Operation Engineer

Role overview

Role objectives and delivery

• Support safe, reliable, efficient, and compliant O&M delivery using field experience, discipline knowledge, and practical engineering judgement.
• Support development, review, and implementation of O&M processes, procedures, work instructions, technical standards, and performance improvements.
• Contribute discipline input, operational assumptions, technical information, and delivery lessons to tendering and business development.
• Support delivery against KPIs, client requirements, and assigned business objectives.

Key responsibilities

• Provide engineering support to O&M contracts, projects, and operational assets in line with agreed scopes, standards, and procedures.
• Support troubleshooting, technical queries, site issues, operational improvements, KPI monitoring, and performance reporting.
• Prepare, review, update, and implement O&M procedures, work instructions, method statements, and supporting documentation.
• Promote compliance and participate in audits, assurance reviews, incident investigations, and lessons-learned activities.
• Contribute technical and operational content to tenders, proposals, bid clarifications, technical schedules, execution plans, and mobilisation planning.
• Support contract delivery, procurement, stakeholder engagement, and site work across MEAC regions.
• Collaborate across teams, maintain technical competence, share field lessons, and follow company values, HSEA expectations, and ethical standards.

Qualifications and experience

• Degree or equivalent qualification in an engineering, operations, or maintenance discipline.
• At least 2 years of relevant O&M project experience in the MEAC region.
• Relevant O&M field experience is advantageous.
• Practical O&M contract delivery experience and understanding of procedures, standards, assurance, and safe systems of work.
• Ability to develop technical documentation and provide practical input to tender and proposal activities.
• Good written and verbal communication; ability to work collaboratively across teams.
• Basic awareness of applicable regulatory, client, and company requirements.
• Arabic or French speaking is advantageous.

Workplace and travel

• The role is described as full-time and on-site in Dubai, UAE, with travel requirements.
• Site travel may include onshore and offshore locations in Iraq, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Egypt, and other African regions.

What Wood offers

• Meaningful projects for high-profile clients and complex projects in Iraq.
• Commitment to diversity and inclusion, continued professional development, and global connections.
• Competitive salary with regular reviews; medical, life, and personal accident insurance.
• Employee Share Plan and Long Service Award.

About Wood