Lead Project Information Manager

Wood PLC; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 350,000 - 520,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Group Life Insurance

End of Service Gratuity

Employee Share Plan

Long Service Award

Professional development

Global connections

Energy Transition Academy

Job summary

Wood is seeking an experienced Project Information Manager to lead information management across an in-flight EPC/EPCM programme for a UAE national energy company. The role is based in Wood's Abu Dhabi office with site engagement as required.

You will own the project information environment, ensure delivery continuity, and close gaps in systems, data quality and readiness across engineering, procurement, materials, construction, commissioning and handover.

Qualifications

• Degree-level qualification in engineering, information management, computer science or related discipline, or equivalent professional experience.
• Extensive Project Information Management experience on major oil and gas EPC/EPCM projects.
• Ability to stabilise and improve information delivery on large, complex projects.
• Experience across engineering, procurement, materials, construction, commissioning, handover and closeout.
• Strong knowledge of engineering information systems, EDMS, intelligent models and digital handover.
• Practical experience with SmartPlant Foundation publishing and engineering database consolidation/merge.
• Understanding of material information controls, supplier information, Advanced Work Packaging and commissioning information.
• Experience with brownfield as-building, legacy data mining, geospatial surveys, laser scanning or point-cloud data is desirable.
• Strong cybersecurity principles relating to project systems, access, integrations, cloud environments.

Responsibilities

• Assess current information management environment, priorities, risks and commitments; implement recovery actions.
• Maintain and improve the Project Information Management Plan, procedures, systems strategy and delivery schedules.
• Translate contractual and client information requirements into deliverables, validation rules and acceptance criteria.
• Lead Document Control, Data Management and Engineering Systems across locations and contractors.
• Govern engineering documents, structured data, tag registers, drawings, models and supplier information.
• Oversee SmartPlant Foundation publishing, retrieval, consolidation, validation and reporting.
• Coordinate engineering database consolidation, integrity checks and project-to-as-built transfers.
• Establish information interfaces between engineering, EDMS, procurement, materials and construction systems.
• Ensure current, approved information reaches construction teams with controlled revisions.
• Lead handover and project closeout activities including final as-built validation and client acceptance.

Job description

Wood is seeking an experienced Project Information Manager to lead information management across an in-flight EPC/EPCM programme for a UAE national energy company. The role is based in Wood's Abu Dhabi office with site engagement as required.

You will own the project information environment, ensure delivery continuity, and close gaps in systems, data quality and readiness across engineering, procurement, materials, construction, commissioning and handover.