JOB DESCRIPTION

Wood is currently looking for a Engineering Manager - FEED to strengthen our team in Basra, Iraq.
The position will be on a 5 weeks on /3 weeks off Rotation.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Duties and Responsibilities;

• Responsible for the oversight and assurance of multi-discipline engineering scope of work on a portfolio of Brownfield projects on an onshore Oil and Gas Field.
• Responsible for training & development engineers & designers
• Responsible for ensuring that the engineering carried out is completed in line with clients requirements, Processes, Procedures and Specifications and in line with established International Engineering standards.
• Responsible for the technical excellence of the engineering portion of a project across all disciplines.

Responsibilities:

• Continuous implementation and assurance of client specific procedures in the Engineering Design.
• Monitors compliance with standards and processes to assure efficient delivery.
• Roll out and Implementation of learning opportunities from across the business.
• Driving continual focus on process safety through the engineering team
• Driving elimination of technical incidents through robust controls, incident reviews and embedding lessons learned
• Identifies and mitigates areas of risk and improvement opportunities
• Identifies and pursues improvement opportunities
• Plan, organize, direct, control and evaluate the activities and operations of the client and contractors engineering team
• Consult and negotiate with client to prepare specifications, explain proposals and present engineering reports and findings
• Assign, co-ordinate and review the technical work of the department or project teams
• Focuses on managerial concerns of the project such as cost, completion date, and resource allocation. Provides expert resolution of issues and monitors integration of work.
• Reviews technical concepts of projects.
• Personally participates in solving difficult technical problems.
• Carries responsibility for resolution of major problems for the engineering segment of Brownfield Upgrade Projects
• Develop and implement policies, standards and procedures for the engineering and technical work performed within the team
• Conduit for regulatory framework, legislation changes, initiatives and industry technology developments

QUALIFICATIONS

Skills / Qualifications

• Engineering degree or equivalent
• Typically requires 20 years progressive experience in discipline engineering and typically requires more than 10 years of broad and extensive engineering management experience.
• A vast FEED Experience is required
• Requires strong technical skill as relevant to the project scope, with particular emphasis on Brownfield Engineering Upgrades in an onshore Oil and Gas Field.
• Balance of technical and management experience at relevant level and position
• Broad and extensive knowledge of engineering theories and techniques and a high level of skill in application of this knowledge in the management of the engineering function