Reporting Engineer (Habshan Complex)

Wood PLC; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global engineering firm is looking for an experienced Reporting Engineer in Abu Dhabi. This role involves providing project controls support, preparing detailed reports, and monitoring financial aspects of projects. The ideal candidate should have a relevant Bachelor's degree and at least 5 years of industry experience, demonstrating strong analytical skills and proficiency in Microsoft Excel. Join this firm to work on transformative projects.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of relevant industry experience required.
• Basic understanding of project management principles and techniques.
• Experience with Cost Management, Change Control, and Risk Analysis.

Responsibilities

• Track milestones, schedules, and deliverables.
• Prepare detailed reports on project status and cost variances.
• Identify potential risks and implement strategies to minimize impact.

Skills

Strong numerical and analytical skills

Effective organization & planning skills

Good communication skills

Proficient in Microsoft Excel

Ability to work independently and as part of a team

Education

Bachelor's Degree in relevant technical or business discipline

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Job description

JOB DESCRIPTION

Remarkable people, trusted by clients to design and advance the world.

The Role

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Reporting Engineer with a proven track record in providing limited cost, planning, scheduling and risk assessment support to Wood assignments / project teams and clients, typically on smaller projects without dedicated project control discipline teams. Runs selected required project controls systems and tools to enable the successful management and reporting of the project costs, schedule and risk on projects and specific assignments. Acts as one of the project / assignment focal points for some matters relating to project costs, schedules, and risk for a high-profile client.

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 decarbonization 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.

The key objectives for this role are:

• Tracking milestones, schedules, and deliverables to ensure timely completion.
• Preparing detailed reports on project status, cost variances, and resource utilization.
• Monitoring financial aspects of the project, ensuring expenditures align with forecasts.
• Providing clear and concise updates to project managers and teams.
• Identifying potential risks and implementing strategies to minimize impact

RESPONSIBILITIES

Key Accountabilities and Responsibilities:

• Reporting of planned v's actual progress figures
• Support the collection of weekly progress figures from the project team and any 3rd party contractors
• Reporting against the project critical path
• Assist with reporting of project costs and schedule data
• Contribute to weekly and monthly project cost and planning status reports
• Review and be familiar with the Project Work Breakdown Structure for specific scopes of work
• Study and understand all relevant documents pertaining to the preparation of plans and schedules
• Monitor cost commitments and expenditures through all phases of the project / assignment
• Liaise with Project Accounting and time-capture functions and third parties as required to ensure accurate and timely capture of costs and ensure costs are allocated accurately in accordance with approved project/assignment WBS
• Work closely and assist Project Accountants and Billing Specialists in the Billing process and any other cost related queries
• Supports installation of quantities tracking in accordance with standard methods of measurement, including rules of credit (weighted value)
• Assist with the preparation of cost and manhour analysis for benchmarking and productivity assessment
• Maintenance of project S-Curves and Histograms. Understanding of project Rules of Credit and how to measure Cost Performance Index and Schedule Performance Index.
• Perform progress updates of the project Gantt charts, including executed changes into project schedule.
• Support monitoring of resource needs for the project and programme through analysis of workload at project level
• Identify slippages, significant float erosion and raise to more senior team members
• Input into the change management system
• Follow change management process
• Input into the change management system
• Attendance at client progress meetings
• Assist with the preparation of proposal schedules and CTR packs
• Participate in cost and schedule risk analysis workshops / sessions
• Be familiar with and comply with Project Controls processes and procedures

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:

Working Relationship

Internal:

• Other project control team members
• Project Managers and Engineers
• Project Accountants, Time capture and Billing Specialists
• Commercial function

External:

• Unlikely to interact with external parties

Typically requires ISCED level 6 (Bachelors) Degree in a relevant technical or business discipline (or equivalent gained through relevant vocational training and/or industry experience)

Knowledge, skills, and experience:

• Typically requires a minimum of 5 years of relevant industry experience, not necessarily in estimating.
• Basic understanding of project management principles and techniques
• Basic understanding of Cost Management, Change Control, Planning & Risk Analysis & Management
• Good skills in Microsoft Word and very good skills in Microsoft Excel Personal Attributes
• Demonstrates commitment to Wood Values, Visions & Behaviours
• Strong numerical and analytical skills
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Effective organization & planning skills
• Ability to handle multiple tasks and changing priorities in a fast-paced environment
• Good communication skills both written and oral
• Uses initiative and a proactive approach to problem solving
• Commitment to continuous improvement

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