Offshore Construction Leader: Major Projects & Safety

Wood

Abu Dhabi

On-site

AED 350,000 - 550,000

Full time

8 days ago

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Job summary

Wood is seeking an experienced PMC Construction Manager Offshore in Abu Dhabi to lead on-island and onshore civil works, fabrication, and offshore transportation and installation activities. You will develop comprehensive project plans, align schedules, manage budgets, and ensure safety, quality, and constructability across disciplines.

Strong leadership and mentoring of UAE nationals are essential for successful delivery.

Qualifications

Bachelor of Science in Engineering or equivalent site experience in a senior role.
Professional Engineer accreditation preferred.
Minimum of twenty years of construction management experience on large oil and gas development projects.
Excellent leadership and communication skills with cross-cultural teams.

Responsibilities

Lead the Construction team to support the objectives and strategies.
Champion safety in all construction aspects and promote the safety objective that Nobody gets Hurt.
Manage the On Island Construction teams responsible for the planning development and operations to ensure construction execution certainty.
Manage the Contractor's construction planning and execution efforts to ensure compliance with Project objectives strategies obligations and requirements.
Establish a construction organization to implement the Project execution plans and procedures and coordinate resourcing of construction team positions.
Provide construction and execution strategy support to the Project Team through construction oversight and assistance.
Ensure that the Contractor and Subcontractors are compliant with project safety expectations policies and procedures.
Steward the development of an Integrated Safety Plan for construction including SIMOPS for all island and brownfield work.
Assist in the review and implementation of all Contractor safety plans.
Steward interfaces and interactions between the Contractor and other UZ Projects Production Operations and Drilling.
Manage the interface with ADNOC Offshore OPCO to execute brownfield works in order to minimize disruption in ongoing production operations.
Ensure that the detailed design deliverables support constructability.
Report construction progress performance initiatives and issues to the Project Team.
Lead construction planning teams to identify vulnerabilities and opportunities.
Sponsor construction related readiness reviews constructability workshops and CERs.
Take a leadership role in mentoring and training UAE Nationals in construction management.
Clearly communicate to direct reports short term and long-term goals that support the project objectives.
Encourage and recognize outstanding performance and ensure that staff are appraised regularly and developed accordingly