PMC Senior Planning & Cost Engineer - Fab Yard

Job description / Role

Overview

Remarkable people, trusted by clients to design and advance the world.

The Role

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced PMC Senior Planning & Cost Engineer - Fab Yard with a proven track record in planning and managing the costs associated with fabrication yard activities, ensuring projects are completed on time and within budget for a high-profile client.

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: 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 of 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.

Key Objectives

• Developing comprehensive project plans and schedules for fabrication yard activities to ensure timely project execution.
• Monitoring and managing project costs to ensure they remain within budget, identifying cost-saving opportunities.
• Efficiently allocating resources, including manpower, materials, and equipment, to optimize project outcomes.
• Tracking project progress against the schedule and making adjustments as needed to meet deadlines.
• Identifying potential risks and developing mitigation strategies to minimize project disruptions.
• Preparing detailed progress and cost reports for project stakeholders, providing insights and recommendations.
• Ensuring all planning and cost control activities comply with industry standards and regulatory requirements.

Responsibilities

• Reviews project scheduling, progress measurement, and reporting requirements for execution of the project.
• Reviews business plans for execution, establishing strategies and priorities.
• Reviews execution plans for preparation of operating budget.
• Coordinates with the project control engineers of the PMT.
• Reviews the requirements of scheduling, progress measurement, and reporting requirements in the tender documents.
• Reviews the bid documents for compliance of the scheduling, progress measurement, and reporting requirements.
• Ensures that procedures for scheduling, progress measurement, and reporting are approved and implemented.
• Reviews and endorses the progress invoices.
• Participates in project risk review, constructability review, and value engineering workshops.
• Reviews the exceptional reports of the PMT on project control.
• Reviews the contract close-out reports and performance evaluation report.
• Reviews and recommends amendments to the execution and implementation procedures.
• Establishes and implements projects statistical database for benchmarking and reference.
• Reviews the short-term constraints and concerns and recommends to the management the mitigation plans and actions.
• Serves as focal point for assigned projects for integration of related schedules into overall project planning packages.
• Responsible for the evaluation of variation orders impact upon approved project schedules.
• Responsible to provide schedule-related progress input for weekly and monthly progress reporting.

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:

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or equivalent.
• Minimum 15 years of experience in construction planning in the oil and gas industry including owner and PMC experience.
• Experience in large offshore capital projects.

About the Company

Wood is a global leader in consulting and engineering, helping to unlock solutions to critical challenges in energy and materials markets. We provide consulting, projects and operations solutions in 60 countries, employing around 35,000 people.