
Wood Plc GCC
Senior Scaffolding Engineer
- Permanent
- Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
- Experience 15 - 20 yrs
Job expiry date: 06/06/2026
Job overview
Date posted
22/04/2026
Location
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Salary
AED 30,000 - 40,000 per month
Compensation
Comprehensive package
Experience
15 - 20 yrs
Seniority
Senior & Lead
Qualification
Bachelors degree
Expiration date
06/06/2026
Job description
The Senior Scaffolding Engineer (PMC) role with Wood in Abu Dhabi is responsible for overseeing scaffolding construction activities for major oil and gas projects within ADNOC Gas PMC operations. The role involves managing scaffolding engineering deliverables, supervising construction activities, and ensuring compliance with safety, quality, and project standards. The Senior Scaffolding Engineer coordinates contractors, manages site operations, and ensures scaffolding installation and commissioning activities are completed within project schedules and budgets. The position requires strong construction management experience in large-scale oil and gas projects, including offshore and onshore developments. The role includes monitoring project performance, managing risks, and ensuring adherence to safety regulations and environmental standards. The Senior Scaffolding Engineer collaborates with project stakeholders including engineers, contractors, and clients to ensure project objectives are met. The position also involves planning resources, monitoring work progress, conducting inspections, and implementing safety procedures. The role requires leadership capability, strong technical expertise in scaffolding systems, and experience working within PMC environments for major energy infrastructure projects.
Required skills
Key responsibilities
- Oversee scaffolding construction deliverables and ensure compliance with project specifications
- Supervise scaffolding installation, commissioning, and completion activities
- Coordinate contractors and construction teams across project sites
- Monitor scaffolding work progress and report against approved schedules
- Manage project cost and schedule for scaffolding-related activities
- Ensure compliance with safety, quality, and environmental standards
- Conduct site inspections and risk assessments for scaffolding operations
- Coordinate work schedules and resource allocation for scaffolding personnel
- Ensure scaffolding personnel receive required training and site inductions
- Implement safety procedures including toolbox talks and inspections
- Collaborate with project stakeholders to resolve technical challenges
- Monitor and control scaffolding construction performance and productivity
Experience & skills
- Hold Bachelor’s degree in Engineering from accredited university
- Demonstrate minimum 15 years of experience in oil and gas or petrochemical construction projects
- Demonstrate minimum 5 years experience in similar senior scaffolding or construction role
- Demonstrate experience working on large-scale international oil and gas projects exceeding $1B
- Demonstrate experience in offshore and onshore oil and gas environments
- Demonstrate strong leadership and communication skills
- Demonstrate experience managing contractors and construction teams
- Demonstrate knowledge of scaffolding standards and construction safety requirements
- Demonstrate experience in GCC region projects preferred
- Demonstrate ability to manage schedule, cost, and quality requirements