continuity, crisis management, emergency response, and enterprise risk capabilities to protect people, assets, production, technology, supply chains, and essential business services against major disruptions.