Principal Construction Engineer

Wood PLC; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering company is seeking a Construction Manager for overseeing small to medium-sized projects. The role includes ensuring project quality, supervising construction work, and managing a team. Candidates should have a bachelor's degree in engineering and extensive experience in construction management, ideally over 10 years. This position emphasizes organizational skills, safety, and effective leadership.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years of practical experience for degree holders.
• Excellent technical knowledge in construction discipline.
• Expert level knowledge in technical specifications.

Responsibilities

• Oversee all aspects of field construction of small to medium-sized projects.
• Accountable for delivery against planned work scopes ensuring timely completion.
• Participate in audits and incident investigations.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Organizational Skills

Risk Management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Job description

Objective:

CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT assures the quality and integrity of each project, bringing projects in on schedule and within budget. Using in-house construction management procedures and experience, provide continuity and consistency of construction management with quality assurance and reliable control.
Oversees all aspects of field construction of small projects or an area or discipline of larger projects including direction of construction specifications, budgets and schedules.
Oversees all aspects of field construction of small to medium sized projects or an area or discipline of larger
projects including direction of construction specifications, budgets and schedules. Generally responsible
for construction scope(s) with value up to $25M


RESPONSIBILITIES

• Oversee and act as approver for construction work packs, ensuring clear activity breakdown and detailed narratives for all construction activities are in place. Ownership and approval of the construction technical deliverables to the required technical standards.
• Contribute advanced discipline expertise to the ongoing development of project work methods, processes and team development.
• Act as point of escalation and resolution for constructability issues at scope survey and engineering stage.
• Accountable for delivery against agreed planned work scopes ensuring obligations are met by way of timely completion of work packs.
• Provide technical support for construction effort including participation in construction planning and design; interpretation of design; application of construction methods; resolution and documentation of design conflicts; constructability reviews, etc.
• Accountable for ensuring that all plant and equipment is fully certificated and controlled cost
  effectively.
• Ensures all sub-contractors'' personnel, materials, plant, equipment, vendors, special tools, common user's services and consumables are correctly resourced and available.
• If identified, react to change in scope, inform necessary parties and complete the necessary change management documentation.
• Check installation quality and subsequent verification are completed in accordance with requirements.
• Participate in audits and incident investigations as required.
• Lead the ongoing development of project work methods, processes and team development
• Line management responsibilities including performance management and development for junior construction engineering team members.
• Interface with all on-site departments as required resolving problems, ensuring quality of construction, etc. in support of overall project schedule
• Ensure construction activities comply with company and contract requirements and support overall construction schedule
• Provide the first point of contact for business interfaces on construction activities.
• Seek further business development opportunities with the client.
• Accountable for project safety management and performance.
• Manage the quality, delivery aspects of the project

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 or equivalent
• Appropriate level of construction experience in relevant industry sector, typically a minimum of 10 years of practical experience if degree qualified OR trade discipline qualified with a minimum 15-year relevant practical experience
• Excellent technical knowledge of construction discipline and associated processes
• Ability to identify risk to delivery, build in and implement mitigation / contingency plans
• Expert level of experience of interpreting discipline documentation.
• Advanced knowledge and understanding of Risk Assessments (RA), Hazard and Operability
• Studies (HAZOPS) and Hazard Identification Studies (HAZIDS).
• Expert level knowledge and understanding of technical specifications
• Understands the business drivers within customer organizations and is able to influence these through innovative designs and cost-effective solutions.
• Experienced in supervising and managing others, able to effectively delegate work, motivate teams and manage performance

Personal attributes:

• Excellent interpersonal, organizational, communication and team building skills.
• Safety first mindset, takes personal responsibility for safety of self and others and proactively coaches' team to embed safety culture
• Very well organized, logical and thorough in approach
• Able to coach and mentor others to achieve high performing and technically competent delivery
• Role model Wood's values & behaviors

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