Construction Engineer

WorleyParsons; United Arab Emirates; On-site; AED 350,000 - 550,000; Full time

Job summary

Worley is seeking a Construction Engineer in the United Arab Emirates to provide construction support, ensuring work adheres to client fabrication and installation specifications. You will coordinate with the client to ensure methods are clear and fit for purpose, while supporting Project Engineers through all lifecycle phases.

The role requires offshore experience with ADNOC project exposure and involves constructability reviews, liaising with vendors and client teams, and ensuring timely

Qualifications

• Demonstrated safety leadership and performance.
• Bachelor’s degree in relevant or equivalent with 10+ years of relevant Oil & Gas or Petrochemical experience (GCC preferred).
• ADNOC project experience is required.
• Offshore experience is mandatory.
• Good interpersonal, team engagement and ability to influence skills.
• Ability to develop effective working relationships with others.

Responsibilities

• Be conversant with and comply with the HSSE plan.
• Promote construction involvement in design, fabrication and workpack planning.
• Familiarity with client construction support providers and contractors.
• Take responsibility for construction and completions activities.
• Collaborate across multi-discipline teams to deliver results.
• Promote cost reduction and productivity initiatives.
• Lead constructability reviews and interface with client on fabrication/installation queries.
• Maintain professional relations with client procurement and construction groups.
• Ensure constructability is considered early in scope and workpack development.
• Oversee workpack preparation including testing requirements and equipment needs.
• Ensure contents of workpacks meet scope requirements.

Skills

Safety leadership

Interpersonal skills

Influencing skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in relevant or equivalent

Job description

Job Description - Construction Engineer (DAS0002)

Construction Engineer - DAS0002

Company : Worley

Job

Construction

Schedule

Full-time

Employment Type : Employee

Job Posting

Sep 4, 2026

Unposting Date

Ongoing

About us

Worley is a global company of energy, chemicals and resources experts headquartered in Australia. We partner with our customers to deliver projects and create value across the life of their assets. We specialize in consulting, engineering, procurement and construction across the project lifecycle, with services extending through to operations and decommissioning. Leveraging extensive experience and AI-enabled delivery, we support customers in navigating complexity as they meet today's needs and transition to more sustainable solutions.

Job Purpose

The Construction Engineer responsibility for providing construction support, ensuring that all project work is carried out according to client’s fabrication and installation specifications. Coordinate with client to ensure proposed construction and work methods are clearly understood and fit for purpose. Support to the Project Engineers in understanding the construction process throughout all phases of the life-cycle of the project.
Ensure work is performed per plans and specifications via coordination with client to expedite review comments on documents/drawings. Review of design packages early in the course of project to eliminate rework and optimise construction.
Support constructability reviews and be the interface with client for all fabrication and construction related queries.

Responsibilities

• To be conversant with and fully comply with the HSSE plan.
• Promote and drive the involvement of Construction in areas of technical design, fabrication and installation workpack preparation and planning.
• Develop and maintain a familiarity and appreciation of capability and ongoing work load with client Construction support providers / contractors.
• Develop and maintain responsibility for all construction and completions activities .
• Effectively work within a multi-discipline collaborative environment to deliver results within expectations.
• Promote cost reduction and productivity enhancing initiatives.
• Assess effectiveness of working practices and systems with a view of continuously improving.
• Chair and participate in constructability reviews.
• Build and maintain a professional, constructive relationship with client’s procurement and construction groups.
• Ensure that constructability is inherent within the design by being involved at the early stage of work scope and workpack compilation / development.
• Involved in workpack preparation including testing requirements, specialist tools and equipment, also identify specialists / vendors to perform identified tasks.
• Ensure contents of workpacks meet with scope requirements.
• Ensure logic of work is updated on the plan and supporting systems.
• Conduct offshore surveys with design team as required.
• Address fabrication and installation queries and revert with solutions in a timely manner.
• Liaise with project engineers to ensure priorities are maintained.
• Liaise with engineering disciplines to effect solutions to fabrication, construction and implementation queries.
• Liaise with vendors and sub-contractors, as required.
• Ensure any (all) shutdown requirements are clearly identified in workpack and advance notice given to client.
• Ensure fabrication details are clear and complete.
• Obtain feedback from fabrication contractor and offshore installation team to continuously improve workpacks.
• Ensure timely IFC construction comments received from client.
• Responsible for transport and installation plans.
• Ensure (as required) commissioning strategy is prepared and included in workpack deliverables.

Qualifications and Experience Essential

• Demonstrated safety leadership and performance
• A bachelor’s degree in relevant or equivalent from an accredited university with a minimum of ten (10+) years of relevant experience in the Oil & Gas or Petrochemical industry including minimum five (5) years (preferred) in GCC region.
• ADNOC Project Experience is required
• Offshore experience is mandatory.
• Good interpersonal, team engagement and ability to influence skills
• Ability to develop effective working relationships with others

Ability to work to tight deadlines and prioritise work to achieve them.

Moving forward together

We want our people to be energized and empowered to drive sustainable impact. So, our focus is on a values-inspired culture that unlocks brilliance through belonging, connection and innovation. We're building a diverse, inclusive and respectful workplace. Creating a space where everyone feels they belong, can be themselves, and are heard.

And we're not just talking about it; we're doing it. We're reskilling our people, leveraging transferable skills, and supporting the transition of our workforce to become experts in today's low carbon energy infrastructure and technology. Whatever your ambition, there's a path for you here.

And there's no barrier to your potential career success. Join us to broaden your horizons, explore diverse opportunities, and be part of delivering sustainable change.