Lead Project Engineer – Secondee

Wood is recruiting for a Lead Project Engineer to join its UAE business unit, focusing on supporting delivery of project and engineering excellence to strengthen our team in Sharjah, UAE with possible trips to Iraq.

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

Wood has been awarded a general engineering contract to support an International Client operator to deliver a portfolio of onshore capital projects by provision of engineering and project management services (including EPC contract management), as well as Supply Chain, Construction and Commissioning support from Wood Iraq and UAE offices.

Projects include both Greenfield and Brownfield modification projects and integrating low‑carbon solutions to support our client’s energy transition and emissions reduction goals.

• 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

• Reports to the Project Manager
• Champions both Wood and client Health, Safety, Environmental and Quality cultures. Leads by example in ‘raising the shield’, demonstrating the ‘courage to intervene’. Ensures that procedures are followed and that a high standard of safety and quality is achieved in all associated work.
• Supports delivery of project and engineering excellence in support of the Project and Engineering Manager on assigned project scopes.
• Takes ownership of assigned project scope and activities, ensuring timely delivery to the satisfaction of both internal and external customers in accordance with the applicable procedures, work practices, specifications and standards.
• Coordinates activities, collaborating with the Lead Engineers, engineering disciplines and supporting departments to ensure tender and/or project scopes are correctly interpreted and deadlines met.
• Coordinates the development of engineering deliverable lists, manhours, CTRs and risk in support of project scopes.
• Takes responsibility for schedule, manhours, key milestones and coordination of medium sized engineering projects in accordance with the established policies, procedures, systems, and requirements approved by the Wood and the customer.
• Ensures that the project is delivered in the correct sequence, highlighting and managing risk if works are completed out of sequence.
• Expected to be fully conversant with the scope of work assigned, managing project action registers and risk. Is familiar with and across technical and project issues.
• Chairs and minutes technical and project…