PMC Hook-up And Brownfield Manager

Wood; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 420,000 - 750,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

End of Service Gratuity

Employee Share Plan

Long Service Award

Diversity & Inclusion

Professional Development

Job summary

Wood is seeking an experienced Hook-Up and Brownfield Manager to lead and coordinate brownfield modifications, tie-ins and commissioning on major offshore/onshore projects in Abu Dhabi, UAE.

The role requires strong leadership, extensive live-plant experience, and a proven ability to deliver safely, on time and within budget, with close collaboration across client, PMC/EPC, operations and engineering teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, preferably Mechanical, Electrical, Instrumentation, or Civil.
• Minimum 20 years of experience in oil and gas projects, with at least 8 years in hook-up, brownfield, construction, commissioning, or site management roles.
• Proven experience coordinating brownfield modifications, shutdowns, tie-ins, and hook-up activities within a PMC, EPC, or operator environment.
• Extensive experience working on live operating facilities, offshore platforms, terminals, refineries, petrochemical plants, or other complex industrial assets.
• Strong knowledge of brownfield execution methodologies, constructability, work-pack development, system completion, and commissioning interfaces.
• Demonstrated experience coordinating multidisciplinary contractors and managing interfaces between construction, operations, maintenance, engineering, and commissioning teams.
• Strong understanding of permit-to-work systems, SIMOPS, isolation management, LOTO, confined-space entry, hot work, and other brownfield safety controls.
• Knowledge of international codes, standards, client specifications, and HSE requirements applicable to oil and gas construction and modification projects.
• Experience with shutdown and turnaround planning, tie-in execution, pre-commissioning, commissioning, and facility handover.
• Strong leadership, communication, coordination, and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead hook-up, brownfield modification, tie-in, and pre-commissioning activities in line with the project scope, schedule, budget, and execution strategy.
• Act as the primary PMC focal point for hook-up and brownfield activities among the client, EPC contractor, operations, engineering, commissioning, and site management.
• Ensure full compliance with HSE standards, SIMOPS, isolation management, and worksite control.
• Supervise contractor performance ensuring work aligns with drawings, specifications, method statements, risk assessments, and quality requirements.
• Coordinate brownfield surveys, site verification, constructability reviews, temporary works, demolition, modifications, equipment installation, piping tie-ins, electrical and instrumentation works, and system reinstatement.
• Develop and maintain detailed hook-up and brownfield execution plans, work packs, schedules, resource plans, and interface registers.
• Review and approve method statements, job safety analyses, lifting plans, isolation plans, tie-in packages, work permits, and construction procedures.
• Coordinate shutdown, turnaround, and tie-in activities within approved windows.
• Manage interfaces between new facilities and existing assets including operations, maintenance, engineering, construction, commissioning, and start-up teams.
• Ensure permit-to-work, lockout/tagout, gas testing, energy isolation, and SIMOPS controls are properly implemented.
• Monitor progress, productivity, manpower, materials, equipment, and work-front availability; identify constraints and implement corrective actions.
• Coordinate with engineering and procurement to resolve technical queries, shortages, design changes, and field modifications.
• Ensure punch lists, system completion, testing, reinstatement, handover dossiers, as-built documentation, and close-out activities are properly managed.
• Identify project risks and mitigation measures; escalate critical issues to senior management and client.
• Provide regular progress reports, forecasts, performance updates, and recovery plans to leadership and stakeholders.
• Promote safety, quality, and operational discipline across all contractors and project teams.

Skills

Hook-up coordination

Brownfield modification

Pre-commissioning

Commissioning

HSE standards

Safety management

Live plant safety

SIMOPS

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

Tools

Permits to work

Job description

Job Description:

Job Description

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Hook-Up and Brownfield Manager with a proven track record in overseeing and coordinates construction projects, ensuring they are completed on time, within budget, and to required quality and safety standards for a high-profile client.

The Role

Our Clients and Projects

Designing the future. Transforming the world.

Wood's Oil, Gas & New Energies business is built on a strong legacy of delivering large and complex projects for national and international energy companies across the globe. We have experienced teams, a proven delivery model and a strong reputation.

We are the market-leading provider of integrated and innovative solutions that challenge the status-quo in the oil and gas upstream and midstream, onshore and offshore, gas to liquids and decarbonisation and electrification markets. We pride ourselves in steady and predictable delivery, setting our sights on an exciting growth trajectory.

Energy security, transition and supply have never been more important. You, our enabling teams, are at the very forefront of transformative projects that are providing sustainable power to generations to come. We are the ones to bring low-carbon concepts to reality.

What We Can Offer

• Meaningful and interesting projects: Delivered to high profile clients across the Energy Sector
• Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion: We are an organisation actively committed to diversity and inclusion across our business
• Competitive renumeration package: With regular reviews to ensure we are rewarding at the right level in line with the market
• 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
• End of Service Gratuity: In line with UAE Labor Law, all employees are eligible for an End of Service benefit
• 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’ service of our employees at 5 year service milestones
• 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
• Energy Transition Academy: Join a community of experts sharing your knowledge and gaining more exposure to a variety of existing and emerging energy systems – delivered by experts in their field

The Key Objectives For This Role Are

The PMC Hook-Up and Brownfield Manager is responsible for planning, coordinating, and overseeing all hook-up, brownfield modification, tie-in, and commissioning support activities for a major offshore or onshore project under a Project Management Consultancy (PMC) framework. The role ensures that brownfield works are executed safely, efficiently, and in accordance with client specifications, approved engineering documents, regulatory requirements, operational constraints, and project objectives, while minimizing disruption to existing facilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage all hook-up, brownfield modification, tie-in, and pre-commissioning activities in accordance with the approved project scope, schedule, budget, and execution strategy
• Act as the primary PMC focal point for hook-up and brownfield activities between the client, EPC contractor, operations team, engineering disciplines, commissioning team, and site management
• Ensure full compliance with HSE standards, policies, procedures, and client requirements, with particular emphasis on live-plant safety, SIMOPS, isolation management, and worksite control
• Supervise and monitor contractor performance, ensuring that all work is executed in accordance with approved drawings, specifications, method statements, risk assessments, and quality requirements
• Coordinate brownfield surveys, site verification, constructability reviews, temporary works, demolition, modifications, equipment installation, piping tie-ins, electrical and instrumentation works, and system reinstatement
• Develop and maintain detailed hook-up and brownfield execution plans, work packs, schedules, resource plans, and interface registers
• Review and approve method statements, job safety analyses, lifting plans, isolation plans, tie-in packages, work permits, and construction procedures
• Coordinate shutdown, turnaround, and tie-in activities, ensuring effective planning and execution within approved operational windows
• Manage interfaces between new facilities and existing assets, including operations, maintenance, engineering, construction, commissioning, and start-up teams
• Ensure effective implementation of permit-to-work systems, lockout/tagout procedures, gas testing, energy isolation, and SIMOPS controls
• Monitor progress, productivity, manpower, materials, equipment, and work-front availability, identifying constraints and implementing corrective actions
• Coordinate with engineering and procurement teams to resolve technical queries, material shortages, design changes, and field modifications
• Ensure proper management of punch lists, system completion, testing, reinstatement, handover dossiers, as-built documentation, and close-out activities
• Identify project risks and potential operational impacts, develop mitigation measures, and escalation critical issues to senior management and the client
• Provide regular progress reports, forecasts, performance updates, and recovery plans to project leadership and stakeholders
• Promote a strong safety, quality, and operational discipline culture across all contractors and project teams

Qualifications

Skills And Qualifications

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

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, preferably Mechanical, Electrical, Instrumentation, Civil, or a related discipline
• Minimum 20 years of experience in oil and gas projects, with at least 8 years in hook-up, brownfield, construction, commissioning, or site management roles
• Proven experience managing brownfield modifications, shutdowns, tie-ins, and hook-up activities within a PMC, EPC, or operator environment
• Extensive experience working on live operating facilities, offshore platforms, terminals, refineries, petrochemical plants, or other complex industrial assets
• Strong knowledge of brownfield execution methodologies, constructability, work-pack development, system completion, and commissioning interfaces
• Demonstrated experience coordinating multidisciplinary contractors and managing interfaces between construction, operations, maintenance, engineering, and commissioning teams
• Strong understanding of permit-to-work systems, SIMOPS, isolation management, LOTO, confined-space entry, hot work, and other brownfield safety controls
• Knowledge of international codes, standards, client specifications, and HSE requirements applicable to oil and gas construction and modification projects
• Experience with shutdown and turnaround planning, tie-in execution, pre-commissioning, commissioning, and facility handover
• Strong leadership, communication, coordination, and stakeholder management skillss
• Ability to work under high-pressure conditions, manage competing priorities, and make timely decisions in an operational environment
• Offshore certifications such as BOSIET, H2S, and valid offshore medical may be required for offshore assignments
• Experience in Middle East projects and familiarity with major operator standards is an advantage

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.

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