Project Engineering Manager - Gas Projects

ADNOC Abu Dhabi UAE; Al Ruways Industrial City; On-site; AED 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

ADNOC Group in Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates, is seeking a Project Engineering Manager - Gas Projects to lead multidisciplinary engineering activities across the complete project lifecycle. The role serves as the principal engineering focal point between project teams, operations, licensors, consultants, vendors, PMCs, EPC contractors, and ADNOC Group companies.

You will protect technical integrity, strengthen governance, resolve interfaces, and ensure deliverables meet HSE, quality,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or a related technical discipline is required.
• Extensive experience in multidisciplinary project engineering across FEED, EPC, commissioning and handover.
• Strong knowledge of project governance, engineering standards, and interfaces.

Responsibilities

• Lead multidisciplinary engineering activities across designated gas projects.
• Direct engineering work through ASSESS, SELECT, DEFINE, EXECUTE, construction, commissioning and handover.
• Coordinate with operations, licensors, consultants, vendors, and EPC contractors.
• Ensure safety, quality, cost, schedule and lifecycle objectives are met.

Skills

Project engineering management

Oil and gas engineering

Gas-processing projects

Multidisciplinary engineering

Engineering governance

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related technical discipline

Job description

Project Engineering Manager - Gas Projects Job Snapshot

Role: Project Engineering Manager - Gas Projects
Location: Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates
Industry: Oil and Energy
Function: Engineering
Experience: Extensive experience in multidisciplinary project engineering across FEED, EPC execution, commissioning, and handover
Job Type: Full-time

Overview

Project Engineering Manager - Gas Projects in Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates is a senior Oil and Energy opportunity responsible for leading multidisciplinary engineering activities across the complete project lifecycle. ADNOC Group is hiring an experienced engineering leader to manage projects through ASSESS, SELECT, DEFINE, EXECUTE, construction, commissioning, start-up, and final handover. The position serves as the principal engineering focal point between project teams, operations, central engineering, licensors, consultants, vendors, Project Management Consultants, EPC contractors, and ADNOC Group companies. The successful candidate will protect technical integrity, strengthen engineering governance, resolve complex interfaces, and ensure project deliverables meet approved HSE, quality, cost, schedule, and operational requirements.

Job Details

Country: United Arab Emirates
City: Abu Dhabi Emirate
Industry: Oil and Energy
Function: Engineering
Salary: 45000-65000 (Estimated salary range based on similar jobs in the job city; please confirm the final offer with the employer)
Gender: Any
Candidate Nationality: Any
Job Type: Full-time

Context

The Project Engineering Manager - Gas Projects will support the Technical Projects Division responsible for engineering modifications and capital developments across ADNOC Gas assets, including Habshan, Bab, Bu Hasa, Asab, and Habshan 5. The project portfolio includes brownfield modifications, debottlenecking initiatives, capacity enhancements, plant reliability improvements, fast-track business continuity projects, and other developments that support uninterrupted gas production. The role will establish engineering discipline across multiple phases and ensure technical decisions provide safe, reliable, maintainable, and commercially sound outcomes.

Project Engineering Leadership

• Manage and lead multidisciplinary engineering activities across assigned gas projects.
• Direct engineering work throughout ASSESS, SELECT, DEFINE, EXECUTE, construction, commissioning, start-up, and handover.
• Align engineering priorities with ADNOC strategies, asset requirements, and approved project objectives.
• Serve as the focal point for technical coordination and engineering decision-making.
• Establish engineering execution strategies appropriate to project scope, complexity, and risk.
• Coordinate process, mechanical, piping, civil, structural, electrical, instrumentation, control, telecom, and safety engineering disciplines.
• Ensure engineering teams understand approved scope, design basis, interfaces, deliverables, and schedule requirements.
• Monitor technical progress and intervene where engineering delays may affect procurement, construction, or commissioning.
• Provide direction to technical specialists during complex design and execution activities.
• Resolve multidisciplinary issues and elevate material risks where senior approval is required.
• Ensure engineering decisions are documented, technically justified, and aligned with lifecycle value.
• Promote accountability and timely completion of engineering actions.

Project Definition and Strategy

• Support development of Statements of Requirement for new projects and engineering modifications.
• Translate business and operational needs into clear technical requirements.
• Participate in project framing, option selection, feasibility assessment, and concept development.
• Contribute to engineering strategies, contracting plans, and project implementation approaches.
• Assess brownfield constraints, plant interfaces, shutdown requirements, and operational dependencies.
• Review design alternatives and recommend fit‑for‑purpose solutions.
• Ensure selected concepts support constructability, operability, maintainability, safety, and future expansion.
• Coordinate collection of site data, operating information, drawings, and existing facility records.
• Identify technical uncertainties requiring surveys, studies, investigations, or specialist input.
• Ensure project definition is sufficiently mature before progression through lifecycle gates.

Tendering and Contractor Selection

• Participate in preparing technical tender documents for engineering and project services.
• Support selection of engineering consultants, Project Management Consultants, licensors, and EPC contractors.
• Develop or review technical evaluation criteria for bidder assessment.
• Review bidders' technical submissions, execution methods, staffing plans, and proposed technologies.
• Participate in technical clarification meetings and bid evaluations.
• Identify technical deviations, qualifications, exclusions, and delivery risks.
• Assess contractor capability, relevant experience, proposed resources, and engineering systems.
• Recommend technically compliant and commercially appropriate solutions.
• Support contract award recommendations and technical alignment before mobilisation.
• Ensure tender documents clearly define engineering scope, deliverables, standards, interfaces, and assurance requirements.

FEED and Detailed Engineering

• Manage engineering activities during FEED and detailed design.
• Review design basis documents, engineering philosophies, specifications, calculations, drawings, and data sheets.
• Ensure contractor designs comply with project requirements and ADNOC standards.
• Coordinate technical reviews involving operations, maintenance, HSE, inspection, and end users.
• Monitor engineering deliverable schedules and identify potential bottlenecks.
• Review contractor engineering plans and discipline execution strategies.
• Ensure design reviews are completed at the required level of maturity.
• Coordinate interdisciplinary checks and resolution of design conflicts.
• Verify that design changes follow approved technical and project change‑control processes.
• Review proposed subcontracting arrangements for specialist engineering work.
• Ensure design deliverables support procurement, construction, pre‑commissioning, and commissioning needs.
• Confirm final engineering documentation accurately reflects approved project requirements.

Engineering Assurance and Governance

• Establish effective technical governance across assigned projects.
• Ensure application of approved engineering standards, codes, specifications, and practices.
• Verify compliance with ADNOC value assurance and project lifecycle requirements.
• Coordinate engineering assurance reviews and closeout of resulting actions.
• Maintain visibility of critical technical decisions and deviations.
• Ensure deviations from approved standards receive appropriate technical authority approval.
• Review project engineering quality plans and assurance schedules.
• Confirm engineering deliverables are checked, reviewed, approved, and controlled appropriately.
• Protect design integrity during procurement, fabrication, construction, and commissioning.
• Ensure technical assurance activities are proportionate to project risk and complexity.
• Support project readiness assessments before progression through decision gates.
• Maintain traceability between business requirements, technical specifications, and final delivered facilities.

Contractor Engineering Management

• Manage engineering work performed by licensors, consultants, PMCs, and EPC contractors.
• Review contractor engineering organisation structures and staffing plans.
• Monitor technical performance, productivity, deliverable quality, and schedule achievement.
• Challenge delayed, incomplete, or technically weak submissions.
• Require corrective plans where engineering performance falls below expectations.
• Coordinate resolution of contractor technical queries and requests for information.
• Review engineering change proposals and evaluate their impact.
• Ensure contractor communications remain timely, accurate, and properly documented.
• Facilitate alignment between contractor offices, fabrication yards, construction sites, and operating facilities.
• Monitor specialist subcontractors and vendor engineering activities.
• Ensure technical risks are identified early and managed before they affect field execution.
• Provide management with objective assessments of contractor engineering performance.

Technical Reviews and Design Decisions

• Lead or coordinate design reviews, model reviews, and technical workshops.
• Facilitate process safety and operability studies with relevant specialists.
• Ensure HAZID, HAZOP, PHSER, SIL, and technical risk‑review actions are properly addressed.
• Review constructability, maintainability, reliability, and operability assessments.
• Evaluate engineering alternatives based on safety, technical merit, cost, and schedule.
• Promote standardisation where it improves reliability and reduces lifecycle cost.
• Encourage use of proven technologies suitable for gas‑processing environments.
• Assess state‑of‑the‑art technologies, equipment, materials, and systems.
• Ensure new technology applications are supported by adequate evidence and risk assessment.
• Prevent unnecessary technical complexity or overdesign.
• Ensure design decisions remain aligned with approved project economics.
• Support management decisions involving major technical trade‑offs.

Brownfield and Capacity Enhancement Projects

• Manage engineering for modifications within operating gas facilities.
• Assess interfaces with existing equipment, systems, utilities, and operating procedures.
• Coordinate tie‑ins, shutdown windows, isolation requirements, and temporary facilities.
• Ensure modifications minimise disruption to ongoing production.
• Review existing plant data and validate its accuracy before design development.
• Identify unknown site conditions and arrange verification activities.
• Support debottlenecking studies and capacity‑enhancement initiatives.
• Evaluate equipment limitations and system constraints affecting production growth.
• Develop engineering solutions that enhance asset performance and reliability.
• Ensure brownfield designs address access, congestion, constructability, and simultaneous operations.
• Coordinate modification implementation with operations and maintenance stakeholders.
• Protect existing facility integrity throughout construction and commissioning.

Business Continuity Projects

• Provide engineering leadership for urgent and fast‑track business continuity projects.
• Establish accelerated technical review and decision processes without weakening governance.
• Prioritise critical deliverables needed to restore or maintain production.
• Coordinate rapid deployment of engineering specialists, vendors, and contractors.
• Identify long‑lead equipment and propose technically acceptable alternatives.
• Manage risks associated with compressed schedules and emergency procurement.
• Ensure temporary and permanent solutions meet required HSE and technical standards.
• Maintain clear documentation of fast‑track decisions and approvals.
• Support timely commissioning and operational acceptance.
• Capture lessons learned for future business continuity planning.

Procurement and Vendor Engineering

• Review technical requisitions, material specifications, data sheets, and bid evaluation reports.
• Support technical evaluation and selection of equipment vendors.
• Review vendor drawings, calculations, manuals, and manufacturing documentation.
• Coordinate vendor technical queries and engineering clarifications.
• Monitor delivery of vendor engineering information required by EPC contractors and site teams.
• Ensure equipment selections meet project performance and reliability requirements.
• Engage OEMs on specialised equipment, proprietary systems, and technical support needs.
• Support inspections, testing, and technical acceptance of critical equipment.
• Ensure vendor recommendations are incorporated into installation and commissioning plans.
• Coordinate resolution of non‑conforming materials or equipment.
• Verify spare‑parts, special tools, and training requirements.
• Support lifecycle and obsolescence considerations during equipment selection.

Construction Engineering Support

• Coordinate engineering support during site execution.
• Resolve field design issues, technical queries, and constructability constraints.
• Review proposed site changes and ensure proper engineering approval.
• Maintain control over red‑line drawings, field modifications, and as‑built documentation.
• Support construction teams with clarification of specifications and design intent.
• Coordinate specialist engineering support for critical installation activities.
• Ensure construction methods comply with engineering and HSE requirements.
• Review contractor method statements for technically complex work.
• Monitor the impact of engineering changes on schedule, cost, and commissioning.
• Verify that temporary works and construction aids are appropriately engineered.
• Support resolution of material substitutions and site non‑conformities.
• Ensure completed construction is consistent with approved design requirements.

Commissioning and Start‑Up

• Review pre‑commissioning, commissioning, start‑up, and performance‑testing procedures.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary engineering support during commissioning activities.
• Ensure commissioning teams receive complete and approved technical documentation.
• Verify system completion requirements and engineering readiness.
• Support mechanical completion reviews and system handover planning.
• Resolve technical issues identified during testing and start‑up.
• Coordinate licensors, vendors, OEMs, operations, and EPC specialists during commissioning.
• Ensure safety‑critical systems are tested according to approved requirements.
• Review performance‑test criteria and results.
• Confirm identified deficiencies are recorded, prioritised, and corrected.
• Ensure engineering deliverables support safe and stable plant start‑up.
• Support final acceptance and transfer of facilities to operations.

Operational Readiness and Handover

• Coordinate engineering requirements for operational readiness.
• Ensure operations and maintenance teams participate in design and readiness reviews.
• Verify availability of operating manuals, maintenance procedures, spare parts, and training.
• Confirm final documentation includes approved as‑built drawings and equipment records.
• Ensure outstanding technical actions are controlled before handover.
• Support preparation of system dossiers, commissioning records, and acceptance certificates.
• Coordinate phased handover where projects are delivered in multiple systems or areas.
• Confirm facilities meet agreed performance, safety, and reliability requirements.
• Ensure end users understand design intent, operating limits, and equipment requirements.
• Support closeout of technical punch‑list items.
• Capture engineering lessons learned and improvement opportunities.
• Facilitate a structured transition from project delivery to asset operation.

Stakeholder and Interface Management

• Coordinate between Project Management Teams, engineering functions, operations, and end users.
• Maintain alignment with ADNOC Gas leadership and ADNOC Group companies.
• Facilitate engagement with licensors, PMCs, EPC contractors, vendors, and OEMs.
• Resolve cross‑functional engineering interfaces affecting project delivery.
• Maintain clear ownership of technical actions and decisions.
• Conduct technical coordination meetings and document agreed outcomes.
• Escalate unresolved issues with clear recommendations and impact assessments.
• Ensure stakeholder requirements are identified and incorporated appropriately.
• Support communication between central engineering and operating assets.
• Coordinate with procurement, contracts, HSE, quality, project controls, and commissioning teams.
• Maintain constructive working relationships with external technical stakeholders.
• Promote transparent communication and timely decision‑making.

Risk, HSE and Quality Management

• Ensure engineering activities comply with ADNOC HSE requirements.
• Integrate inherent safety principles into project design.
• Support HAZID, HAZOP, PHSER, and other risk‑assessment processes.
• Monitor closure of engineering and process‑safety actions.
• Identify technical risks and establish appropriate mitigation plans.
• Review project risk registers for significant engineering exposure.
• Ensure quality requirements are embedded in engineering and vendor deliverables.
• Monitor technical non‑conformities and corrective actions.
• Verify that engineering changes do not introduce uncontrolled HSE or operational risks.
• Support audits and technical assurance reviews.
• Promote safe engineering practices throughout project execution.
• Ensure compliance with applicable legislation and industry requirements.

Engineering Performance and Reporting

• Establish engineering objectives and key performance indicators.
• Monitor progress, quality, productivity, and technical action closure.
• Develop engineering dashboards and management reports.
• Highlight bottlenecks that could affect project milestones.
• Provide realistic forecasts for completion of engineering deliverables.
• Review contractor engineering progress data for accuracy.
• Report critical technical risks and decisions to project management.
• Track design reviews, assurance actions, technical queries, and deviations.
• Identify trends affecting engineering performance across multiple projects.
• Recommend corrective measures to improve delivery.
• Ensure management updates remain clear and decision‑oriented.
• Support portfolio‑level reporting where required.

Continuous Improvement and Value Engineering

• Promote engineering excellence and consistent use of best practices.
• Lead or support value‑engineering workshops.
• Identify cost‑effective solutions that maintain safety and technical integrity.
• Review project designs for opportunities to simplify, standardise, or optimise.
• Encourage digital engineering and improved collaboration tools.
• Apply lessons learned from previous projects and operating experience.
• Benchmark engineering practices against industry leaders.
• Promote early contractor, vendor, and operator engagement where beneficial.
• Support improvements to engineering procedures, templates, and workflows.
• Reduce avoidable rework through stronger design quality and interface control.
• Identify opportunities to improve project lifecycle efficiency.
• Measure the value created through engineering improvements.

Initial Delivery Priorities

• Establish clear engineering governance across assigned projects.
• Review engineering status, risks, interfaces, contractor performance, and key decisions.
• Improve alignment among project teams, engineering functions, operations, PMCs, and EPC contractors.
• Standardise technical reporting and assurance practices.
• Strengthen management of engineering deliverables and schedule bottlenecks.
• Ensure projects are technically ready for construction and commissioning milestones.
• Accelerate closure of critical design and process‑safety actions.
• Improve engineering support during field execution.
• Implement value‑engineering and continuous‑improvement initiatives.
• Strengthen operational‑readiness and handover planning.

Ideal Profile

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related technical discipline.
• Extensive experience in multidisciplinary project engineering within oil and gas operations.
• Strong experience across ASSESS, SELECT, DEFINE, EXECUTE, commissioning, and handover phases.
• Proven involvement in FEED, detailed design, EPC execution, construction, and start‑up.
• Experience leading engineering teams across multiple disciplines.
• Strong knowledge of project engineering management, technical governance, and engineering assurance.
• Familiarity with ADNOC Value Assurance Process requirements or comparable operator governance systems.
• Experience managing engineering consultants, Project Management Consultants, licensors, EPC contractors, vendors, and OEMs.
• Strong background in gas‑processing, production, or hydrocarbon facilities.
• Experience with brownfield modifications, debottlenecking, and capacity‑enhancement projects.
• Ability to manage technical interfaces between project teams, operations, and engineering functions.
• Strong knowledge of applicable engineering codes, standards, and industry practices.
• Experience supporting HAZID, HAZOP, PHSER, and technical risk reviews.
• Ability to review contractor strategies, technical specifications, and engineering submissions.
• Strong understanding of operational readiness, mechanical completion, commissioning, and handover.
• Experience applying value engineering and lifecycle cost principles.
• Strong technical decision‑making and problem‑solving capability.
• Ability to resolve complex multidisciplinary engineering issues.
• Excellent leadership, stakeholder‑management, communication, and influencing skills.
• Strong written and verbal English communication.
• Ability to work effectively across multiple projects and competing priorities.
• Experience using digital engineering, reporting, or project collaboration systems is advantageous.

Skills Set

• Project engineering management
• Oil and gas engineering
• Gas‑processing projects
• Multidisciplinary engineering
• ASSESS phase
• SELECT phase
• DEFINE phase
• EXECUTE phase
• FEED engineering
• Detailed engineering
• EPC execution
• Engineering assurance
• Technical governance
• Value Assurance Process
• Statement of Requirement
• Engineering strategy
• Contractor engineering management
• Project Management Consultant
• Licensor management
• Vendor coordination
• OEM coordination
• Brownfield modifications
• Capacity enhancement
• Debottlenecking
• Construction engineering
• Commissioning management
• Plant start‑up
• Mechanical completion
• Operational readiness
• Project handover
• HAZID
• HAZOP
• PHSER
• Engineering risk management
• Technical integrity
• Value engineering
• Interface management
• Technical bid evaluation
• Engineering KPIs
• Digital engineering

Why Join Us

This role offers technical leadership across strategically important projects supporting major ADNOC Gas assets and production objectives. The Project Engineering Manager will influence project definition, design integrity, contractor performance, commissioning readiness, and final asset acceptance. The position provides exposure to gas‑processing facilities, complex brownfield modifications, capacity‑enhancement programmes, leading licensors, international EPC contractors, and fast‑track business continuity work. It is a strong opportunity for an experienced project engineering professional seeking broader authority, significant technical influence, and progression toward Project Manager or senior leadership positions.

About the Company

ADNOC Group is an integrated energy organisation headquartered in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Its operations include exploration, production, gas processing, refining, petrochemicals, logistics, distribution, and major industrial development. ADNOC Gas operates strategically important facilities across Abu Dhabi and delivers engineering modifications, reliability improvements, debottlenecking initiatives, and capacity projects through structured technical governance. Its project teams work closely with operations, engineering specialists, licensors, consultants, vendors, and EPC contractors to maintain safe production and maximise long‑term asset value.