JOB DESCRIPTION

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

Wood is currently inviting expressions of interest for Technical Leads to support our Digital Engineering Team in the US. Please note that at this stage, applications for these roles are invited as an Expression of Interest (EOI) whilst opportunities are being fully determined.

Applicants must be authorized to work lawfully in the US without sponsorship from Wood, now or in the future.

The Role

The Technical Lead shall lead and manage a team to deliver engineering data management (1D,2D,3D) services to a range of customers, across multiple sectors and industries.

Act as a customer focal point, ensuring that work is delivered in accordance with agreed key performance indicators (KPI), budgets, schedules, procedures and quality, while also identifying opportunities to grow the services with new and existing customers.

Support the Operations Manager to identify and implement change and improvement in operational efficiencies, processes and procedures and identifying customer solutions.

Work alongside other Technical Leads to ensure that resources are deployed effectively and to identify potential recruitment needs required to deliver the services.

The Technical Lead will lead by example, consistently displaying and enforcing the company's values and behaviours, acting as a role model, committing to the highest standards of safe and ethical behaviour and creating an inclusive work environment.

Designing the future. Transforming the world.

Within our Digital Operations team, our clients are operators of critical energy infrastructure as well as specialist manufacturing and pharmaceuticals, who are committed to maintaining safe and effective operational assets worldwide. Our work supports every stage in the asset lifecycle but particularly focusing on the integrity of engineering data in digital solutions as well as optimizing existing assets through our engineering expertise. We advise clients as they navigate through the digital and energy transition.

What we can offer:

• Meaningful and interesting projects delivered to leaders of industry across oil & gas and process industry projects.
• Flexible working arrangements that balance client, team and individual needs. This opportunity is Hybrid in Houston, TX
• Commitment 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.
• Flexible benefits package that can be adapted to suit your lifestyle
• Commitment to continued professional development through development plans tailored to individual needs and interests
• Global connections with leading industry experts around the world who are shaping the standards of our profession

RESPONSIBILITIES

Delivery and Performance

• Support the HSSEA culture and performance
• Support the elimination of technical incidents through robust controls, incident reviews and embedding lessons learnt
• Manage and work within budgets, and have responsibility for financial performance, for the customers and projects in their area of the business
• Drive operational efficiencies and margin enhancement through innovation and the application of digital technologies, across traditional services
• Support opportunities for margin enhancement including through GDEC utilization
• Ensure service integrity is maintained across work scopes and frameworks
• Prepare short-term and long-term workforce plans to identify staff required to meet forecasted demand
• Support the continuous improvement of systems and tools to deliver cost-effective and competitive execution
• Prepare appropriate proposals and estimates in line with customer expectations, utilizing Subject Matter Experts (SME), to support technical submissions
• Prepare reports and project summaries for customers and internal reviews

Strategy and Development:

• Provide support to the business development process to identify and win new work
• Act as an advocate for digital offerings, both internally and to our customers, to enhance our market opportunities
• Support the strengthening of workshare

People and Capability:

• Line Management responsibility includes the setting of targets and objectives, pay reviews, performance reviews, career progression, training, and development.
• Identification of competence gaps and organize technical training or job development to close gaps
• Support professional development, competence assessment and build development plans
• Understand future resource and capability required to deliver current and future projects, and support recruitment and selection.
• Support the vision and strategy direction of the business, and motivate people to commit to the organization's mission, values, and goals
• Assist in the identification and support the development of technology champions to drive the implementation of new technologies and tools
• Develop, support and coach apprentices and graduates to ensure they reach their full potential
• Build an inclusive team culture which recognizes the value that different perspectives and cultures bring

Governance:

• Develop and maintain processes and procedures in line with wood policies including codes and legislations
• Support the development of detailed project execution plans and actively manage them for specific scopes
• Support the management of design manuals and other intellectual property
• Understand, maintain, and promote software tools
• Support Project Delivery Assurance, including a system of review and activities on projects
• Highlight short comings in systems and processes, and implement appropriate improvement using established change management practice

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:

• Minimum of an bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline or relevant subject
• Project Management Qualification to PMP/PMQ level

Knowledge, skills, and experience:

• Experience of engineering / technical service delivery in relevant industry sector
• Expertise in engineering data for operational assets, 1D (CMMS, asset tag registers), 2D (drawings and documents) or 3D (models, scan data, digital twins), it's uses for projects and operations, and relationships between different data sets / types of data
• Experience in maintaining engineering data at as-built / as-is status
• Knowledge of management of change processes, in relation to brownfield projects and modifications as well as project data handover requirements
• Experience and understanding of design tools and processes
• Broad understanding of the business drivers for relevant sector clients
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Able to work with multiple stakeholders
• Able to resource talent to meet current and future needs
• Experience in developing talent using coaching, mentoring and formal performance processes
• Experience in developing project execution plans and schedules
• Understanding of Building Information Modelling and digital twins (unified digital platforms such as Aveva AIM, Bentley ALIM, etc.) would be advantageous

Personal attributes

• Logical thinker
• Strong problem-solving skills
• Good financial and commercial skill set
• Ability to work effectively across a diverse multicultural community
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work across functionally and create trust with seniors and peer groups
• Build partnerships and works collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives