Senior Piping Engineer (Stress)

Job description / Role

Responsibilities

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

Wood is recruiting for a Senior Piping Engineer (Stress) to join its UAE Business Unit and our team in Sharjah, UAE, to plan, budget, organize, and control piping engineering deliverables for the project. This is a full-time onsite role in Sharjah, UAE.

The role

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Senior Piping Engineer (Stress) to join our UAE Business Unit.

Our clients and projects

Designing the future. Transforming the world.

Wood has been awarded a general engineering contract to support an international client operator to deliver a portfolio of onshore capital projects by provision of engineering and project management services (including EPC contract management), as well as supply chain, construction, and commissioning support from Wood Iraq and UAE offices.

Projects include both greenfield and brownfield modification projects 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 organisation 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' 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 behaviour at all times
• Provide sound technical advice and solutions to a diversity of technical problems within the discipline
• Co-ordinate 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

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

• Degree qualification in mechanical engineering
• Minimum of 10 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 preferred

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.