Engineering Manager

Wood is currently recruiting for an Engineering Manager role based in Sharjah, UAE.

The Engineering Manager leads by example, consistently displaying and enforcing the Company’s values and behaviors, and commitment to the highest standards of safe and ethical behaviour, to ensure safe and reliable operations and client satisfaction.

Driving technical assurance.

• Continuous promotion of corporate / client-specific procedures.
• Assist in incident investigations as required.
• Monitors compliance with standards and processes to ensure delivery.
• Roll out and Implementation of learning opportunities from across the business.
• Driving continually focuses on process safety through the engineering team
• Driving elimination of technical incidents through robust controls, incident reviews and embedding lessons learned
• Identifies and mitigates areas of risk and improvement opportunities
• Identifies and pursues improvement opportunities
• Managing and leading, supporting and supervising the multidiscipline engineering team

• Plan, organize, direct, control, and evaluate the activities and operations of a multidiscipline engineering team
• Assist in the management of recruitment, selection, transfers, performance management, succession planning and promotion of resources to meet engineering team requirements
• Ensuring appropriately resourced and competent personnel on Project/Contract
• Oversight and control of Engineering Histogram to support workforce planning
• Assist in setting & maintaining standards for the development and retention of motivated and competent people

• Responsible for the engineering content of project execution plans for assigned contracts/projects
• Responsible for the direction and management of the engineering and associated project activities of the business grouping/Project
• Manage and direct resources efficiently and effectively.
• Consult and negotiate with clients to prepare specifications, explain proposals, and present engineering reports and findings
• Assign, co-ordinate and review the technical work of the department or project teams
• Focuses on managerial concerns of the project such as cost, completion date, and resource allocation. Provides expert resolution of issues and monitors the integration of work
• Reviews technical concepts of major projects
• Personally, participates in solving difficult technical problems
• Resolves conflicts that are complex and manage divergent audience Conduit for a regulatory framework, legislation changes, initiatives, and industry technology developments
• Responsible for facilitating agreement between conflicting parties
• Resolves issues which are non-recurring and occasionally novel
• Carries responsibility for the resolution of major problems for the engineering segment
• Assist in identifying and requesting functional support to projects/contracts as required
• Accountable for the efficient planning and management of engineering resources, identifying ad pursuing opportunities for margin improvement, including HVEC utilization.

At Wood, we are committed to equal opportunities and welcome all talented individuals to consider joining our team. So even if you don't match every statement below but feel you have some of the experience, knowledge or skills needed for this role, we encourage you to apply. It will take all of us working together to deliver solutions to the world’s most critical challenges.

• B.S. or equivalent degree in the Chemical Engineering discipline from an accredited university
• Minimum of 20+ years relevant experience in major Brownfield oil & gas projects, including at least five (5) years in similar position. Strong technical background preferably process Engineering.

• Specific experience in Oil and Gas projects across their lifecycle in the GCC region, preferred
• Managed Detailed Engineering and EPC assurance (PMC) is preferred.