Lead Project Engineer - Energy & Hydrocarbon Projects

Worley Parsons; Doha; On-site; QAR 450,000 - 650,000; Full time

Job summary

Worley in Qatar is seeking a Project Engineering Manager to establish and lead the engineering framework for onshore energy and hydrocarbon project execution. You will direct multi-disciplinary engineering and design activities, ensuring alignment with scope, standards and schedules.

You will mentor engineering teams across locations, oversee quality assurance, and manage interfaces with clients, licensors, contractors and stakeholders, while upholding HSSEQ and sustainability goals.

Qualifications

• Significant oil & gas, petrochemical, or energy sector project experience.
• Proven experience as Project Engineering Manager / Engineering Manager on Pre-FEED, FEED and Detailed Engineering in the last five years.
• Strong exposure to multi-disciplinary engineering and global delivery teams.

Responsibilities

• Establish and implement the project engineering execution framework, including procedures, deliverables, workflows, and interface management.
• Lead and coordinate multi-disciplinary engineering teams across Feasibility/ Concept, FEED and Detailed Design phases.
• Direct the preparation and quality of engineering deliverables, ensuring alignment with scope, standards, and schedule requirements.
• Ensure timely, accurate, and compliant design output, meeting client specifications, regulatory requirements, and industry best practices.
• Review and approve engineering execution strategies, project organization structures, and discipline responsibilities.
• Prepare and implement the Engineering management Plan on projects and ensure discipline schedules/budgets include safety and sustainability activities for the asset lifecycle.
• Manage technical Value Improvement Practices (VIPs) - technology selection, value engineering, energy optimization, RAM, etc.
• Provide overall integration across engineering disciplines, ensuring effective sequencing and interface management.
• Establish and maintain engineering coordination procedures with internal teams, licensors, contractors, and stakeholders.
• Oversee and manage interfaces between engineering, procurement, construction, and third-party contractors.
• Ensure structured communication and resolution of technical queries and inter-disciplinary conflicts.
• Ensure engineering activities comply with Worley standards, international codes, and customer specifications
• Maintain engineering quality assurance processes, including document control, review cycles, and approval timelines.
• Lead the review and approval of key engineering documents, ensuring compliance with HSSEQ, operability, maintainability, and technical integrity requirements.
• Ensure required Technical Peer Reviews (TPRs) are planned, scheduled, and budgeted; proactively engage Location Director of Engineering when needed.
• Overall key technical interface with customer management teams.
• Support the safe, on-time, and within-budget delivery of engineering scope across all project phases.
• Monitor engineering progress against schedule, budget, and deliverable milestones, identifying risks and implementing mitigation plans.
• Provide technical and commercial input to optimize design solutions and manage project risks.
• Ensure alignment between engineering outputs and project controls (cost, schedule, procurement needs).
• Maintain engineering registers for assumptions, holds, technical queries, deviations, key document changes, and SEAL decisions.
• Champion Health, Safety, Security, Environment, and Quality culture within engineering activities.
• Ensure designs incorporate safe, sustainable, and environmentally compliant solutions.
• Ensure compliance with local and international regulatory frameworks and standards.
• Lead, mentor, and develop multi-location engineering teams, ensuring effective resource allocation and competency.
• Ensure teams are appropriately staffed and aligned with project requirements.
• Foster collaboration across disciplines, offices, and stakeholders.
• Capture and implement lessons learned and continuous improvement initiatives.

Skills

Engineering leadership

Project management

Cross-discipline coordination

Interface management

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering

Chartered Professional Engineer (CPEng) status or undertaking

MME engineering accreditation mandatory

Job description

Worley in Qatar is seeking a Project Engineering Manager to establish and lead the engineering framework for onshore energy and hydrocarbon project execution. You will direct multi-disciplinary engineering and design activities, ensuring alignment with scope, standards and schedules.

You will mentor engineering teams across locations, oversee quality assurance, and manage interfaces with clients, licensors, contractors and stakeholders, while upholding HSSEQ and sustainability goals.