Job Description

Overview / Responsibilities

Wood is recruiting for a Senior Project Engineer to support delivery of engineering excellence in their assigned project(s). They will be required to coordinate and deliver the engineering for an assigned project scope to a schedule and in accordance with applicable procedures, specifications and standards.

Ideally the candidates should have demonstrable background in Oil & gas projects with a particular focus on Control, Instrumentation and Electrical.

For the roles available it is preferable for the project engineers to have specialisation or experience in delivering one of the following:

• C&I and Electrical:
• Implementation of new or upgrades to existing control systems or electrical systems

The opportunity will be based at our client office in Hessle, near Hull, ideally on a fixed term basis.

Job Duties/Responsibilities:

The responsibilities for this role can vary considerably depending on scope and size of Project, the typical responsibilities are shown below.

• A strong and developed sense of health and safety within the working environment and in the design process
• Contribute and participate in the maintenance of safe working practices and the assessment and mitigation of safety issues through effort and reviews in design
• Lead multi-discipline work packages in accordance with the requirements of quality and environmental management systems qualified to ISO standards
• Be able to manage work scope and interfaces between all engineering disciplines to ensure the successful delivery of assigned work packages
• Act as a focal point for discipline leads for multi-discipline issues that require expediting or resolution
• Organise, attend, chair, contribute and prepare reports for safety reviews and other multidiscipline meetings
• Collate actions and expedite the closure of the outstanding actions with appropriate design disciplines
• Good working knowledge of, standards, specifications and procedures
• Understand project execution and work sequences, relating this to schedule and budget; managing and reporting against these, maintaining the highest level of quality in deliverables and activities
• Understand, control and forecast work area activities against schedule and deliverables at a work division and individual basis
• Integration of design schedule to procurement and/or fabrication schedules
• Prepare and check scope of work specifications, project procedures and project reports
• Approval of deliverables delegated by Project Manager or Engineering Manager
• To monitor and review engineering progress with Project Services and Engineering disciplines
• To review engineering budgets and performance and initiate control measures including adjustments to manning levels
• To monitor receipt and review cycle for vendor documents and identify any problem areas
• To represent engineering at Procurement status meetings
• To assist with development of Design Change Notices
• To assist with the development of, and approval of, Engineering Queries
• To assist with responses to site queries
• Able to fulfil role of Engineering Coordinator on small to medium size project
• Managing plant changes in a safe and compliant manner
• Demonstrable experience of delivery through full project life cycle
• Proactive nature to help drive projects forward taking accountability and communicating with client teams to drive delivery
• Be flexible to ensure focus and support on clients priorities whilst managing good project controls

Skills / Qualifications

C&I and electrical project engineering experience preferably in the following:

• Implementation of new or upgrades to existing control systems or electrical systems.
• Managing plant changes
• Demonstrable experience of delivery through full project life cycle
• Proactive nature to help drive projects forward taking accountability and communicating with client teams to drive delivery
• Be flexible to ensure focus and support on clients priorities whilst managing good project controls

Company Overview

Wood is a global leader in consulting and engineering, helping to unlock solutions to critical challenges in energy and materials markets. We provide consulting, projects and operations solutions in 60 countries, employing around 35,000 people.

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.