Engineering Lead

Wood; Sharjah; On-site; AED 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering firm is recruiting for an Engineering Lead to focus on execution for a major onshore brownfield project in Sharjah, UAE. This full-time role requires a minimum of 15 years of experience, with at least 3 years in a leadership position. The candidate should possess strong technical and management skills, able to implement engineering excellence standards and processes, and have excellent interpersonal communication abilities. The role will require balancing engineering and leadership responsibilities effectively.

Qualifications

• Typically requires 15+ years of progressive experience in discipline engineering.
• Held a position of Engineering Lead or Manager for at least 3 years.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, capable of influencing at all levels.

Job description

Wood is recruiting for an Engineering Lead to join its UAE Business Unit focusing on execution of the engineering portion of a multi-discipline engineering scope of work for a Major Onshore Brownfield Project in Sharjah, UAE on 5 / 2 work schedule. This role is a full‑time office‑based role in Sharjah, UAE.

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 :

• Typicallyrequires15+yearsprogressiveexperienceindisciplineengineering
• Held a position of Engineering Lead or Manager in a recent role for at least 3 years
• Balanceoftechnicalandmanagement and mentoringexperienceatrelevantlevelandposition
• Typicallyrequiresseveralyearsofsupervisoryexperiencewithanunderstandingofhuman relations, training, performance evaluation, and health and safety
• Broadandextensiveknowledgeofengineeringtheoriesandtechniquesandahighlevelofskillin the application of this knowledge in the management of the engineering function
• Capableofrepresentingbusinessandclient-to-businessassociatesinaprofessionalmanner
• Excellentinterpersonalandcommunicationskills,capableofinfluencingpeopleatalllevelsofthe organization
• Skilledinforecastplanningforpeopleresources
• Skilledinrecruitmentandselection,employeecommunication,andmanagementincluding performance management
• Abletoimplementandembedstandardsandprocessestoeffectdeliveryofengineering excellence
• Goodknowledgeoftheregulatoryframeworkandassociatedlegislation
• Currentknowledgeofindustryandtechnologydevelopmentwithinareaofexpertise
• ExpertinEngineeringexcellence