Head of Department – Controls Instrumentation & Telecommunication

Overview

The role is for an experienced Head of Department with a proven track record in leading and managing the discipline engineering department. The incumbent will ensure successful execution of projects and alignment with company goals for a high‑profile client.

Wood’s Oil, Gas & New Energies business delivers large and complex projects for national and international energy companies. The portfolio includes upstream and midstream, onshore and offshore, gas to liquids, decarbonisation, and electrification projects worldwide.

• Meaningful and interesting projects delivered to high‑profile clients in the Energy sector
• Commitment to diversity and inclusion across our business
• Competitive remuneration package with regular reviews aligned to the market
• Medical insurance covering inpatient and outpatient care
• Group life and personal accident insurance
• End of service gratuity in line with UAE Labour Law
• Employee share plan with company match
• Long service award recognising milestones every five years
• Ongoing professional development with tailored plans
• Global connections with industry experts worldwide
• Energy transition academy for knowledge sharing and exposure to emerging systems

• Drive engineering excellence within Instrumentation, Controls and Telecommunications teams for onshore and offshore projects across the region
• Ensure safe, high‑quality delivery of engineering services and governance of discipline practices
• Lead discipline engineers on both onshore and offshore projects, maintaining oversight of all activities
• Serve as a subject‑matter expert and champion continuous improvement across the organisation
• Model the company’s values and behaviours, upholding high standards of safety, ethics and inclusivity

• Drive a culture of safety and performance across the discipline team
• Maintain engineering integrity and compliance across all work scopes
• Focus on process safety and eliminate technical incidents through controls and lessons learned
• Support technical assurance activities, including audits and incident investigations
• Provide discipline resources to projects and deliver work according to company procedures and customer requirements
• Manage and optimise resource utilisation against workload demand and budgets
• Support workforce planning, including short‑term and annual forecasting
• Collaborate with other discipline managers to integrate engineering inputs into execution plans
• Establish and improve discipline engineering systems, tools and processes for cost‑effective execution
• Identify innovation opportunities and emerging technologies
• Identify margin improvement and efficiency enhancement opportunities

• Support business development to identify and secure new work
• Review and optimise proposal man‑hours for discipline
• Provide discipline input to proposals with other discipline leads
• Support and strengthen workshare strategies across engineering centres

• Set vision and strategic direction for the discipline engineering group
• Provide line management to direct reports, including performance management and career development
• Recruit, develop and plan for succession to meet business needs
• Implement discipline competence frameworks
• Identify skills gaps and organise training or development plans
• Build an inclusive, diverse and high‑performing team culture

• Develop, maintain and improve discipline processes, procedures, manuals and IP in line with company policies and regulatory requirements
• Guide on applicable codes, standards and legislation
• Maintain discipline software tools aligned with corporate policies
• Support project delivery assurance through reviews and governance activities
• Implement continuous improvement via structured change management

• Decision making significantly impacts technical quality, finance and project outcomes
• Authority over recruitment, development and performance management of discipline resources
• Responsible for discipline overhead budgets, including training and professional…