Lead Project Engineer

Job Description

Wood is recruiting for a Lead Project Engineer to join our team in Sharjah, UAE. This is a full‑time office‑based role.

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Lead Project Engineer to join our Iraq Operations Business. This role is full time residential based in Sharjah, UAE.

Wood is an integral part of operations in Iraq, and we are continuing to grow our footprint across the country. With a 90‑year heritage, 10 major contracts and over 850 employees, we have the skills, expertise and asset knowledge to support clients to deliver energy security and decarbonisation ambitions. Wood excels in supporting our clients to deliver complex upstream and midstream oil and gas projects in Iraq delivering maintenance, modifications and engineering solutions.

We are committed to decarbonising existing assets, producing cleaner energy and developing a sustainable national workforce, ensuring the long‑term growth of the region.

• Meaningful and interesting projects Delivered to high profile clients and complex projects in Iraq
• Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
  ; we are an organisation actively committed 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
• Commitment to continued professional development
  ; development plans that are tailored to your individual needs and interests
• Global connections
  : join experts around the world who are at the leading edge of our industry, shaping the standards of our profession
• Medical Insurance
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  Ensures inpatient and outpatient medical care is available should you require treatment.
• Group Life and Personal Accident Insurance
  :
  The company provides Life Assurance cover
• The Employee Share Plan
  :
  Gives you the opportunity to purchase Wood shares and receive a match from the company
• Long Service Award
  :
  Wood values the commitment and loyalty of our people. Celebrating Long Service provides an opportunity for the business to demonstrate its appreciation of the hard work, dedication and many years' services of our employees at 5‑year service milestones

• Executing assigned scopes of work.
• Providing discipline expertise to the business.
• Supporting and supervising task delegation to team.
• Uses technical knowledge to perform engineering assignments and produce engineering deliverables including complex problems. Completes almost any engineering tasks with minimal guidance and direction. May serve as the primary discipline engineer or discipline technical authority on projects with small to medium complexity.
• Performs engineering assignments, usually representing a significant portion of a larger project. Selects engineering techniques to solve problems and makes design recommendations.
• Requires mature professional knowledge in planning and conducting assignments having scope for coordination of difficult tasks.
• Applies specific area(s) of expertise in own discipline area.
• In consultancy businesses, may review and manage complex projects within area of expertise or of a multidisciplinary nature.

• Participates as a team member in a specific phase of a broad engineering assignment.
• Directs preparation of appropriate documentation for assigned projects.
• Ensures successful completion of the assigned project/phase within the budgeted time and cost constraints.
• Participates in defining engineering approaches, and in planning and scheduling work.
• Evaluates problems, organizes investigations and establishes general performance specifications for components, equipment, systems, processes, etc.
• Checks Engineering calculations as well as all drawings in accordance with industry codes and standards; assists with the development of less senior Technical Professionals.
• Adheres to and complies with relevant discipline specific procedures and provides feedback for continuous improvement.
• Participates in audits and incident investigations as required.
• Performs complex engineering tasks related to…