Senior On-Site Construction Lead in Oil & Gas

Worley; Ahmadi; On-site; KWD 36,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Worley in Al Ahmadi, Kuwait is seeking a Lead Construction Engineer (Manager II Site Construction) to lead construction and completions on PMC projects, ensuring design integrity and on-schedule delivery. This on-site role requires deep oil & gas experience, team leadership, and hands-on oversight.

You will drive technical design involvement, plan scope, manage resources, and report progress weekly while mentoring construction personnel.

Qualifications

• Full-time Bachelor's Degree in Engineering from an accredited university.
• Minimum 10 years total experience post graduate studies.
• Minimum 5 years in oil & gas, refinery or petrochemical industries.
• Minimum 5 years as Lead Construction Engineer or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Promote and drive involvement of Construction in design, schedule, estimation and planning.
• Develop understanding of workload and resources from contractors.
• Maintain functional responsibility for construction and completions staff.
• Demonstrate technical competence of construction personnel.
• Forecast resource requirements and allocate accordingly.
• Prepare man-hour estimates for project tasks.
• Prepare weekly progress and expenditure reports per project.

Skills

Team leadership

Oil & gas experience

Project management

Pre-commissioning

Commissioning

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering

Job description

Worley in Al Ahmadi, Kuwait is seeking a Lead Construction Engineer (Manager II Site Construction) to lead construction and completions on PMC projects, ensuring design integrity and on-schedule delivery. This on-site role requires deep oil & gas experience, team leadership, and hands-on oversight.

You will drive technical design involvement, plan scope, manage resources, and report progress weekly while mentoring construction personnel.