Study Manager

The Role

Our Clients And Projects

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 organisation actively committed to diversity and inclusion across our business
• Competitive renumeration 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’ service 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

Job Objective

• Manage and lead the project team to achieve the health, safety, environmental, schedule, cost and quality requirements of the study. Ensure that Wood’s and Client’s Health and Safety, Environmental and Quality Management Procedures are followed
• Grow in leadership qualities and capability providing optimised solutions to Client’s complex multi-faceted problems; articulating these in a way that allows Clients to readily present to their own internal and external stakeholders
• Develop compelling and competitive proposals that readily demonstrate to Clients the best way to deliver their project
• Challenge the status quo, support and be part of an award-winning group that seeks to grow and develop to be the best it can be
• Be a role model for Wood’s behaviours; encouraging a collaborative, inclusive and supportive team that can have fun and enjoy the work we deliver

Study Leadership & Delivery

• Lead the execution of concept, feasibility, and pre-FEED studies from initiation to completion
• Define study scope, objectives, and success criteria in alignment with client requirements
• Develop and manage the Study Execution Plan (SEP) including schedule, deliverables, and milestones
• Ensure studies are delivered on time, within budget, and to required quality standards

Technical Management & Coordination

• Manage and coordinate a multidisciplinary engineering team (process, mechanical, piping, civil, E&I, HSE)
• Ensure consistency and integration across all technical disciplines and deliverables
• Oversee development and review of:
• Process design basis and simulations
• Heat & material balances
• Equipment sizing and specifications
• Plot plans and layouts
• Interface with technology licensors and vendors where required.

Concept Development & Selection

• Identify and develop multiple development concepts and design options
• Facilitate concept screening and selection workshops
• Perform technical, economic, and risk-based evaluations of alternatives
• Recommend the optimal concept considering cost, operability, constructability, and risk

Cost Estimation & Economics

• Oversee preparation of CAPEX and OPEX estimates (Class V to Class III)
• Coordinate development of economic models (NPV, IRR, sensitivity analysis)
• Ensure estimates are robust, benchmarked, and aligned with market conditions.

Risk & Value Management

• Lead risk identification and mitigation workshops (technical, commercial, HSE)
• Maintain and manage the study risk register
• Drive value engineering and cost optimization initiatives
• Ensure uncertainties are clearly defined and communicated.

Hse & Regulatory Compliance

• Ensure integration of HSE-by-design principles in all study phases\
• Support early-stage safety reviews such as:

• HAZID (Hazard Identification)

• HAZOP (Hazard and Operability Study)
• Ensure compliance with local regulatory requirements and international standards.

Stakeholder & Client Interface

• Act as the primary focal point for the client throughout the study lifecycle
• Coordinate with:
• Internal departments (subsurface, operations, commercial)
• External stakeholders (consultants, licensors, vendors)
• Present study outcomes to senior management and investment committees.

Reporting & Deliverables

• Ensure preparation and quality of key deliverables:

• Feasibility Study Report

• Basis of Design (BoD)
• Pre-FEED package
• Provide regular progress reports including schedule, cost, and risk updates.

Planning, Budget & Resource Management

• Develop and control study budgets and forecasts
• Allocate and manage engineering resources efficiently
• Monitor progress against schedule and implement corrective actions.

Interface & Data Management

• Manage interfaces between:
• Engineering disciplines
• Subsurface and surface teams
• Third-party contractors and vendors
• Ensure data integrity, consistency, and version control across all deliverables.

Governance & Stage-Gate Assurance

• Ensure compliance with company stage-gate processes (DG0–DG3 or equivalent)
• Prepare documentation required for decision gate approvals
• Support investment decision readiness (FID).

Skills And Qualifications

Expected

• Degree qualified in a relevant Engineering or Science Discipline
• Commercial awareness of project delivery
• Understands the levels of detail required to support the early phase decision making process for pre-FEED phases (pre-feasibility, concept, feasibility, pre-FEED etc)
• Experienced in chairing meetings and facilitating workshops
• Capable of motivating and leading multi-disciplined and multi-cultural teams, encouraging a collaborative and inclusive culture
• Ability to develop compelling proposals to solve client problems, including manhour, execution strategy and schedule development.
• Communicates effectively to build collaboration and influence stakeholders
• Thinks strategically, takes decisions and delivers results
• Familiarity with New Energies sectors – hydrogen, ammonia, carbon capture, industrial decarbonization

Desirable

• Chartered Engineer or Scientist
• Member of an appropriate professional institution
• Some level of qualification from Association of Project Management or similar
• Commercial exposure through responsible positions in Proposals, Legal or Commercial
• Experience in FEED, EPC, Commissioning and / or Operations such that Clients recognize the experience from later phases being considered in their early project phase
• Experience in the Middle East/Gulf region on gas process offshore projects is mandatory
• Proficient in the use of project scheduling, estimating and cost accounting tools and methods

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