PMC Material Management Specialist

Role Overview

Wood PLC is recruiting an experienced PMC Material Management Specialist based in Abu Dhabi to support an ADNOC offshore project within the Oil, Gas & New Energies business. The position is based offshore in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, on a 6/3 rotation schedule.

Company Overview

Wood is a global leader in consulting, engineering, and operations for the energy and materials sectors. With 33,000 people in around 50 countries, Wood supports clients across the full asset lifecycle, delivering safe, predictable outcomes while enabling resilient operations and a lower carbon future. Wood forms the Energy & Materials pillar of Sidara, a global partnership uniting leading multidisciplinary engineering, design, and project management companies.

Role Purpose

Provide PMC leadership and oversight of materials management activities for offshore construction, ensuring alignment with project specifications, schedules, and contractual requirements. Act as the PMC focal point for offshore materials control and coordination across all related functions.

Key Responsibilities

Materials Control & Oversight

• Provide PMC leadership and oversight of materials management activities for offshore construction, ensuring alignment with project specifications, schedules, and contractual requirements.
• Act as the PMC focal point for offshore materials control, ensuring timely availability of materials, equipment, and consumables to support uninterrupted offshore execution.
• Monitor and control offshore material status, inventory levels, shortages, surpluses, and critical items, proactively identifying risks and mitigation actions.
• Track and report material movements, offshore inventory, consumption, and forecasts, ensuring accuracy and transparency.
• Ensure proper receipt, inspection, tagging, storage, preservation, and traceability of offshore materials and equipment.

Compliance & Quality

• Ensure materials handling, storage, preservation, and movements comply with HSE standards, company procedures, and regulatory requirements.
• Monitor compliance with material certification, documentation, and quality requirements, including MRBs and NCRs related to materials.
• Support audits, inspections, and compliance reviews related to materials management and logistics activities.

Contractor & Vendor Management

• Oversee EPC contractors' materials management plans, logistics strategies, warehousing arrangements, and offshore supply chains.
• Review and endorse contractor deliverables related to materials management, including material control procedures, logistics plans, preservation plans, and offshore load-out schedules.
• Act as the offshore liaison with EPC contractors, logistics providers, vessel operators, and client representatives on materials-related matters.
• Provide guidance and support to offshore materials coordinators and contractor personnel, fostering strong coordination and accountability.

Coordination & Interface Management

• Coordinate closely with procurement, expediting, logistics, construction, and project controls teams to ensure material readiness aligns with offshore schedules.
• Ensure effective interface management between onshore warehouses, yards, marine logistics, and offshore installations.
• Support offshore construction teams by resolving material-related issues that could impact productivity or schedule.

Reviews & Assessments

• Participate in constructability reviews, offshore readiness reviews, SIMOPS reviews, and risk assessments from a materials and logistics perspective.

Documentation & Continuous Improvement

• Ensure accurate documentation, reporting, and close-out of materials records, including surplus management, return to stock, and final handover documentation.
• Promote continuous improvement, best practices, and lessons learned in offshore materials management and logistics execution.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, civil engineering, or equivalent from an accredited university.
• Minimum of fifteen (15) years of relevant experience in the Offshore/Onshore Oil & Gas industry.
• Minimum of five (5) years of experience in a similar position in a mega Oil & Gas or Petrochemical project, managing teams of Specialists, Senior Engineers, and Engineers.
• Minimum of five (5) years preferred experience in the GCC region.
• Offshore experience is mandatory; ADNOC experience is desired.
• PMC experience is required.
• Previous experience of working in the Middle East is an advantage.

Skills & Competencies

• Fully coherent in all international codes and standards.
• Excellent command of both spoken and written English.
• Working hands-on experience with SPEL.
• Working knowledge and experience of electrical discipline relevant to offshore/onshore oil and gas industry codes, specifications, and practices.
• Enthusiastic, conscientious, and keen to learn.
• Flexible with a can-do attitude.

Additional Information

• Contract type: Offshore rotation (6/3).
• Location: Offshore Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
• Wood is an equal opportunity employer that recognizes the value of a diverse workforce. All suitably qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective criteria and without regard to race, color, age, religion, gender, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or other characteristics in accordance with relevant governing laws.