Head of Discipline – Piping Engineering

Job description / Role

• Dragon Recruiting has a fantastic opportunity for you to work for a world-class Engineering, Procurement and Construction Company that provides total EPC solutions to both the offshore and onshore Oil&Gas sector. They are one of the largest companies in the Oil & Gas sector in the Middle East.

• This is an Expat position based in Abu Dhabi.
• Head Of Discipline – Piping Engineering

Recruitment Type:
• Perm Placement

Role Category:
• Professional

No. of Roles:
• 1

Target Date:
• ASAP

Job Classification:
• Engineering

Job Sub-Classification:
• Engineering Drafting

Min Experience:
• More than 15 years

Specialization:
• Onshore and Offshore – EPC

Country:
• United Arab Emirates

City:
• Abu Dhabi

Required Nationalities:
• Any

Preferred Languages:
• English

Language Proficiency:
• Fluent

Base Salary:
• AED 960k - 1.15m

Total:
• AED 960k - 1.15m

About The Company

• The Client is a world class Engineering, Procurement, and Construction company in the UAE that provides total EPC solutions to both Offshore and Onshore Oil & Gas sector. Moreover, it is owned and managed by the government of United Arab Emirates, having a Team of over 1200 engineers, based in 3 engineering centers spread over an area of 1.3 million sq. meters.

Job Description: Head Of Discipline - Piping Role/Purpose

• The Head of Discipline (HOD) is responsible for providing discipline specific supervision and guidance on all design, engineering and technical matters, monitoring project progress and ensuring compliance with established programs and procedures. HODs can be seconded to work as Project Engineering Managers based on the size and complexity of the assigned project. The focus will shift from one of deep discipline knowledge to that of coordinating the various engineering disciplines involved in the assigned project

Responsibilities
• Studies contract documentation and Scope of Work and nominates Engineers for project work.
• Allocates manpower resources to enable efficient effective engineering work to be completed within allocated manpower budget and to approved quality standards.
• Interfaces with the Drafting Office Coordinator to assess and allocate/recruit resources needed to carry out all necessary drafting.
• Undertakes audits of Engineering processes to examine effectiveness and makes recommendations for change where the need is identified, or advantage is to be gained.
• Revises discipline specific procedures and makes recommendations to examine effectiveness and makes recommendations for change where the need is identified, or advantage is to be gained.
• Undertakes activity to modify and upgrade the norms used in the estimation process to ensure the accuracy, currency and completeness of information to be used in preparing bids.
• Assesses discipline specific manpower requirements at the estimation stage for inclusion in project bids.
• Acts as the ultimate discipline specific technical/professional authority for the resolution of complex problems and to assist subordinate engineers in developing their professional capabilities.
• Identifies, assesses and makes recommendations on hardware and software needs for budget capital expenditure consideration.
• Identifies training needs and recommends training courses and development programmes to bridge these gaps.
• Keeps informed of developments in the field of Engineering and brings to notice those, which could be of benefit to the Company.
• Compliance in accordance with HSE Standard.

Salary:
AED 960,000 to 1,150,000 per month inclusive of fixed allowances.

Requirements

Minimum Requirements
• B.Sc. in Engineering.
• 15-20 year’s engineering experience in the oil and gas industry.
• Proven supervisory track record with strong management potential.
• Organizational awareness.
• Well-developed planning and organizing skills.
• Influencing skills.
• Thorough understanding of all Engineering disciplines.
• Knowledge of engineering software.
• Good command of written and spoken English.
• Good technical knowledge and skills.
• Good Communication skills.

About the Company

Dragon Recruiting is a leading international staffing and recruitment company, head-quartered in London, with further offices all over the globe. Our clients range from numerous well known UK and international businesses. We also represent a wide range of less well known clients - helping them to find staff for their businesses around the world.

As an international recruitment agency, our clients benefit from a vast network of human resource specialists who attract, cultivate and connect organisations to talent in both global and local markets. Our unrivalled

scope of services and global reach allow us to share candidates and roles across borders. With greater coverage and tools, we can ensure our clients and candidates all get the best outcome for their recruitment needs.

With experience of over 3 decades we are recruiting more than 10,000 workers annually to and from the UK, USA and the Middle East and several other Asian countries. We specialize in the placement of candidates in permanent, contract, temporary and interim positions with clients around the world.