Lead Project Engineer

The Role

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Lead Project Engineer with a proven track record in leading and managing multi-disciplinary teams, ensuring the successful execution of projects and alignment with company goals for a high-profile client.

Our Clients and Projects

Designing the future. Transforming the world.

Wood's Oil, Gas & New Energies business is built on a strong legacy of delivering large and complex projects for national and international energy companies across the globe. We have experienced teams, a proven delivery model and a strong reputation.

We are the market-leading provider of integrated and innovative solutions that challenge the status-quo in the oil and gas upstream and midstream, onshore and offshore, gas to liquids and decarbonization and electrification markets. We pride ourselves in steady and predictable delivery, setting our sights on an exciting growth trajectory.

Energy security, transition and supply have never been more important. You, our enabling teams, are at the very forefront of transformative projects that are providing sustainable power to generations to come. We are the ones to bring low-carbon concepts to reality.

What we can offer

• Meaningful and interesting projects: Delivered to high profile clients across the Energy Sector

• Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion: We are an organization actively committed to diversity and inclusion across our business

• Competitive remuneration package: With regular reviews to ensure we are rewarding at the right level in line with the market

• 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

• End of Service Gratuity: In line with UAE Labor Law, all employees are eligible for an End of Service benefit

• 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

• 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

• Energy Transition Academy: Join a community of experts sharing your knowledge and gaining more exposure to a variety of existing and emerging energy systems - delivered by experts in their field

The key objectives for this role are:

The Lead Project Engineer is responsible for leading, coordinating and integrating all engineering activities associated with a multi-billion-dollar ADNOC Gas EPCM project, ensuring that engineering deliverables are technically sound, fully coordinated, compliant with contractual requirements and delivered in line with the approved project schedule, budget, quality standards and project execution strategy.

The role serves as the primary engineering coordination interface between the Project Manager, Engineering Manager, discipline engineering leads, construction teams, procurement, vendors, commissioning teams, the EPCM organization and ADNOC Gas representatives. The Lead Project Engineer ensures effective integration of process, mechanical, piping, civil, structural, electrical, instrumentation, control systems and other relevant engineering disciplines to deliver a safe, constructible, operable and maintainable facility.

Frequent site visits to Habshan are an essential requirement of the position to verify site conditions, support construction execution, resolve engineering and technical issues, assess constructability, coordinate site queries and ensure that engineering solutions are practical and aligned with actual field conditions. The role is expected to provide strong technical leadership throughout engineering, procurement, construction, pre-commissioning and commissioning, proactively managing interfaces, changes, risks and constraints to support the successful delivery and handover of the project to ADNOC Gas.