Wood Plc GCC
Planning Manager
- Permanent
- Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
- Experience 15 - 20 yrs
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Job expiry date: 25/08/2025
Job overview
Date posted
11/07/2025
Location
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Salary
AED Undisclosed per month
Experience
15 - 20 yrs
Seniority
Manager
Qualification
Bachelors degree
Expiration date
25/08/2025
Job description
Wood is currently inviting expressions of interest for the Lead Planning Engineer position to be based in Abu Dhabi. This role requires an experienced planning professional to contribute to engineering project phases including FEED and detailed design. The position entails technical execution, review and quality assurance of planning tasks, interfacing with teams and supporting development of junior engineers. Applicants should have extensive oil & gas experience, particularly within the Middle East, and should be adept at managing multiple project scopes and disciplines while ensuring excellence in delivery and compliance with international standards.
Required skills
Key responsibilities
- Discipline engineer in one or more integrated in-house /contractor teams handling multiple project responsibilities
- Execute technical work for FEED and Detailed Designs (designs, specifications, drawings, etc.) within designated CTR scopes
- Maintain excellent Planning performance throughout the engineering phase of the project life cycle
- Implement, practice and Monitor Quality Management System (QMS) in FEED office projects in line with ISO 9001-2015 and API Q2 2nd edition requirements
- Carry out appropriate discipline and inter discipline checks and reviews of engineering and design work
- Contribute to the development of execution contracting strategies that compliment designs, construction methods and operating methods
- Remain engaged in design issues and decisions throughout construction, commissioning and start-up
- Create demonstrable value for customers by understanding their drivers and critical success factors
- Capture/apply internal and external learningās and incorporate improvements
- Deliver continuously improving performance, benchmarked as top tier in the industry
- Time write correctly each week
- Ensure own discipline engineering and design work are successfully delivered and appropriate reviews conducted
- Ensure quality of technical work and the technical integrity, functionality, constructability, safe operation and reliability of designs
- Involved in multiple engineering reviews and provide sound design inputs
- Contribute to excellent Planning performance throughout the engineering phase of the project life cycle
- Maintain effective interfaces and relationships within/between disciplines, and peers in other EP Projects teams and Assets
- Emphasize on Development of young TSE engineers
- Provide guidance and advice on Planning matters in a consistent manner in line with that agreed within the team
Experience & skills
- Minimum 15 years at least 10 years in oil & gas and 6 years in FEED/Engineering experience
- Bachelor's in engineering degree or equivalent
- Experience in the Middle East is preferred
- Be a team player where recognition of team performance as a whole is a greater priority than projecting individual contribution
- Be able to work in a team environment and handle multiple project responsibilities
- Assuring that work and project promises are successfully delivered and appropriate reviews have been conducted
- Establishing and maintaining engineering processes, systems and tools (software)
