Construction Project Engineer: Delivery & Compliance

Dasco Australia Pty Ltd.; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Wood in Melbourne seeks a Senior Project Engineer to lead delivery compliance and act as the main client interface. You will guide a team through front-end to handover, ensuring cost, schedule and technical success while aligning with the company QMS.

The role requires hands-on PM experience on oil and gas EPC/EPCM projects, strong stakeholder management and a firm commitment to safety and change management.

Qualifications

• 8+ years direct PM experience on EPC/EPCM oil & gas projects.
• Demonstrated supervisory and administration skills to lead a project team and report to senior management.
• Hands-on and performance driven Senior Project Engineer.
• Bachelor’s Degree in engineering.
• Committed to safety and change management practices.
• Exceptional written and oral communication with stakeholders.
• Candidates must have full work rights in Australia.

Responsibilities

• Project manage from front end design through detailed design, procurement, construction, handover and close-out.
• Own cost, schedule and technical success of the project.
• Engage and manage stakeholders throughout the project.
• Define Requirements across concept, detail design, and site implementation of the company quality management system.
• Implement the company quality management system for the project.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Safety culture

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in engineering

Job description

Senior Project Engineer – Delivery Compliance

Wood is currently seeking a driven and ambitious Senior Project Engineer to be based in our Melbourne office.

The ideal candidate would act as the main client interface and lead a team to deliver projects. Hands‑on experience with directly managing projects with previous oil and gas service providers would be strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Project manage projects from front end design, through to detailed design, procurement, construction, hand over and close‑out.
• Responsibility for the cost, schedule and technical success of the project
• Stakeholder engagement and management
• Statement of Requirements throughout the phasing of the project from concept, detail design, and site implementation of the company quality management system for the project
• Implementation of the company quality management system for the project

Qualifications

• Minimum 8 years direct Project Management experience managing EPC or EPCM oil and gas related projects
• Demonstrated supervisory and administration skills necessary to organise and lead a project team, develop design / implementation schedules and provide on‑going status reports to the senior management team and clients
• Hands‑on and performance driven Senior Project Engineer
• Bachelor’s Degree in engineering
• Demonstrated strong commitment to safety and implementation of strong change management practices
• Exceptional stakeholder management and communication skills, both written and oral

Candidates must have full work rights in Australia to be considered for this role.

We are an equal opportunity employer that recognises the value of a diverse workforce. All suitably qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective criteria and without regard to the following (which is a non‑exhaustive list): race, colour, age, religion, gender, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or other characteristics in accordance with the relevant governing laws.

Wood is a global leader in engineering and consultancy across energy and the built environment, helping to unlock solutions to some of the world’s most critical challenges. We provide consulting, projects and operations solutions in more than 60 countries, employing around 40,000 people.