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Engineering Director

Leadership and Management:

  • Leading the engineering team, providing guidance, mentorship, and support.
  • Oversee the day-to-day engineering operations, ensuring projects are completed on time and within budget.
  • Foster a collaborative and innovative work environment.
  • Provide leadership and coaching to management roles and senior professional staff executing commercial and internal work packages and projects.
  • Be accountable for the performance and results of multiple related teams.


Project Oversight

 

  • Manage the design, development, and implementation of projects.
  • Ensure all engineering activities comply with regulatory and industry standards and safety protocols.
  • Coordinate with cross-functional teams, including the internal organizations, client, sub-contractors, constructors, and operators, to ensure seamless project execution.


  • Technical Expertise


  • Provide technical leadership to a multi-disciplinary team in the areas of design, engineering, and general consulting activities for New Build opportunities.
  • Stay updated with the latest advancements in New Build methodologies
  • Stay updated with latest applicable technical standards and regulatory requirements.
  • Conduct technical reviews and assessments to ensure the highest standards of quality and safety.

Training And Mentorship


  • Organize and direct the development of project-specific training courses as necessary.
  • Mentor and/or organize mentoring of staff to maintain and improve staff performance and capabilities.
  • Ensure all project training and qualification records are up-to-date, and required training and qualifications are completed/updated on time.


Project Objectives And KPI


  • Help managers to set objectives aligned with project demands.
  • Work closely with Project Managers and Project Directors to track, analyze, and develop/execute plans to improve project targeted Key Performance Indicators and objectives.

Project Execution


  • Provide overall technical direction for engineering work per the approved project scope and schedule.
  • Support the Project Director in execution of the day-to-day oversight activities.
  • Ensure that the deliverables from their team meet customer requirements specified in the contract and overall alignment with codes and standards.
  • Manage the overall project engineering change control process, ensuring the design is defined, controlled, verified, and that all design inputs and interfaces are complete, substantiated, and verified, and its configuration managed.
  • Be responsible for technical integration and interface control both within the projects across the various disciplines involved, and with the client.
  • Provide guidance, technical insights, supervision, and feedback to the Technical Managers that are part of their team.
  • Be responsible for technical deliverables budget, schedule, and quality.
  • Review and approve key technical documentation for the project, or phase of the project.
  • Monitor the technical quality of engineering deliverables for the project, or phase of the project.
  • Identify and propose improvements in the areas of the project – both proactively and in response to customer requirements.
  • Ensure security access requirements, including need-to-know, are implemented on a project.
  • Liaise with the Project Director and senior executives regarding the technical quality of subcontracted engineering services.
  • Liaise with external client engineering organization at the request of the Project Director regarding technical matters.

Requirements:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related field (master’s or Ph.D. preferred).
  • Minimum of 15 years of experience in the nuclear, petrochemical, chemical processing, or power generation industries, with a focus on engineering and project management.
  • Extensive knowledge and experience in FEED is a must.
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JOB SUMMARY
Engineering Director
Abu Dhabi
a month ago
Senior
Full-time