General Construction Superintendent

Role and project

Construction leadership and execution

• Lead site construction activities and coordinate discipline leaders, supervisors, contractors, and subcontractors across applicable construction disciplines.
• Develop and monitor execution plans, work-front strategies, resource deployment, construction methods, and site logistics.
• Coordinate construction priorities with project management, planning, engineering, procurement, quality, HSE, commissioning, operations, and client teams.
• Monitor schedule and productivity, address constraints and delays, and implement recovery and improvement measures.
• Ensure work fronts are ready with approved documentation, materials, equipment, permits, access, and prerequisite activities.

Safety, quality, and interfaces

• Enforce HSE plans, permit procedures, risk assessments, method statements, and applicable statutory requirements; lead inspections and safety initiatives.
• Ensure work follows approved drawings, specifications, inspection plans, quality requirements, and applicable codes and standards.
• Coordinate technical queries, design discrepancies, and constructability issues with engineering teams.
• Manage contractor, vendor, facility, and operations interfaces, including applicable brownfield work, tie-ins, shutdowns, and SIMOPS.
• Oversee construction materials and equipment, high-risk work, environmental controls, and contractor performance.

Reporting and handover

• Review progress, manpower, equipment utilization, productivity, look-ahead schedules, and constraints; report issues and recovery actions.
• Support project controls and commercial teams with construction records and input on variations, change orders, disruption, and time extensions.
• Maintain construction, inspection, permit, progress, equipment, punch-list, as-built, and handover records.
• Drive mechanical completion, punch-list clearance, system handover, and readiness for pre-commissioning and commissioning.
• Promote continuous improvement, lessons learned, mentoring, and effective teamwork across the site organization.

Qualifications and experience

• Bachelor's degree in civil, mechanical, electrical, instrumentation, or another relevant engineering discipline; equivalent technical qualifications with extensive demonstrable experience may be considered, subject to project requirements.
• At least 20 years of relevant industry experience, including senior construction management on major oil and gas or gas processing projects.
• Knowledge of ADNOC standards, project specifications, HSE requirements, quality systems, applicable UAE regulations, and relevant international construction codes.
• Knowledge of planning, scheduling, resource and productivity management, contract administration, risk management, and project execution.
• Ability to interpret engineering drawings, specifications, technical documents, schedules, method statements, risk assessments, and quality records.
• Strong leadership, decision-making, problem-solving, communication, coordination, negotiation, and stakeholder-management skills.

Technical skills

• Proficient with Microsoft Office; familiarity with Primavera P6, progress measurement, project reporting, and electronic document management systems.
• Relevant HSE, construction management, or project management certifications are advantageous; engineering registration or professional membership is desirable.
• English communication, written and spoken, is essential; additional project-relevant languages are advantageous.

Work setting

• The position requires extended site presence at Habshan, field inspections, construction coordination meetings, and occasional extended working hours.
• A valid UAE driving licence may be required depending on project and site-access arrangements.

What Wood offers

• Wood lists professional development, medical and life insurance, an employee share plan, long-service awards, and opportunities to work on energy-sector projects.

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