Principal Piping Engineer

Overview

Wood is recruiting for a Principal Piping Engineer to join its UAE Business Unit in Sharjah, UAE, to plan, budget, organize, and control piping engineering deliverables for the project. This is a residential position, with possible travel to Iraq for business trips as required.

Responsibilities

Remarkable people, trusted by clients to design and advance the world. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Principal Piping Engineer to join our UAE Business Unit.

Wood has been awarded an onshore brownfield project to support an international client operation for delivering FEED, detailed design, procurement, construction, and commissioning services. This project focuses on enhancing degassing stations, optimizing flare systems, and integrating low-carbon solutions to support our client's energy transition and emissions reduction goals.

What We Can Offer

• Meaningful and interesting projects delivered to high-profile clients and complex projects in Iraq.
• Commitment to diversity and inclusion; we are an organization actively committed to diversity and inclusion across our business with employee networks committed to giving all employees a voice.
• Competitive salary with regular salary reviews to ensure we are rewarding at the right level in line with the market.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.

Key Objectives

• The candidate will assume sole responsibility for assigned piping engineering work scopes.
• To plan, budget, organize, and control piping engineering deliverables for the project.
• Prepare piping deliverables and ensure that they conform to all applicable engineering codes and standards as well as the client's policies and procedures.
• Ensure that all work is completed without compromise to quality and is delivered according to the project schedule.
• Provide direction and guidance on all piping engineering technical queries raised by either internal or external parties.
• Liaise with the client's engineering, operations, and maintenance staff as required to ensure a consistent approach to project completion.
• Promote safe behavior at all times.
• Provide sound technical advice and solutions to a diversity of technical problems within the discipline.
• Coordinate with other disciplines during all stages of design development, construction, pre-commissioning, and start-up.
• Assist in the coordination of all activities related to piping engineering design.
• Identify any areas of concern with respect to progress and/or quality and recommend corrective actions as required.

Ideal Candidate Profile

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.

• Degree qualification in Mechanical Engineering.
• Minimum of 15 years of experience in the oil and gas industry.
• Candidates must have experience in layouts, stress, and materials.
• Brownfield experience is a must.
• Experience of working with multi-national and multi-cultural project teams is strongly preferred.
• Previous experience of working in the Middle East is preferred.