Offshore Engineering Manager - SaudiArabia

Location: Dammam
Company Name: Wood

Overview / Responsibilities

Wood is currently looking for an Offshore Engineering Manager to work on our Offshore Maintain Potential Program (OMPP) in Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia. Engineering Manager has overall responsibility for engineering and design activities providing shared engineering services to all Business Units and Special Projects Group. Including:

• Manages/forecasts resources utilization, staffing levels, recruitment requirements
• Evaluation of engineering/design staff capabilities, needs and designing development/training programs to meet required capabilities needs and/or career development
• Provide oversight of company staffing plans, Saudization levels and overtime utilization
• Ensure best engineering practices and company procedures are utilized
• Position is the key interface point between Engineering and BU Managers
• Coordinates with parent company Global Engineering.
• Appoint, monitor and provide oversight of all Engineering Discipline Head of Departments (HoD) under Shared Engineering.
• Provide oversight of all licensed engineering software requirements and usage.
• Provide General Manager with engineering software plan and budget forecast for each year and advise of any required deviations from the budget due to pending prospects or proposals
• Supervise technical proposal preparation by HoD including monitoring of staffing plans, staff utilization and Saudization targets
• Support BU Managers in prospect/proposal reviews
• Identify any specialized software or resources that are currently outside the company business plan that must be included in proposal or company overhead.
• Demonstrate Servant Leadership in day-to-day activities
• Develop and participate in key recruitment efforts to promote employee development and Saudization
• Manage direct reports including managing work allocation, training, mentoring, problem resolution, performance evaluation, and the building of an effective team dynamic.
• Responsible for evaluating the performance of personnel in department.
• Recommends training requirements, has the duty to keep the staff at the highest level of skill necessary to meet company needs and objectives, and may recommend that personnel be hired or removed from the Department
• Manage direct reports including managing work allocation, training, mentoring, problem resolution, performance evaluation, and the building of an effective team dynamic.
• Approves nominees, coordinates and manages engineering personnel while on exchange assignments to Parent company offices.
• Sponsor for Saudi Young Guns program

Skills / Qualifications

• Has experience in offshore industry or similar industry and has construction management experience on mega projects
• A minimum of Bachelor degree in Engineering and good knowledge of discipline codes of practice, standards, and statutory documentation. Solid grasp of discipline engineering practices and techniques and competent in planning, progress monitoring, forecasting, and reporting of discipline projects
• Must have thorough knowledge of engineering and construction practices relative to the discipline
• Minimum years of experience is 20 years
• Experience in a senior management role, collaborating with executive staff, resulting in the development and implementation of creative marketing strategies. Capable of representing Company internally up to board level and externally to senior management.
• Strong ethical standards
• High level of awareness and commitment to safety in all aspects of daily work
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
• Highly motivated and demonstrates personal initiative
• Be able to work independently
• Possesses integrity, strong work ethic, positive attitude, and is dependable
• Accountable for results
• Adaptable and flexible to the changing needs of projects
• Open attitude and willingness to learn and improve
• Strong team player, work well with supervisors, subordinates, peers, and Clients
• Excellent analytical and abstract reasoning skills, plus excellent organization skills

Company Overview

Wood is a global leader in the delivery of project, engineering and technical services to energy and industrial markets. We operate in more than 60 countries, employing around 60,000 people, with revenues of over $10 billion. We provide performance-driven solutions throughout the asset life cycle, from concept to decommissioning across a broad range of industrial markets, including the upstream, midstream and downstream oil & gas, power & process, environment and infrastructure, clean energy, mining, nuclear, and general industrial sectors. www.woodplc.com

Diversity Statement

We are an equal opportunity employer that recognises the value of a diverse workforce. All suitably qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective criteria and without regard to the following (which is a non-exhaustive list): race, colour, age, religion, gender, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or other characteristics in accordance with the relevant governing laws.