Lead Project Engineer

Job Description

Wood is currently recruiting for a Lead Project Engineer to join our team in Sharjah, UAE. This is a full time onsite position with business trips.

Responsibilities

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

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.

• Oversees a team of project engineers to coordinate a complex series of activities performed by engineers, designers and others from multiple engineering disciplines or departments.
• Schedule oversight, planning and resource forecasting for engineering activities relating to the project.
• Ensures accurate and timely delivery of work, to the satisfaction of both internal and external customers.
• Alerts Project Manager in the event of potential delays or change; identifies and implements change.
• Coordinates and assures technical excellence of interdisciplinary project deliverables.
• Coordinates, guides and mentors other Project Engineers in the management of work scope.
• Manages interfaces between engineering disciplines to ensure the successful delivery of assigned work.
• Takes a lead role in planning engineering work, verification of design, and assuring compliance with quality and HSE requirement.

Qualifications

Expected Qualifications:

• ISCED Level 6 Bachelor’s (minimum) degree or Level 7 Masters (preferred) in an engineering discipline.
• Professional Engineer or engineering chartership preferred.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) or equivalent qualification preferred.

Knowledge, Skills And Experience

• Incumbents typically require significant (10 years+) broad relevant industry project execution experience, preferably with construction site experience.
• Deep understanding of technical work scopes and commercial aspects of projects.
• Able to use conditions of contract to support decisions on schedules, key milestones and change management.
• Has good working and application knowledge of specifications and standards.
• Extensive experience in delivering to internal customers, including other Engineering disciplines.
• Familiar with change management practices and able to robustly manage change.
• Has an expert knowledge of standards, procedures and work practices; follows project execution flow chart; developing skills in project and technical execution.
• Able to lead Project Engineering team; able to manage between Engineering Discipline Groups.
• Good communicator in leading work effort; motivates team; strong positive and active in solutions and proactive attitude.
• Competent at managing technical matters and interfaces with Third Parties.
• Able to manage and enhance performance and build effective teams.

About Us

Wood is a global leader in consulting and engineering, helping to unlock solutions to critical challenges in energy and materials markets. We provide consulting, projects and operations solutions in 60 countries, employing around 35,000 people. www.woodplc.com

Diversity Statement

We are an equal opportunity employer that recognises 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 the following (which is a non-exhaustive list): race, colour, age, religion, gender, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or other characteristics in accordance with the relevant governing laws.