
Wood Plc GCC
Senior Rotating Engineer
- Permanent
- Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
- Experience 15 - 20 yrs
Job expiry date: 26/10/2025
Job overview
- Date posted- 11/09/2025 
- Location- Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates 
- Salary- Undisclosed 
- Compensation- Salary only 
- Experience- 15 - 20 yrs 
- Seniority- Senior & Lead 
- Qualification- Bachelors degree 
- Expiration date- 26/10/2025 
Job description
Wood is currently recruiting for an experienced Senior Rotating Engineer for its Engineering team in Abu Dhabi. This role is full-time, based at the Abu Dhabi office, and is focused on supporting high-profile Gas Processing projects. The Senior Rotating Engineer will take single-point responsibility for mechanical rotating equipment design deliverables, ensuring compliance with engineering codes, standards, and client policies. The role includes equipment selection, maintenance planning, reliability improvement, vendor engagement, and cross-functional coordination during project execution.
Required skills
Key responsibilities
- Single-point responsibility for all mechanical equipment engineering rotating design deliverables, ensuring compliance with codes, standards, and client policies.
- Provide input to the preparation of Technical Work Practices (TWP’s) and Standards.
- Support planning, scheduling, and execution of discipline activities including manhour estimating and schedule preparation for bids/tenders.
- Identify concerns regarding progress or quality and recommend corrective actions.
- Attend weekly progress meetings and generate status reports for Engineering/Project Manager.
- Ensure all team members are competency assessed and maintain required competency levels.
- Define minimum acceptance criteria and pre-qualify third parties.
- Engage with licensors, equipment vendors, and OEMs to finalize project deliverables and provide budget cost estimates.
- Define scope of work for 3rd party subcontracts as required.
- Prepare Tender Bid Evaluations and assess vendor bids.
- Review Vendor Documents for detailed engineering projects.
Experience & skills
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering.
- Minimum of 15 years of experience in the Oil & Gas industry.
- Strong knowledge in rotating equipment design and engineering.
- Familiarity with international codes and standards.
- Experience as a package engineer for rotating equipment/packages.
- Participation in HAZOP and SIL reviews.
- Experience in preparing equipment selection reports during CONCEPT and FEED phases.
- Experience executing EPC projects with process compressors, gas turbines, steam turbine generators, instrument air compressors, centrifugal pumps, and chemical injection packages.
- Experience in executing process gas compressor modifications, re-rates, or revamps.
- Preparation of equipment datasheets, material requisitions, and technical evaluations of vendor bids.
