Lead Project Engineer; Marine - EOI

Position: Lead Project Engineer (Marine) - EOI

Wood is recruiting for a Lead Project Engineer (Marine) to join its UAE Business Unit focusing on supporting delivery of engineering excellence in their assigned project(s) for a Major Onshore Brownfield Project in Dubai, UAE.

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

The role

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Lead Project Engineer (Marine) to join our UAE Business Unit.

Our Clients and Projects

Wood is an integral part of operations in Iraq, and we are continuing to grow our footprint across the country. With a 90-year heritage, 10 major contracts and over 850 employees, we have the skills, expertise and asset knowledge to support clients to deliver energy security and decarbonisation ambitions.

Wood excels in supporting our clients to deliver complex upstream and midstream oil and gas projects in Iraq delivering maintenance, modifications and engineering solutions. We are committed to decarbonising existing assets, producing cleaner energy and developing a sustainable national workforce, ensuring the long-term growth of the region.

What we can offer

• Meaningful and interesting projects Delivered to high profile clients and complex projects in Iraq
• Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
  ; we are an organisation actively committed to diversity and inclusion across our business with employee networks committed to giving all employees a voice
• Competitive salary with regular salary reviews to ensure we are rewarding at the right level in line with the market
• Commitment to continued professional development
  ; development plans that are tailored to your individual needs and interests
• Global connections
  : join experts around the world who are at the leading edge of our industry, shaping the standards of our profession
• Medical Insurance
  :
  Ensures inpatient and outpatient medical care is available should you require treatment.
• Group Life and Personal Accident Insurance
  :
  The company provides Life Assurance cover
• The Employee Share Plan
  :
  Gives you the opportunity to purchase Wood shares and receive a match from the company
• Long Service Award
  :
  Wood values the commitment and loyalty of our people. Celebrating Long Service provides an opportunity for the business to demonstrate their appreciation of the hard work, dedication and many years’ services of our employees at 5-year service milestones

Key Objectives

Supports delivery of engineering excellence in their assigned project(s) through tactical leadership of an assigned project engineering team from a commercially astute position, utilising good coordination and sound technical skills. Manages and drives completion of the engineering deliverables for an assigned project to schedule and in accordance with applicable procedures, specifications and standards, focused on both internal and external customer satisfaction.

Key Accountabilities and Responsibilities
Project Deliverables

• Oversees a team which manages and coordinates engineering multidiscipline inputs and deliverables across multiple execution centres including workshare / high value engineering centres
• Appraises the Project Engineering team of the key execution principles and the contractual basis of the project
• Prepares Discipline Design Instruction; prepares and checks Project Engineering Manpower Plans; prepares multidiscipline contract requisition scopes.
• Prepares and checks Project Engineering Manpower Plans.
• Interfaces with discipline managers for resources
• Prepares multidiscipline contract requisition scopes
• Creates and implements work plan for discipline and inter-discipline interfaces; identifies key dates, milestones and deliverables, drives for completion; manages forecasts.
• Creates work share plan.

HSE, Quality and Assurance

• Checks compliance with Project Quality System; able to audit projects; proactively drives team.
• Ensures Health, Safety, Environment and Security (HSES) reviews are planned and implemented; supports initiative
• Manages the development of project specific procedures
• Responsible for assuring quality of engineering deliverables before issue to customer

Development and management of schedule

• Creates and implements work plan for discipline and inter-discipline interfaces; identifies key dates, milestones and deliverables, drives for completion; manages forecasts.
• Resolves escalated delays and changes, ensures recovery plans are implemented and reviewed.
• Creates work share plan.

Design Verification

• Drives and participates in Design Verification; drives others to complete;
  Understands risk and mitigation requirements

Change Management

• Uses knowledge of conditions of contract to support decisions on schedules, key milestones and change management.
• Understands customer needs and able to deliver customer satisfaction; actively monitors and supports initiatives
• Quantifies effects of change project wide; develops mitigation plans against change and drives change management

People Management

• Supervises work of technical professionals in the delivery of engineering deliverables…