PMC Lead Engineering (Island Design)/Project Engineer

Role

Work arrangement

• The posting states the position is full time at the client office in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Engineering leadership and island design

• Lead the offshore island design scope from concept and selection through detailed engineering and construction support.
• Establish design criteria, engineering philosophies, design basis, specifications, and technical requirements; review and approve engineering deliverables.
• Guide engineers and designers, ensure compliance with standards and client requirements, and monitor progress, quality, and technical performance.
• Lead island layouts, grading, reclamation, breakwaters, causeways, marine facilities, and associated infrastructure design.
• Coordinate geotechnical, hydrodynamic, metocean, coastal, marine, and environmental inputs; review reclamation, erosion protection, revetments, seawalls, and breakwaters.
• Review settlement, consolidation, stability, bearing capacity, slope stability, scour, and foundation considerations.
• Coordinate interfaces among the island, topsides, offshore facilities, pipelines, subsea systems, utilities, roads, drainage, and temporary works.
• Ensure designs incorporate constructability, operability, maintainability, and future expansion.

Coordination, contractor oversight, and delivery

• Coordinate civil, structural, geotechnical, marine, mechanical, piping, electrical, instrumentation, process, HSE, and construction disciplines.
• Participate in interdisciplinary design reviews, HAZID/HAZOP and constructability reviews, model reviews, and technical workshops.
• Resolve technical queries, interface issues, deviations, and design changes; review contractor calculations, drawings, specifications, reports, and studies.
• Monitor contractor compliance, identify engineering risks, and support technical queries, concessions, deviations, and engineering changes.
• Provide construction support; review methodologies, temporary works, marine spreads, reclamation sequences, and offshore execution plans.
• Participate in site visits, inspections, FAT/SAT where applicable, and construction readiness reviews; resolve field issues and capture as-built requirements.
• Review and maintain design basis, criteria, philosophies, layouts, calculations, specifications, material requisitions, drawings, registers, review comments, and as-built documentation.

Qualifications and experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil, Structural, Marine, Coastal, or Geotechnical Engineering.
• Minimum 15 years of relevant engineering experience, including significant offshore, marine, artificial island, reclamation, or major oil and gas infrastructure project experience.
• Proven lead engineering experience in a PMC/EPCM/EPC environment, including multidisciplinary team and contractor coordination.
• Experience in design review, contractor management, technical assurance, and construction support.
• A master’s degree in a related engineering discipline is advantageous; professional engineering certification or registration is preferred.

Technical knowledge and competencies

• Knowledge of applicable API/ASME, ISO offshore, BS/EN, DNV, PIANC, Eurocode, local authority, environmental, and client standards.
• Desirable knowledge includes coastal and marine engineering, reclamation, hydrodynamic and wave studies, metocean conditions, breakwaters, shore and scour protection, settlement, marine structures, dredging, offshore construction, logistics, temporary works, and interface management.
• Key competencies include technical leadership, decision-making, multidisciplinary coordination, PMC/EPC execution, contractor and consultant management, engineering review, technical assurance, problem-solving, and communication.
• The role requires working under project schedule and delivery pressure and a strong understanding of HSE and engineering quality requirements.

What Wood offers

• The posting describes professional development, medical and life insurance, end-of-service gratuity, an employee share plan, long-service awards, and access to global expertise and the Energy Transition Academy.