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PMC Senior Structural Engineer

Wood
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Full-time
Mid-Senior
Onsite
Discovered 2 weeks ago
Structural engineeringPMC project deliveryCivil engineeringOil & Gas, LNG, petrochemical, refinery, offshore, power, or industrial projectsACIAISC

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Role

The PMC Senior Structural Engineer oversees structural engineering activities throughout the project lifecycle and serves as the PMC technical authority.

Provide guidance to EPC contractors and project teams, ensuring safe, efficient delivery compliant with specifications, codes, standards, and client requirements.

Support structural integrity, reliability, constructability, long-term performance, and project safety, quality, cost, and schedule objectives.

Structural engineering responsibilities

  • Review contractor, consultant, and vendor structural engineering work; ensure compliance with project specifications, client standards, codes, and regulations.
  • Review and approve design calculations, reports, drawings, and technical specifications.
  • Verify designs for structural steel, reinforced concrete, foundations, buildings, pipe racks, equipment supports, and industrial facilities.
  • Review analyses for seismic, wind, blast, transportation, thermal, and operational loading.
  • Participate in HAZOP, constructability and 3D model reviews, value engineering, and technical workshops.
  • Coordinate with civil, mechanical, piping, process, electrical, instrumentation, and HSE disciplines.
  • Evaluate and approve structural technical bid evaluations, vendor documents, and material specifications.
  • Monitor fabrication, construction, and installation against approved drawings and quality requirements.
  • Resolve construction and commissioning issues; review field changes, deviations, technical queries, and engineering change requests.
  • Implement QA/QC; review inspection and test plans, welding procedures, material certifications, and inspection reports.
  • Monitor contractor performance to support safe, on-schedule, on-budget structural work.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering or Structural Engineering from a recognized university.
  • A Master’s degree in Structural Engineering is preferred and considered an advantage.
  • Typically 15+ years of relevant structural engineering experience in Oil & Gas, LNG, petrochemical, refinery, offshore, power, or major industrial projects.
  • At least 5 years in PMC, EPC, or large-scale construction projects in a senior structural engineering role.
  • Strong knowledge of international design codes and standards, including ACI, AISC, BS, Eurocodes, ASCE, API, UBC, and ISO standards.

Benefits and development

  • Wood lists competitive remuneration with regular reviews, medical and life insurance, end-of-service gratuity, an employee share plan, and long-service awards.
  • Wood describes continued professional development, global connections, and an Energy Transition Academy.

About Wood

Wood describes itself as a global consulting, engineering, and operations company for the energy and materials sectors, with around 33,000 people in about 50 countries.

Wood says it supports clients across the asset lifecycle and forms the Energy & Materials pillar of Sidara.

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