Lead Project Engineer – Secondee

Wood; Sharjah; On-site; AED 300,000 - 600,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Group Life and Personal Accident Ins.

Employee Share Plan

Long Service Award

Salary reviews

Professional development

Global connections

Job summary

Wood is seeking a Lead Project Engineer to strengthen our UAE team in Sharjah, with possible trips to Iraq. You will lead engineering deliverables, coordinate multidisciplinary teams, and oversee scope, cost, and schedule to meet client expectations and Wood standards.

The role focuses on delivering onshore capital projects, supporting Wood's engineering and project management services, and contributing to the energy transition and safety culture within a global business.

Qualifications

• Degree in an engineering discipline required.
• Minimum 10+ years of oil & gas experience, with infrastructure EPC projects preferred.
• Able to lead teams and coordinate multiple disciplines across projects.
• Excellent written and spoken English; strong presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead engineering teams and coordinate disciplines to deliver projects.
• Manage schedule, budget and scope for medium to large projects.
• Chair and minutes technical and project review meetings with clients and vendors.
• Ensure HSE, quality and client requirements are integrated into project execution.
• Interface with Project Control for cost control and schedule updates.
• Deliver projects in sequence and manage risks and change effectively.

Skills

Leadership

Project management

English fluency

Stakeholder management

Education

Engineering degree

Job description

Job Description

Wood is recruiting for a Lead Project Engineer to join its UAE business unit, focusing on supporting delivery of project and engineering excellence to strengthen our team in Sharjah, UAE with possible trips to Iraq.

The role

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Lead Project Engineer to join our UAE Business Unit.

Designing the future. Transforming the world.

Wood has been awarded a general engineering contract to support an International Client operator to deliver a portfolio of onshore capital projects by provision of engineering and project management services (including EPC contract management), as well as Supply Chain, Construction and Commissioning support from Wood Iraq and UAE offices.

Projects include both Greenfield and Brownfield modification projects and integrating low‑carbon solutions to support our client’s energy transition and emissions reduction goals.

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 Objectives

• Reports to the Project Manager
• Champions both Wood and client Health, Safety, Environmental and Quality cultures. Leads by example in ‘raising the shield’, demonstrating the ‘courage to intervene’. Ensures that procedures are followed and that a high standard of safety and quality is achieved in all associated work.
• Supports delivery of project and engineering excellence in support of the Project and Engineering Manager on assigned project scopes.
• Takes ownership of assigned project scope and activities, ensuring timely delivery to the satisfaction of both internal and external customers in accordance with the applicable procedures, work practices, specifications and standards.
• Coordinates activities, collaborating with the Lead Engineers, engineering disciplines and supporting departments to ensure tender and/or project scopes are correctly interpreted and deadlines met.
• Coordinates the development of engineering deliverable lists, manhours, CTRs and risk in support of project scopes.
• Takes responsibility for schedule, manhours, key milestones and coordination of medium sized engineering projects in accordance with the established policies, procedures, systems, and requirements approved by the Wood and the customer.
• Ensures that the project is delivered in the correct sequence, highlighting and managing risk if works are completed out of sequence.
• Expected to be fully conversant with the scope of work assigned, managing project action registers and risk. Is familiar with and across technical and project issues.
• Chairs and minutes technical and project review meetings with customers, vendors, subcontractors and other third parties, managing technical and project issues through to completion.
• Takes a leading role in project reviews, design reviews and audits to ensure that they are completed as per Wood and customer expectations.
• Holds and minutes weekly progress meetings with discipline engineers, ensuring that ownership is assigned and actions are driven to closure in a timely manner.
• Manages interfaces with third parties to ensure availability of input for completion of engineering deliverables in accordance with the project schedule.
• Liaise with Project Control to ensure that budgets and schedules are revised to incorporate the effects of the contract changes.
• Stewards project and resolves issues on a timely manner.
• Supervise project delivery and assess client needs.
• Oversee budget and ensure financial accountability.

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

• Degree qualification in a relevant engineering discipline
• Minimum of 10+ years of experience in the oil and gas industries with experience in infrastructure EPC projects.
• Builds collaborative teams and leading by example in the demonstration of Wood’s core values.
• Take ownership of scopes of work, coordinating the engineering disciplines and supporting functions to deliver successful outcomes.
• Good soft and written English skills.
• Good presentation skills.
• Should be pragmatic, self-motivated and demonstrate initiative.
• Able to present and write technical reports in fluent English.
• Experience in working in multicultural and dynamic environment.
• Experience in managing detailed engineering and procurement in a brownfield environment.
• Experience of project cost control and planning systems.
• Worked on projects in Iraq (Basra region in particular) and/or GCC is preferable.

About Us

Wood is a global leader in consulting, engineering and operations for the energy and materials sectors. With 33,000 people in around 50 countries, Wood supports clients across the full asset lifecycle, delivering safe, predictable outcomes while enabling resilient operations and a lower carbon future. Wood forms the Energy & Materials pillar of Sidara - a global partnership uniting leading multidisciplinary engineering, design, and project management companies. www.woodgroup.com

Diversity Statement

We are an equal opportunity employer that recognises the value of a diverse workforce. All suitably qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective criteria and without regard to the following (which is a non-exhaustive list): race, colour, age, religion, gender, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or other characteristics in accordance with the relevant governing laws.