PMC Senior Project Engineer

Role Overview

PMC Senior Project Engineer at Wood PLC. This role leads and coordinates engineering teams to ensure successful planning, execution, and completion of technical projects for high-profile clients.

Company Overview

Wood's Oil, Gas & New Energies business delivers large and complex projects for national and international energy companies globally. The business is the market-leading provider of integrated and innovative solutions across oil and gas upstream and midstream, onshore and offshore, gas to liquids, and decarbonization and electrification markets. The company is known for steady and predictable delivery and operates with a proven delivery model and strong reputation.

Role Purpose

Ensure successful project delivery by leading engineering teams, managing technical scope, controlling quality, cost and schedule, mitigating risks, and coordinating stakeholders including client and contractors. Act as the main technical liaison for the client and deliver projects on time, within budget, and to specified standards.

Key Responsibilities

Project Engineering Management

• Oversee a team that manages and coordinates engineering multidiscipline inputs and deliverables across multiple execution centers including workshare and high-value engineering centers.
• Apprise the Project Engineering team of key execution principles and the contractual basis of the project.
• Prepare Discipline Design Instruction.
• Prepare and check Project Engineering Manpower Plans.
• Interface with discipline managers for resources.
• Prepare multidiscipline contract requisition scopes.
• Create and implement work plan for discipline and inter-discipline interfaces; identify key dates, milestones and deliverables; drive for completion; manage forecasts.
• Create work share plan.

Schedule and Deliverables Management

• Develop and manage schedule.
• Resolve escalated delays and changes; ensure recovery plans are implemented and reviewed.

Quality Assurance and Engineering Deliverables

• Check compliance with Project Quality System; audit projects; proactively drive team.
• Assure quality of engineering deliverables before issue to customer.
• Manage the development of project-specific procedures.

HSE and Safety

• Ensure Health, Safety, Environment and Security (HSES) reviews are planned and implemented; support initiatives.

Design Verification

• Drive and participate in Design Verification; drive others to complete; understand risk and mitigation requirements.

Change Management

• Use knowledge of conditions of contract to support decisions on schedules, key milestones and change management.
• Understand customer needs and deliver customer satisfaction; actively monitor and support initiatives.
• Quantify effects of change project-wide; develop mitigation plans against change; drive change management.

People Management

• Supervise work of technical professionals in the delivery of engineering deliverables including checking work.
• Coordinate and manage inputs from large interdisciplinary team, typically 50+.
• Provide communication to project team; excel at public speaking; lead people to participate and contribute.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering.
• Typically 15 years in a project delivery environment.
• Experience in mega EPC/EPCm projects required.
• Deep understanding of technical work scopes and commercial aspects of projects.
• Good working and application knowledge of specifications and standards.
• Extensive experience delivering to internal customers, including other Engineering disciplines.
• Familiar with change management practices and able to robustly manage change.
• Expert knowledge of standards, procedures and work practices; follow project execution flow chart; develop skills in project and technical execution.
• Ability to lead Project Engineering team and manage between Engineering Discipline Groups.
• Ability to manage and enhance performance and build effective team.
• Competent at managing technical matters and interfaces with Third Parties.

Skills & Competencies

• Expert ability in application of procedures and work practices that define and govern Engineering Management and Project Engineering deliverables.
• Ability to use conditions of contract to support decisions on schedules, key milestones and change management.
• Strong communicator in leading work effort; motivates team; strong positive and active in solutions and proactive attitude.
• Ability to understand customer needs and deliver customer satisfaction.

Additional Information

• Previous experience with ADNOC Projects/PMC would be an advantage but is not a requirement.
• Medical Insurance: covers inpatient and outpatient medical care.
• Group Life and Personal Accident Insurance provided.
• End of Service Gratuity: in line with UAE Labor Law, all employees are eligible.
• The Employee Share Plan: opportunity to purchase Wood shares with company match.
• Long Service Award: recognition at 5-year service milestones.
• Commitment to continued professional development with tailored development plans.
• Access to global connections with experts at the leading edge of the industry.
• Energy Transition Academy: community of experts sharing knowledge and exposure to existing and emerging energy systems.
• Competitive remuneration package with regular reviews to align with market rates.
• Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion across the business.