Specialist Project Engineer (DBO)

Worley; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 450,000 - 750,000; Full time

Job summary

Worley is seeking a senior PMC Engineering Manager in the Abu Dhabi area to lead the PMC Engineering group through FEED and EPC phases. The role requires offshore and upstream project experience, ADNOC familiarity, and a strong track record in PMC leadership and risk management.

You will oversee day-to-day supervision, resource planning, and vendor coordination, ensuring compliance with contract requirements and safe execution across disciplines. The position is full-time and on-site in the UAE.

Qualifications

• A Bachelor's degree in relevant engineering with 15+ years of Oil & Gas or Petrochemical experience.
• Experience in FEED & EPC is required.
• Experience in PMC roles and offshore/upstream projects is required.
• ADNOC experience is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Manage all aspects, including day-to-day work allocation and supervision, of the PMC Engineering group and oversight of the Contractor during Engineering and Procurement phases.
• Ensure PMC Engineering personnel are competent to perform duties as identified in the PMC Contract.
• Provide leadership in developing and implementing engineering processes, procedures and systems.
• Ensure the Engineering group is resourced with the correct disciplines and size to deliver requirements.
• Provide independent PM Consultancy services and technical advice on risks, recovery, and progress during Engineering and Procurement phases.
• Participate in design reviews, consider constructability, operability, maintainability, safety and materials selection.
• Coordinate vendor document reviews and secure Owner approval for Engineering design per contract.
• Manage interfaces among Piping, Mechanical, Structural, E&I and other disciplines; participate in key customer reviews.

Skills

PMC management

Offshore projects

EPC/FEED experience

ADNOC experience

Oil & gas knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in relevant engineering

Job description

Company

Worley

Schedule

Full-time

Employment Type : Employee

Job Posting

Sep 4, 2026

Unposting Date

Ongoing

About us

Worley is a global company of energy, chemicals and resources experts headquartered in Australia. We partner with our customers to deliver projects and create value across the life of their assets. We specialize in consulting, engineering, procurement and construction across the project lifecycle, with services extending through to operations and decommissioning. Leveraging extensive experience and AI-enabled delivery, we support customers in navigating complexity as they meet today's needs and transition to more sustainable solutions.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for all management aspects, including day-to-day work allocation and supervision, of the PMC Engineering group and the oversight of the Contractor during the Engineering, Procurement phases of the Project.
• To ensure PMC Engineering personnel are competent to perform their duties relating to the scope of work as identified in the PMC Contract.
• To provide leadership in the development and implementation of engineering processes, procedures and systems operating within the Engineering group.
• To ensure the Engineering group is resourced with the correct disciplines and size to deliver against the requirements of the PMC Contract.
• To provide independent Project Management Consultancy services and technical opinion, and advice related to short falls, recovery plans, minimizing potential risks and maintaining overall Project progress during the Engineering and Procurement phases in the contractor's Home Offices.
• Participating in the design review and analysis consistent with requirements, including consideration of constructability, testability, operability, and maintainability, system interactions; environmental considerations; personnel safety and fire protection; and proper selection of materials.
• Ensuring the orderly technical review coordination, and processing of vendor documents.
• Securing approval from the Owner for the Engineering design in accordance with the Contract requirements.
• Manage the day today interfacing between the Projects and the disciplines of Piping, Mechanical, Structural, and E&I and specialist disciplines.
• Participate in key customer reviews and meetings as required.
• Conduct succession planning within the engineering team, especially for key roles.
• Implement competence assessments and regular performance assessments with Team.
• Ensure team know and work to procedures in order to be efficient and right first time.
• Provide development opportunities for personnel - to increase breadth of experience and capability.
• Site visits to demonstrate safety leadership.
• Develop and maintain effective working practices for the Wood project management team.
• Provide, with full responsibility and accountability, leadership and excellence in the achievement of coordinating both technical and governance through the different stages of the Project.
• Identify and communicate project team objectives in accordance with the contract terms, scope of work and corporate policy.
• Organize the project team, define individual responsibilities and motivate team members towards successful achievement of specified project goals, particularly through regular project meetings.
• Delegate work to the project team members in a manner that encourages individual responsibility.
• Achieve scheduled performance, cost, quality and HSE requirements from award to acceptance.
• Provide guidance to internal and external stakeholders during project execution to meet project objectives.
• Oversee different contracting parties, owners, customers, government bodies and existing facilities in coordination.
• Manage complicated issues among different project phases and the existing facilities.
• Provide leadership and management for the PMT and Contractor to ensure safe, cost effective and timely resolution of all interfaces.
• Ensure that company policies, procedures and controls are adhered to at all times.
• Be exposed to different cultures, backgrounds and environments. Attend to and resolve conflicts, challenges and problems related to a large multi-cultural and multi-discipline technical workforce.
• Carryout Technical Evaluation of Bids, Issue Bid Technical Clarifications, Technical Evaluation Reports and Recommendations.
• Ensuring incorporating, where applicable, the field-requested and/or ‑initiated changes to Engineering deliverables.

Qualifications and Experience

A bachelor's degree in relevant engineering or equivalent from an accredited university with a minimum of fifteen (15+) years of relevant experience in the Oil & Gas or Petrochemical industry, Petrochemical.

• Experience within FEED & EPC experience is required.
• Experience in PMC roles.
• Experience in Offshore & Upstream projects is required.
• Must have previous experience working in offshore projects.
• ADNOC experience is required.
  

Moving forward together

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