Engineering Manager

Wood

Experience, Skills and Knowledge

• Engineering degree
• Minimum 20 years' experience
• Having a background in Process or Mechanical Engineering
• Minimum 5 years recent experience as an Engineering Manager on a major ADNOC Oil and Gas EPC / EPCm projects
• Previous experience working with Wood
• Balance of technical and management experience at relevant level and position
• Typically requires several years of supervisory experience with an understanding of human relations, training, performance evaluation and health and safety Broad and extensive knowledge of engineering theories and techniques and a high level of skill in application of this knowledge in the management of the engineering function
• Capable of representing business and client to business associates in a professional manner
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, capable of influencing people at all levels of the organization
• Skilled in forecast planning for people resources
• Skilled in recruitment and selection, employee communication and management including performance management
• Able to implement and embed standards and processes to effect delivery of engineering excellence
• Good knowledge of regulatory framework and associated legislation
• Current knowledge of industry and technology development within area of expertise
• Expert in Engineering excellence
• Able to carry out audit and incident investigations Good Project management skills
• Skilled in mediation and dispute resolution
• Financial and commercial awareness

Personal Attributes

• Role models company values, behaviors and ethics, and promotes same in others
• Significant persuasion and influencing skills
• Awareness, respect and the ability to reconcile cultural diversity
• Pursues continuous development and progression of own skills and knowledge

Key Accountabilities and Responsibilities:

Contributes to delivery of engineering excellence through:

• Driving technical assurance on the assigned scope(s) of work
• Managing and leading, supporting and supervising the discipline engineering teams on the assigned scope(s) of work
• Management of key stakeholders in the execution and delivery of contracted activities
• Developing and retaining motivated and competent people
• Undertaking the role of process owner
• Driving safety by design
• Driving and leading on opportunities for innovation

Driving technical assurance:

• Continuous promotion of corporate / client specific procedures
• Assist in incident investigations as required
• Monitors compliance with standards and processes to assure delivery
• Roll out and Implementation of learning opportunities from across the business
• Driving continual focus on process safety through the engineering team
• Driving elimination of technical incidents through robust controls, incident reviews and embedding lessons learned
• Identifies and mitigates areas of risk and improvement opportunities
• Identifies and pursues improvement opportunities
• Managing and leading, supporting and supervising the multidiscipline engineering team

Plan, organize, direct, control and evaluate the activities and operations of a multidiscipline engineering team:

• Assist in the management of recruitment, selection, transfers, performance management, succession planning and promotion of resources to meet engineering team requirements
• Ensuring appropriately resourced and competent personnel on Project/Contract
• Oversight and control of Engineering Histogram to support workforce planning
• Assist in setting & maintaining standards for the development and retention of motivated and competent people

Management of key stakeholders in the execution and delivery of contracted activities:

• Responsible for the engineering content of project execution plans for assigned contracts/projects
• Responsible for the direction and management of the engineering and associated project activities of the business grouping/Project
• Manage and direct resources efficiently and effectively
• Consult and negotiate with clients to prepare specifications, explain proposals and present engineering reports and findings
• Assign, co-ordinate and review the technical work of the department or project teams
• Focuses on managerial concerns of the project such as cost, completion date, and resource allocation. Provides expert resolution of issues and monitors integration of work
• Reviews technical concepts of major projects
• Personally participates in solving difficult technical problems
• Resolves conflicts that are complex and manages divergent audience