Lead Civil/Structural Engineer – Onshore Oil & Gas

KBR Inc.; United Arab Emirates; On-site; AED 300,000 - 600,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Professional development

Collaborative environment

Job summary

KBR is seeking a Lead Civil/Structural Engineer for onshore projects in Abu Dhabi, UAE. You will own civil and structural deliverables across FEED, detailed design and EPC phases, leading a discipline team and interfacing with clients and contractors.

The role demands deep UAE regulatory knowledge and solid international engineering standards, with a focus on safety, quality and timely delivery within multidisciplinary project teams.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of oil and gas structural engineering experience.
• 5+ years in a lead role leading a discipline team.
• Experience across FEED, Detailed Engineering, EPC, PMC and construction support.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage all Civil/Structural engineering activities for the project during FEED, EPC, and detailed engineering phases
• Prepare and manage discipline execution plans, structural design basis, philosophies, deliverable registers, checking/approval matrices and engineering work-hour estimates
• Define analysis approach, review assumptions, verify results and approve Civil/Structural calculations, reports, specifications, drawings and technical deliverables
• Coordinate metocean, geotechnical, weight-control, survey, inspection, fabrication, installation, constructability, operations and multidisciplinary inputs
• Lead interdisciplinary, model, constructability and safety reviews with client, IVB, operations, fabrication, installation and third-party stakeholders
• Manage discipline progress, schedule, budget, manpower forecast, estimate-to-complete, workshare execution, subcontracted engineering, quality requirements and change control

Skills

Civil/Structural leadership

Engineering coordination

Technical assurance

Risk identification

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering

Master’s degree in Structural Engineering

Tools

STAAD Pro

SAP2000

SAFE

Mat3d

ETABS

Job description

KBR is seeking a Lead Civil/Structural Engineer for onshore projects in Abu Dhabi, UAE. You will own civil and structural deliverables across FEED, detailed design and EPC phases, leading a discipline team and interfacing with clients and contractors.

The role demands deep UAE regulatory knowledge and solid international engineering standards, with a focus on safety, quality and timely delivery within multidisciplinary project teams.