Lead Civil Structural Engineer

Overview

Wood is currently recruiting a Lead Civil & Structural Engineer to join its team in Abu Dhabi. Due to the nature of the projects and client expectations, the position will be based full time at our office in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Remarkable people, trusted by clients to design and advance the world.

The Role

The successful candidate will lead a team of onshore civil & structural engineers and designers for large-scale oil and gas projects. The candidate should be flexible in assignments and eager to learn, with the patience to face work pressure and changes.

Our Clients and Projects

Designing the future. Transforming the world. Wood's Oil, Gas & New Energies business is built on a strong legacy of delivering large and complex projects for national and international energy companies across the globe. We have experienced teams, a proven delivery model, and a strong reputation.

We are the market-leading provider of integrated and innovative solutions that challenge the status quo in the oil and gas upstream and midstream, onshore and offshore, gas to liquids, and decarbonization and electrification markets. We pride ourselves on steady and predictable delivery, setting our sights on an exciting growth trajectory.

Energy security, transition, and supply have never been more important. You, our enabling teams, are at the very forefront of transformative projects that are providing sustainable power to generations to come. We are the ones to bring low-carbon concepts to reality.

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 organization actively committed to diversity and inclusion across our business.
• Competitive remuneration package with regular reviews to ensure we are rewarding at the right level in line with the market.
• Medical insurance to ensure 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 of service of our employees at 5-year service milestones.
• Commitment to continued professional development with development plans 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.

Responsibilities

• Develop civil & structural design from the conceptual stage through the detailed design stage, providing sustainable and efficient solutions.
• Coordinate with other disciplines, projects, and sites for civil inputs, schedules, and related issues.
• Monitor and meet the project schedules on submissions of civil deliverables.
• Prepare design basis, technical specifications/philosophies, work scope/tender documents/narratives.
• Prepare/check calculations, general arrangement, detail drawings, 3D models, and MTO.
• Attend inter-discipline meetings, internal model reviews, and model reviews with clients.
• Review vendor drawings/other discipline drawings for adequacy of civil design input requirements.
• Evaluate supplier/subcontractor bids for compliance with internal and client specifications and scopes of work.
• Provide technical evaluation of supplier bids and present to project management.
• Lead, motivate, coach, and manage a team independently.
• Actively participate in various project workshops/reviews such as HAZID/layout reviews, 3D model reviews, and constructability reviews.
• Ensure engineering competence, interpersonal/team building skills, and leadership skills.
• Ensure all deliverables comply with quality as per Wood/client specifications and standards.
• Ensure that the budget, timing, and quality of the engineering works are executed as required.
• Implement staffing development plans and assign staff to specific projects or proposals.

Qualifications

What makes you remarkable? At Wood, we are committed to equal opportunities and welcome all talented individuals to consider joining our team. So even if you don't match every statement below but feel you have some of the experience, knowledge, or skills needed for this role, we encourage you to apply. It will take all of us working together to deliver solutions to the world's most critical challenges.

Expected:

• B.E/B.Tech in civil engineering as a minimum. Candidates with a master's in structural engineering are preferred.
• Minimum 20 years of experience in oil & gas projects design from conceptual stage to detailed design stage, with at least 5 years in a similar role.
• Must have sound working experience in using British and American standards for civil & structural works.
• Experience in onshore gas large projects is mandatory.
• Hands-on experience in industry software, such as STAAD Pro Connect Edition, Mat 3D, Foundation 3D, PROKON, 3D model review tools (SPR & Navis Works), MS Office Suite, etc.
• Able to communicate in English both verbally and in writing with other disciplines and multinational workforces in an effective manner.
• Experience in the design of plant layouts, roads, drainage systems, etc.
• Experience in designing different types of concrete and steel structures, such as:
• Structures like pipe racks/pipe bridges, sleepers.
• Process structures/equipment support structures.
• Equipment foundations such as heat exchangers, vertical & horizontal vessels/drums, columns/towers, very large tanks, spheres, etc.
• Dynamic load structures of compressors and pumps.
• Equipment shelters, plant buildings like control rooms, substation buildings, admin blocks, site camps.
• Blast resistance design of buildings and structures.