Engineering Manager

Wood; Sharjah; On-site; AED 240,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Wood is seeking an experienced Engineering Manager for their Iraq Operations, based in Sharjah. This full-time role involves managing engineering activities for major oil and gas projects, ensuring technical excellence and compliance with HSSE standards, while promoting meaningful and diverse projects for our clients.

Benefits

Competitive salary with regular reviews

Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

Committed professional development plans

Medical Insurance

Group Life and Personal Accident Insurance

Employee Share Plan

Long Service Award

Qualifications

• Minimum of 20 years' experience in oil & gas projects.
• Experience in Pre-FEED and FEED.
• Detailed Engineering experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for executing the engineering scope of work.
• Manage and lead multidiscipline engineering teams.
• Drive technical assurance and compliance with standards.

Skills

Technical Assurance

Project Management

Risk Management

Education

B.S. in Engineering

Job description

• B.S. or equivalent degree in the Engineering discipline from an accredited university
• Minimum of 20+ years relevant experience in major Brownfield oil & gas projects, including at least five (5) years in similar position.

Knowledge, skills and experience:

• Specific experience in Oil and Gas projects across their lifecycle in the GCC region, preferred
• Pre-FEED, FEED experience is required
• Detailed Engineering experience is preferred

The role

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Engineering Manager to join our Iraq Operations Business, This role is full time residential based in Sharjah, UAE

Our Clients and Projects

Designing the future. Transforming the world.

Wood is an integral part of operations in Iraq, and we are continuing to grow our footprint across the country. With a 90-year heritage, 10 major contracts and over 850 employees, we have the skills, expertise and asset knowledge to support clients to deliver energy security and decarbonisation ambitions.

Wood excels in supporting our clients to deliver complex upstream and midstream oil and gas projects in Iraq delivering maintenance, modifications and engineering solutions. We are committed to decarbonising existing assets, producing cleaner energy and developing a sustainable national workforce, ensuring the long-term growth of the region

What we can offer

• Meaningful and interesting projects Delivered to high profile clients and complex projects in Iraq
• Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion; we are an organisation actively committed to diversity and inclusion across our business with employee networks committed to giving all employees a voice
• Competitive salary with regular salary reviews to ensure we are rewarding at the right level in line with the market
• Commitment to continued professional development; development plans that are tailored to your individual needs and interests
• Global connections: join experts around the world who are at the leading edge of our industry, shaping the standards of our profession
• Medical Insurance: Ensures inpatient and outpatient medical care is available should you require treatment.
• Group Life and Personal Accident Insurance: The company provides Life Assurance cover
• The Employee Share Plan: Gives you the opportunity to purchase Wood shares and receive a match from the company
• Long Service Award: Wood values the commitment and loyalty of our people. Celebrating Long Service provides an opportunity for the business to demonstrate their appreciation of the hard work, dedication and many years services of our employees at 5-year service milestones

Job Objective:

• Responsible for the execution of the engineering portion of a multi-discipline engineering scope of work on one or more projects/work scopes. Has responsibility for coordinating and completing the various engineering, and start-up aspects of a project(s) while meeting HSSE, quality, schedule, and budget performance goals. Has responsibility for the technical excellence of the engineering portion of a project(s) across all disciplines.

Contributes to delivery of engineering excellence through:

• Driving technical assurance on the assigned scope(s) of work
• Managing and leading, supporting, and supervising the discipline engineering teams on the assigned scope(s) of work.

Key Accountabilities & Responsibilities:

Driving technical assurance.

• Continuous promotion of corporate / client-specific procedures.
• Assist in incident investigations as required.
• Monitors compliance with standards and processes to ensure delivery.
• Roll out and Implementation of learning opportunities from across the business.
• Driving continually focuses 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
• Managing and leading, supporting and supervising the multidiscipline engineering team

Managing and leading, supporting and supervising the multidiscipline engineering team

• Plan, organize, direct, control, and evaluate the activities and operations of a multidiscipline engineering team
• Assist in the management of recruitment, selection, transfers, performance management, succession planning and promotion of resources to meet engineering team requirements
• Ensuring appropriately resourced and competent personnel on Project/Contract
• Oversight and control of Engineering Histogram to support workforce planning
• Assist in setting & maintaining standards for the development and retention of motivated and competent people

Management of key stakeholders in the execution and delivery of contracted activities

• Responsible for the engineering content of project execution plans for assigned contracts/projects
• Responsible for the direction and management of the engineering and associated project activities of the business grouping/Project
• Manage and direct resources efficiently and effectively.
• Consult and negotiate with clients 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

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