Engineering Manager

Role and project

Responsibilities

• Lead the Owner’s multidisciplinary engineering team and challenge EPC contractor design assumptions, progress, and interface gaps.
• Monitor Approved for Construction packages against the compressed engineering and procurement programme.
• Review technical bid evaluations, material requisitions, and long-lead equipment readiness; control design freeze and late changes.
• Verify tie-in readiness using field checks, as-builts, and 3D models; represent the Owner in HAZOP, HAZID, SIL, and constructability reviews.
• Oversee technical queries, engineering variations, and progressive handover of as-builts, asset registers, and models.

Requirements

• 15+ years of engineering management experience, including Owner’s Representative or PMC assignments.
• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical, or Civil Engineering.
• Proven brownfield delivery inside live hazardous facilities; oil and gas, terminals, or petrochemicals experience is ideal.
• Strong multidisciplinary interface management across process, piping, civil, mechanical, and E&I.
• Ability to navigate 3D design models and translate technical risks into clear executive reports.
• Evidence of managing fast-track engineering, procurement gates, and contractor accountability.

Pay

• Pay is negotiable for the right candidate; salary and benefits will be discussed during selection.

Schedule

• Normal site attendance may involve six days per week, nine-hour daily attendance, and early starts.
• Breaks, working-hour arrangements, and any additional-hours terms will be clarified before appointment.
• Occasional vendor or FAT travel and additional night or public-holiday work may be required, subject to agreed terms.

Workplace

• The role is in person at Jebel Ali Free Zone, Dubai.