Lead Project Engineer (Secondee) - Oil & Gas

About the role

Wood is recruiting a Lead Project Engineer to join its UAE business unit in Sharjah, supporting project and engineering excellence on a general engineering contract for an international client's onshore capital projects. The role involves engineering and project management services (including EPC contract management) and supply chain, construction and commissioning support from Wood Iraq and UAE offices, covering greenfield and brownfield modification projects. Possible trips to Iraq are mentioned.

Key responsibilities

• Report to the Project Manager and champion Wood's and the client's health, safety, environmental and quality cultures, intervening when necessary.
• Support the Project and Engineering Manager on assigned project scopes and take ownership of them, ensuring timely delivery to internal and external customers.
• Coordinate activities with Lead Engineers, engineering disciplines and supporting departments so that tender and project scopes are correctly interpreted and deadlines met.
• Develop engineering deliverable lists, manhours, CTRs and risk, and manage schedules, manhours, milestones and medium-sized engineering projects.
• Ensure the project is delivered in the correct sequence, managing risk if works are completed out of sequence.
• Chair and minute technical and project review meetings with customers, vendors and subcontractors, and hold weekly progress meetings with discipline engineers.
• Liaise with Project Control to revise budgets and schedules for contract changes, and oversee budget and financial accountability.

Required profile

• Degree qualification in a relevant engineering discipline.
• Minimum 10+ years of experience in the oil and gas industry, including infrastructure EPC projects.
• Experience managing detailed engineering and procurement in a brownfield environment.
• Experience of project cost control and planning systems.
• Experience in Iraq (Basra region in particular) and/or the GCC is preferable.
• Good soft and written English, good presentation skills, and ability to write technical reports in fluent English.

What we offer

• Competitive salary with regular reviews.
• Medical insurance, group life and personal accident insurance.
• Employee share plan with company matching.
• Long service award at 5-year milestones.
• Tailored professional development plans and global connections with experts.