Head of Construction & Commissioning - MEAC
by Wood Plc GCC in Energy (Oil, Gas & Renewables)
The Head of Construction & Commissioning - MEAC is responsible for the operation of the Construction and Commissioning Function within an assigned business grouping or operating unit. The role provides leadership to drive delivery excellence across construction and commissioning activities, ensuring safe and reliable operations, on-time delivery of executed work, client satisfaction, and alignment with Wood’s policies, standards, and values. Wood's Oil, Gas & New Energies business is built on a strong legacy of delivering large and complex projects for national and international energy companies across the globe. The company provides integrated and innovative solutions across oil and gas upstream and midstream, onshore and offshore, gas to liquids, decarbonization, and electrification markets. The role supports transformative projects focused on energy security, energy transition, sustainable power, and low-carbon concepts. The Head of Construction and Commissioning drives and assures construction and commissioning delivery performance across assigned business groups, manages functional development of construction and commissioning resources, governs construction and commissioning practices and procedures, and maintains oversight of all construction and commissioning activities. The position promotes a strong Health, Safety, Security, Environment & Assurance (HSSEA) culture with emphasis on site-based projects and HSSE input during design to minimize site risks. The role ensures safe and secure project delivery while protecting contract margins, ensures Construction Management effectively manages project scopes according to company policies, procedures, and client contractual requirements, and ensures Project Management and Project Controls effectively manage construction and commissioning scopes. The role applies project risk management processes, ensures construction and commissioning proposals and projects are adequately resourced with qualified personnel, manages departmental overhead budgets, optimizes resource utilization, acts as Project Sponsor for allocated projects when required, and leads construction and field commissioning involvement during home office engineering, field execution, and operations. The role supports business development activities by identifying and securing new opportunities, improving project margins, promoting the use of HVEC operations in project execution, providing construction and commissioning input into proposals, demonstrating organizational capability, identifying engineering and construction resources, providing technical support during bid preparation and bid reviews, and coordinating Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) when required. The Head of Construction & Commissioning leads development of the Construction Management System, collaborates with specialist software suppliers and discipline heads to improve construction management processes, and optimizes construction management technologies. The position provides line management for direct reports, oversees construction engineering and management personnel typically ranging from 50–200 staff depending on workload, manages performance reviews, salary reviews, career progression, training and development, and establishes strategic direction for the Construction & Commissioning function. The role determines future resource and capability requirements, supports recruitment and selection of senior personnel, identifies competency gaps, implements upskilling initiatives, oversees formal career development frameworks, ensures workforce planning through organizational resource histograms, ensures competence assurance across the function, develops personnel into more senior roles, sets performance objectives, monitors team performance, and implements corrective actions where necessary. The role creates an inclusive working environment, ensures recruitment, selection, and development processes remain fair and unbiased, leads allocation of construction and field commissioning personnel to projects, develops local Construction & Commissioning procedures aligned with Wood policies and standards, maintains familiarity with technical applications used within Wood, participates in project and proposal management reviews, and promotes continuous improvement. The role regularly interacts with Project Management teams, Project Controls, site personnel, engineering disciplines, Heads of Discipline, Business Development teams, proposal teams, operational leadership, functional leadership, technical networks, Communities of Practice, clients, customers, vendors, subcontractors, construction management software suppliers, industry bodies, professional institutions, auditors, and quality certification bodies. The position supports project execution excellence, secures new business opportunities, promotes company-wide best practices, influences construction management software development, adopts industry best practices, and supports quality assurance and compliance for construction and commissioning processes. The role is accountable for HSSEA excellence, safe and profitable construction and commissioning project delivery, business development support, proposal activities, construction management systems development, large multidisciplinary construction team management, workforce planning, capability development, performance management, competency assurance, budget optimization, resource optimization, governance, compliance, continuous improvement, stakeholder relationship management, strategic growth, and operational excellence. The successful candidate requires extensive knowledge and practical experience in construction and commissioning of complex projects, significant field-based construction experience within relevant industry sectors, strong understanding of Engineering, Procurement, Construction, and Commissioning (EPCC) processes and tools, proven project delivery experience, strategic execution capabilities, understanding of client business drivers and commercial objectives, leadership in promoting safe work practices, strong communication, presentation, and stakeholder engagement capabilities.