Engineering Manager

Wood; Sharjah; On-site; AED 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Wood is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead the engineering scope across disciplines for onshore Oil & Gas Brownfield upgrades in the UAE. This full-time, on-site role in Sharjah reports to the Project Manager and focuses on technical excellence, risk management, and ensuring conformance with client requirements, standards and procedures.

The ideal candidate has 15+ years in Oil & Gas, with process/piping expertise, multi-discipline leadership, and a track record in Middle East brownfield

Qualifications

• Bachelor honors in a relevant engineering discipline from a recognized institution.
• Professional accreditation from recognized US, UK, EU, Australian or Canadian institute (e.g., C Eng, PE, Eur Ing).
• Master's degree in a relevant engineering discipline is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Oversee multi-discipline engineering scope on onshore Oil & Gas Brownfield projects.
• Ensure engineering aligns with client requirements, processes, procedures and international standards.
• Lead engineering excellence across all disciplines and monitor risk and delivery.
• Implement client procedures inEngineering Design and ensure compliance with standards.
• Plan, direct and evaluate activities of the engineering team; interface with client and contractors.

Skills

Leadership

Oil & Gas

Brownfield projects

Multidisciplinary coordination

Project management

Audits & investigations

Communication

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor honors in engineering

Master's degree (preferred)

Professional accreditation (C Eng / PE / Eur Ing etc.)

Job description

Wood is recruiting for an Engineering Manager to join its UAE business unit focusing on technical excellence of the engineering portion of a project across all disciplines. This role is a full-time on-site role in Sharjah, UAE.

Job Objectives:

• Responsible for the oversight and assurance of multi-discipline engineering scope of work on a portfolio of projects on an onshore Oil and Gas Field (Incl Brownfield).
• Responsible for ensuring that the engineering carried out is completed in line with clients’ requirements, Processes, Procedures and Specifications and in line with established International Engineering standards.
• Responsible for the technical excellence of the engineering portion of a project across all disciplines.

Responsibilities:

• Continuous implementation and assurance of client specific procedures in the Engineering Design.
• Monitors compliance with standards and processes to assure efficient delivery.
• Roll out and Implementation of learning opportunities from across the business.
• Driving continual focus on process safety through the engineering team
• Driving elimination of technical incidents through robust controls, incident reviews and embedding lessons learned
• Identifies and mitigates areas of risk and improvement opportunities
• Identifies and pursues improvement opportunities
• Plan, organize, direct, control and evaluate the activities and operations of the client and contractors engineering team
• Consult and negotiate with client to prepare specifications, explain proposals and present engineering reports and findings
• Assign, co-ordinate and review the technical work of the department or project teams
• Focuses on managerial concerns of the project such as cost, completion date, and resource allocation. Provides expert resolution of issues and monitors integration of work.
• Reviews technical concepts of projects.
• Personally, participates in solving difficult technical problems.
• Carries responsibility for resolution of major problems for the engineering segment of Brownfield Upgrade Projects
• Develop and implement policies, standards and procedures for the engineering and technical work performed within the team
• Conduit for regulatory framework, legislation changes, initiatives and industry technology developments
• Reports to the Project Manager or the Project Director (depending on size of Project).
• Plans and manages all project design /engineering activities.
• Ensures design deliverables are of high quality.
• Interfaces with Project Manager/Director on design/engineering issues.

Mandatory:

Bachelor honors degree in a relevant engineering discipline from a recognized institution.

Professional accreditation from recognized US, UK, EU, Australian or Canadian institute. E.g. C Eng (UK), PE (USA & Canada), Eur Ing (Europe).

Preferred:

Master's degree in a relevant engineering discipline.

Expected:

• Engineering degree or equivalent
• Requires 15+ years' experience in Oil & Gas industry (Process Engineering /Piping Engineering)) with 5 years of experience in the EM position.
• Multidiscipline engineering team leadership with a strong personal ability in one relevant engineering discipline and a sound working knowledge of other relevant engineering disciplines.
• Proven track record in onshore brownfield projects in the Middle East.
• Ability to engage, challenge and direct engineers of all disciplines in order to achieve overall project objectives.
• Manage the technical assurance of all deliverables and ensure compliance with engineering standards, policies and procedures.
• Requires strong technical skill as relevant to the project scope, with particular emphasis on Brownfield Engineering Upgrades in an onshore Oil and Gas Field.
• Iraq Project Experience is required
• Balance of technical and management experience at relevant level and position.
• Broad and extensive knowledge of engineering theories and techniques and a high level of skill in application of this knowledge in the management of the engineering function
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, capable of influencing people at all levels of the organization.
• Able to implement and embed standards and processes to effect delivery of engineering excellence.
• Good knowledge of regulatory framework and associated legislation.
• Current knowledge of industry and technology development within area of expertise.
• Expert in Engineering excellence.
• Able to carry out audit and incident investigations
• Good Project management skills.
• Skilled in mediation and dispute resolution
• Financial and commercial awareness.
• Candidates must be willing to travel to Basra, Iraq