Specialist Engineer – Construction- Instrumentation &Control

WorleyParsons; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 293,793 - 440,690; Full time

Job summary

Worley is looking for a Construction Manager based in Abu Dhabi, UAE, with over 15 years of experience in the oil and gas industry. The role primarily involves overseeing construction activities, ensuring compliance with safety standards, and collaborating with various stakeholders to optimize project outcomes.

The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor's degree, strong leadership skills, and a proven track record of managing construction in both greenfield and brownfield projects. This is a full-time position.

Qualifications

• 15+ years’ experience in oil and gas offshore industry construction management.
• Min 5+ years in Oil and Gas or petrochemical industry.
• Min 5 years GCC experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance with HSSE plan.
• Drive Construction involvement in technical design and planning.
• Manage construction and completions activities.
• Promote productivity initiatives and cost reduction.
• Chair constructability reviews and maintain client relationships.

Skills

Safety leadership

Interpersonal skills

Team engagement

Ability to influence

Deadline management

Education

4 Years Bachelor degree

Job description

Company: Worley

Job

Construction

Schedule

Full-time

Employment Type : Employee

Unposting Date

Aug 31, 2026

Responsibilities

• To be conversant with and fully comply with the HSSE plan.
• Promote and drive the involvement of Construction in areas of technical design, fabrication and installation workpack preparation and planning.
• Develop and maintain a familiarity and appreciation of capability and ongoing work load with client Construction support providers / contractors.
• Develop and maintain responsibility for all construction and completions activities.
• Effectively work within a multi-discipline collaborative environment to deliver results within expectations.
• Promote cost reduction and productivity enhancing initiatives.
• Assess effectiveness of working practices and systems with a view of continuously improving.
• Chair and participate in constructability reviews.
• Build and maintain a professional, constructive relationship with client’s procurement and construction groups.
• Ensure that constructability is inherent within the design by being involved at the early stage of work scope and workpack compilation / development.
• Involved in workpack preparation including testing requirements, specialist tools and equipment, also identify specialists / vendors to perform identified tasks.
• Ensure contents of workpacks meet with scope requirements.
• Ensure logic of work is updated on the plan and supporting systems.
• Conduct offshore surveys with design team as required.
• Address fabrication and installation queries and revert with solutions in a timely manner.
• Liaise with project engineers to ensure priorities are maintained.
• Liaise with engineering disciplines to effect solutions to fabrication, construction and implementation queries.
• Liaise with vendors and sub-contractors, as required.
• Ensure any (all) shutdown requirements are clearly identified in workpack and advance notice given to client.
• Ensure fabrication details are clear and complete.
• Obtain feedback from fabrication contractor and offshore installation team to continuously improve workpacks.
• Ensure timely IFC construction comments received from client.
• Responsible for transport and installation plans.
• Ensure (as required) commissioning strategy is prepared and included in workpack deliverables.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated safety leadership and performance
• 15+ years’ experience within the oil and gas offshore industry within construction management in Green field/ brownfields projects.
• 4 Years Bachelor degree is mandatory
• Min 5+ Years experience in the Oil and Gas or petrochemical industry is mandatory and minimum 5 years GCC experience is preferred.
• Good interpersonal, team engagement and ability to influence skills
• Ability to develop effective working relationships with others
• Ability to work to tight deadlines and prioritise work to achieve them.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

We provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants and employees without regard to age, race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, disability status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status or any other basis as protected by law.