Lead, Offshore Platform Construction

Emirates Electrical & Instrumentation Company; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 400,000 - 660,000; Full time

Job summary

Emirates Electrical & Instrumentation Company LLC. is seeking a Construction Manager for offshore platforms to lead multi-discipline offshore construction activities, ensuring alignment with ADNOC requirements and EPC contracts.

You will oversee Mech/Piping/E&I teams, manage heavy lifting, and ensure safety and quality in execution across platforms. The role requires 20+ years in oil & gas EPC projects, strong leadership, and deep offshore construction know-how.

Qualifications

• 20+ years in Oil & Gas EPC/offshore projects.
• Offshore platform construction experience and ADNOC standards.
• Strong leadership and team management skills.
• Ability to coordinate Mech, Piping, E&I across platforms.

Responsibilities

• Lead full-cycle offshore construction execution for Mechanical, Piping, Electrical & Instrumentation across multiple platforms.
• Serve as senior offshore authority coordinating all construction activities and supervising engineers, supervisors, technicians, and crews.
• Plan, coordinate and execute heavy lifting operations for offshore equipment and packages.
• Review and approve lifting studies, rigging plans, crane load charts and deck loading checks.
• Coordinate marine spread operations including crane barges, jack-ups, and support vessels.
• Ensure compliance with ADNOC lifting guidelines, LOLER, API RP 2D and project HSE standards.
• Provide technical leadership for mechanical installation, alignment, torquing and fixture installation.
• Oversee piping fabrication, offshore spool fit-up, welding, NDT, hydrotesting and handover.
• Resolve field-level clashes or routing constraints through engineering coordination.
• Coordinate electrical installation activities including cable pulling and testing.
• Lead instrumentation installation activities and loop checks.
• Synchronize multidisciplinary work sequences to avoid rework.
• Contribute constructability inputs during design/model reviews and ensure complete deliverables.
• Develop offshore construction execution plans, schedules and manpower planning.
• Support Planning/PMC/EPC teams with WBS execution, SIMOPS and milestones.
• Monitor daily productivity, progress KPIs and mobilization progress.

Skills

Leadership

Offshore construction

Project coordination

Construction planning

Heavy lifting operations

HSE compliance

Team management

Engineering interfaces

Field troubleshooting

Tools

Primavera / MS Project

SAP / Maximo

Job description

Emirates Electrical & Instrumentation Company LLC. is seeking a Construction Manager for offshore platforms to lead multi-discipline offshore construction activities, ensuring alignment with ADNOC requirements and EPC contracts.

You will oversee Mech/Piping/E&I teams, manage heavy lifting, and ensure safety and quality in execution across platforms. The role requires 20+ years in oil & gas EPC projects, strong leadership, and deep offshore construction know-how.