Project Controls Admin (UAE National)

John Wood Group PLC; Dubai; On-site; AED 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Group Life and Personal Accident保险

Employee Share Plan

Long Service Award

Job summary

Wood is recruiting a Project Controls Admin for the UAE business unit, focusing on executing allocated scopes in a full-time onsite role in Dubai. The position reports to the Lead Cost Engineer and involves running Oracle/OTL reports, preparing weekly timesheets, and maintaining cost control documentation across projects in the oil and gas sector.

Ideal candidates will have a graduate degree and 1–5 years’ relevant experience, with strong Excel skills and multilingual capabilities.

Qualifications

• Graduate Degree in a relevant field.
• 1–5 years of oil and gas project controls experience.
• Experience working with multi-national project teams preferred.
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel.

Responsibilities

• Run Oracle/OTL reports and prepare weekly/monthly timesheets with approvals.
• Coordinate overtime and absence pre-approvals.
• Maintain project records, POs, and cost controls in Oracle.
• Assist planners and cost controllers with project control tasks.

Skills

Time keeping

Fluent in English

Effective communication

Education

Graduate Degree

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Oracle

Job description

Wood is currently recruiting for a Project Controls Admin to join our UAE business unit focusing on executing assigned scopes of work.
This is a full-time onsite position in Dubai, UAE.

Reports to: Lead Cost Engineer

Responsibilities

Wood is currently recruiting for a Project Controls Admin to join our UAE business unit focusing on executing assigned scopes of work.
This is a full-time onsite position in Dubai, UAE.

Reports to: Lead Cost Engineer

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The role

This is an exciting opportunity for an experiencedProject Controls Admin to join ourUAE Business Unit.

Our Clients and Projects

Designing the future. Transforming the world.

Wood is an integral part of operations in Iraq, and we are continuing to grow our footprint across the country. With a 90-year heritage, 10 major contracts and over 850 employees, we have the skills, expertise and asset knowledge to support clients to deliver energy security and decarbonisation ambitions.

Wood excels in supporting our clients to deliver complex upstream and midstream oil and gas projects in Iraq delivering maintenance, modifications and engineering solutions. We are committed to decarbonising existing assets, producing cleaner energy and developing a sustainable national workforce, ensuring the long-term growth of the region.

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:

Contributing to the delivery of Project services excellence through:

• Executing assigned scopes of work.
• Supporting and supervising task delegation.
• Providing discipline expertise to the business.

Key Accountabilities and Responsibilities:

• Run OTL (Oracle) reports and prepare weekly/ Monthly timesheets and facilitate the relevant approvals.
• Coordinate overtime/ absence pre-approvals.
• Issue weekly manhour booking details to the team.
• Maintain PO register and Document POs issued.
• Create Projects and booking codes in Oracle international/OTL / Covero.
• Preparation of PAAFs, route for approvals, archive approved and maintain register.
• Review expense claims and coordinate the approvals.
• Provide induction to new joiners on time writing, I expense procedures.
• Provide support to Planners and Cost controller.
• Raise Material Requisition Forms and route for approvals.

Working Relationships:

Internal:

• Establish and maintain effective working relationships and communicate across the project/contract interfaces.
• Engage with inter-discipline community and promote discipline including networking / knowledge sharing.

External:

• Establishing and / or maintaining an awareness of external stakeholders including industry bodies, academia, vendors, client interface (as appropriate and requested).

Level of Influence and Decision-Making Authority:

As delegated by Line Manager in accordance with competency assessment

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:

Graduate Degree

Minimum of 1 to 5 years’ relevant experience in the oil and gas industry

Experience of working with multi-national and multi-cultural project teams is strongly preferred

Proficient in Microsoft Excel

Role-Specific Skills:

Previous Oil & Gas industry experience.

• Experience with detailed Engineering and Consultancies

Personal Attributes and Capabilities:

Core Values and Behaviours:

Provide leadership in promoting, demonstrating the company core values, ethics policy and leadership framework.

People:

Interact with team members in a positive and professional manner at all times.

Subject Matter Expertise:

Previous Oil & Gas industry experience.

Time Keeping Experience.

• Clear communicator with good interpersonal skills
• An active listener with the ability to focus on customer requirements
• Fluent in both spoken and written English language.
• Highly motivated and self-reliant
• Confident and assertive
• Open thinker and innovator
• Good communicator with a willingness to share knowledge and support others
• Flexible and adaptable
• Strong commitment to safety.

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.