Discipline Manager - Piping

-; Al Bihouth; On-site; AED 200,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

A global engineering leader is looking for an experienced Piping Discipline Manager to lead and manage engineering and design teams in Abu Dhabi. The ideal candidate will have a Master's degree or equivalent and Chartered Engineer status, along with strong leadership capabilities and knowledge of regulatory frameworks. This role involves ensuring the development and retention of talent, maintaining standards, and managing stakeholder relationships.

Qualifications

• Demonstrable balance of industrial and management experience at relevant level.
• Intellectually capable with practical application of theory.
• Competent in people interviewing, selection, and performance management.

Responsibilities

• Manage succession planning and delivery for the discipline.
• Ensure competence of deputies and manage performance.
• Participate in or lead incident investigations.

Skills

Experienced Piping Discipline Manager

Strong interpersonal skills

Team building skills

Flexible and can-do attitude

Education

MSc, MEng or equivalent professional qualification

Chartered Engineer or recognized equivalent

Job description

JOB DESCRIPTION

People:

• In conjunction with Head of Discipline, manages succession planning and delivery on behalf of the discipline.
• Assures & provides coaching and mentoring for direct reports.
• Actively supports recruitment, selection, transfers and promotion of resources to meet Engineering contract requirements.
• Set and maintain standards for the development and retention of motivated and competent people.
• Ensures competence of deputies.
• Manages performance of direct reports.

Process Ownership:

• Continuous promotion of discipline specific procedures.
• Development and delivery of the technical safety standard expectations and technical assurance
• Develop, set and own competence standards.
• Monitor compliance with competence standards.
• Participate in or lead incident investigations as required.
• Represent Operations MEAC discipline in the contract.
• Set performance expectations for direct reports.

Subject Matter Expertise:

• Actively maintaining own competence and continuous development.
• Provide discipline support to the business.
• Knowledge of relevant regulatory framework and legislation.
• Provide guidance on regulatory framework, legislation changes, initiatives and industry technology developments.
• Perform the role of level 2 Technical Authority when appointed to do so.

General:

• Deputising for operations MEAC Head of Discipline as required.
• Supporting and supervising tasks delegated to respective team.
• Executing assigned business objectives.
• Management of key stakeholders in the execution and delivery of contracted activities.
• Manage and direct resources efficiently and effectively.
• Interact with Multi-Discipline Engineering teams.
• Provide engineering input to project estimates.
• Perform the role of Technical Authority when appointed to do so.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Internal:

• Establish and maintain effective working relationships and communicate across the business interfaces.
• Engage with inter-discipline community and promote discipline including networking / knowledge sharing i.e., GTEN
• Maintain communication with Head of Discipline and Engineering Manager
• Manage interfaces across functional and business boundaries.
• Maintain communication with Graduates and Associate Designers to ensure they are receiving development and training opportunities.

External:

Communicate and co-operate with external stakeholders including industry bodies, academia, vendors, client interface (as appropriate and requested), market intelligence, relevant conferences, and business development.

• As delegated by Engineering Manager.
• All personnel within the Operations EMEA Discipline Engineering community.
• Management of change (people and process).
• Organisational change.
• As per technical authority matrix.

QUALIFICATIONS

Qualifications:

• MSc, MEng or equivalent professional qualification or BSc, BEng or equivalent with extensive relevant experience.
• Chartered Engineer or recognized equivalent

Knowledge, skills, and experience:

• Experienced Piping Discipline Manager with experience of managing and leading Piping Engineering and Design teams.

Minimum Experience:

• Demonstrable balance of industrial and management experience at relevant level and position.

Role-Specific Skills:

• Intellectually capable, can substantiate the ability to apply theory in a practical context.
• Capable use of discipline software and proactively encourage development.
• Professional demeanour, strong interpersonal skills.
• Able to demonstrate team building skills and capable of influencing people at all levels of the organisation.
• Enthusiastic, conscientious, and keen to learn.
• Flexible with a can-do attitude.

Personal attributes:

Core Values and Behaviours:

Provide strong leadership in promoting, demonstrating and being a role model in accordance with company core values and ethics policy.

People:

• Competent in forecast planning for people resources.
• Competent in people interviewing, selection, communication and management including performance management.
• Proactively always interact with team members in a positive and professional manner.

Process:

Plans, monitors and audits compliance with standards and processes to assure continuous improvement.

Subject Matter Expertise:

• Competent in knowledge of regulatory framework and associated legislation.
• Competent in own particular area of expertise to provide support to the business.
• Demonstrate current knowledge with industry and technology development within discipline.
• Demonstrate continual professional development.

General Competencies:

• Communication in written and spoken forms.
• Audit and incident investigations lead.
• Project management.
• Mediator
• Financial & Commercial awareness.

ABOUT US

Wood is a global leader in consulting and engineering, helping to unlock solutions to critical challenges in energy and materials markets. We provide consulting, projects and operations solutions in 60 countries, employing around 35,000 people. www.woodplc.com

Diversity Statement

We are an equal opportunity employer that recognises the value of a diverse workforce. All suitably qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective criteria and without regard to the following (which is a non-exhaustive list): race, colour, age, religion, gender, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or other characteristics in accordance with the relevant governing laws.