Head of Engineering Management

About This Role

Remarkable people, trusted by clients to design and advance the world.

The Role

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Head of Engineering with a proven track record in leading and managing the multi discplinary engineering 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 Head of Engineering drives the delivery of engineering excellence in their assigned business grouping through:

• Drives and assures delivery excellence in engineering across assigned business grouping. Accountable for functional management and development of engineering resources and governance of engineering practices and procedures. Provide leadership to Heads of Discipline, and have functional oversight of the performance of all engineering in their assigned business grouping
• The Head of Engineering leads by example, consistently displaying and enforcing the Company’s values and behaviours, role modelling commitment to the highest standards of safe and ethical behaviour and creating an inclusive work environment

Engineering Delivery and Performance

• Drive HSSEA culture and performance through assigned engineering group
• Ensure Engineering integrity is maintained across work scopes through driving and embedding acommitment to technical excellence throughout engineering teams
• Drive continual focus on process safety through the engineering function
• Drive elimination of technical incidents through robust controls, incident reviews and embedding lessons learned and best practice from across the organisation in the engineering team
• Ensure proposals and work scopes are resourced with suitably qualified and competent personnel in line with Company policies and procedures and customer requirements
• Maximise utilisation of engineering resources to minimise non-productive time and manage overhead budget
• Determines and plans for future resource and capability requirements within the Engineering functions to deliver current and future projects, preparing short and medium-term workforce plans to identify number and mix of resources required to meet demand forecast
• Ensure that Engineering Managers and Lead Engineers manage their discipline scope effectively in line with company policies and procedures and within the requirements of contracts signed by clients
• Establish and continuously improve engineering systems and tools required by the engineering group to deliver cost effective and competitive engineering execution
• May act as a sponsor for allocated projects
• Identifies gaps within the technical skill set and pursues opportunities to upskill
• Identify and pursue opportunities for margin enhancement including through HVEC utilisation

Strategy and Development / Business Development

• Provide support to the business development process to identify and win new work
• Support strengthening and deepening the use of HVEC operations in project execution
• Provide engineering input to proposals to demonstrate capability and identify appropriate key engineering resources
• Provide technical input to bids and bid reviews including identification and support of subject matter experts

People and capability

• Under guidance from business grouping leadership, set the vision and strategic direction for the engineering group
• Identify and communicate the actions needed to implement the engineering group's strategy; explain the relationship to the broader organization's mission, vision and values; motivate people to commit to these
• Line Management of direct reports; all Heads of Discipline, including; pay reviews, performance reviews, career progression, training and development
• Determine future resource and capability requirements within the Engineering functions to deliver current and future projects. Support recruitment and selection of senior and key roles
• Oversee formal development framework for the engineering function, ensuring effective planning and delivery of career development for engineering resources takes place
• Technically supports workforce planning reviews, responsible for ensuring organisational histograms identify actual business requirements
• Accountable for ensuring appropriate and effective competence assurance across engineering group
• Manage and report on the performance of a substantial, diverse team; set appropriate performance objectives for direct reports and wider engineering team members and hold them accountable for achieving these; take appropriate corrective action where necessary to ensure the achievement of team objectives
• Create a positive working environment for diverse engineering resources to flourish, ensuring recruitment, selection and development processes are inclusive and free from bias

Governance, Policies and Procedures

• Oversee and govern development and maintenance of engineering processes and procedures in line with Wood policies and requirements including applicable codes and legislation
• Develop and maintain the Engineering System software tools in line with Wood policies and procedures
• Support and drive Project Delivery Assurance, ensuring appropriate audits are carried out and closed out across relevant projects
• Support Project Execution reviews
• Responsible for ensuring Technical Authority and Subject Matter Experts are identified, and appropriate governance in place

Working relationships

Internal:

• Regularly interface with engineering resources, heads of discipline in own location and other offices
• Collaborate with other engineering centres to develop and implement engineering workshare strategies
• Work closely with business development and proposals team to secure new work for own engineering group and wider Company
• Take strategic and tactical direction from operational and functional leadership
• Engage with technical networks / communities of practice to advance and promote company-wide execution excellence

External:

• Liaise with current and potential customers and clients as a senior Company representative
• Interact with engineering software suppliers to influence future development of technica applications
• Industry bodies and professional institutions to draw on best practice
• Auditors/quality certification bodies for assurance of discipline engineering processes and procedures

Level of influence and decision making authority

• Direct responsibility for all Engineering activities within assigned area – influences a large group to follow good practice, comply with procedures
• Development of workshare requirements and influence over which work is done locally and by workshare locations
• Supports Head of Engineering to influence developments with Engineering software houses
• Responsible for overhead budget
• Provides Engineering Technical assurance and Governance on projects

Skills And Qualifications

What makes you remarkable?

At Wood, we are committed to equal opportunities and welcome all talented individuals to consider joining our team. So even if you don't match every statement below but feel you have some of the experience, knowledge or skills needed for this role, we encourage you to apply. It will take all of us working together to deliver solutions to the world’s most critical challenges.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree as a minimum in a relevant engineering discipline

Knowledge & Experience

• Minimum 25 years of experience in Onshore and Offshore Mega Projects (Capex of over 2 billion USD)
• Minimum 5 years of experience in managing a multi disciplinary engineering team as the Head of Engineering
• Experience in ASSESS, Pre-FEED, FEED and Detailed Design stages of projects
• Extensive experience in engineering management of projects with over 250K manhours
• Experience in working with ADNOC, Qatar Energy, KNPC, KOC, BGC, BP and Shell
• Expert-level understanding of discipline engineering tools, processes, and technologies
• Strong understanding of client business drivers
• Proven experience in developing and leading high-performing engineering teams

Core Competencies

• Strategic thinking and problem-solving capability
• Strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills
• Ability to work effectively in multicultural and cross-functional environments
• Competent in people interviewing, selection, communication, and management, including performance management
• Proactively always interact with team members in a positive and professional manner
• Coaching and mentoring capability with a focus on talent development

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 45 countries, employing around 25,000 people. www.woodplc.com

Diversity StatementWe 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.