Sr. Project Controls Engineer

Wood; Dubai; On-site; AED 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering firm is seeking a Senior Project Controls Engineer to join its Dubai office. The ideal candidate will have over 10 years of experience in the oil and gas industry, possess a Bachelor's degree in a relevant field, and tailored expertise in project controls. This full-time role includes managing project teams and requires excellent skills in cost management and reporting. Candidates with prior experience in the Middle East are preferred. Travel to client sites will be part of the job.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 10 years experience in the oil and gas industry.
• Previous experience of working in the Middle East preferred.
• Must be able to supervise and delegate.

Skills

10 years experience in the oil and gas industry

Experience in a lead role in Project Controls

Expert in writing reports

Strong understanding of Cost Management

Excellent understanding of earned value application

Education

Bachelor's Degree in a relevant technical or business discipline

Tools

Primavera

Job description

Wood is recruiting for a Senior Project Controls Engineer to join its UAE Business Unit to support one of our client projects in Dubai, with occasional trips to Iraq.

This role is a full‑time office‑based role in Dubai, UAE with travel requirement.

What makes you remarkable?

At Wood, we are committed to equal opportunities and welcome all talented individuals to consider joining our team. 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

• Minimum of 10 years experience in the oil and gas industry
• (Bachelors) Degree in a relevant technical or business discipline (or equivalent gained through relevant vocational training and / or industry experience)
• working with multi-national and multi-cultural project teams is strongly preferred.
• Previous experience of working in the Middle East preferred.
• Experience of a lead role in Project Controls with the ability to manage a team
• Expert in writing reports Commercially and contractually aware and able to manage budgets
• Familiar with project controls systems Good Oral and Communication skills Must be able to supervise and delegate
• Strong understanding of Cost Management, Change Control, Planning & Risk Analysis & Management
• Excellent understanding of earned value application, cost and schedule variance analyses / trending and what-if scenarios
• Advanced knowledge of Primavera and other scheduling software and related tools and techniques including Logic and CPM analysis, resource loading and levelling