Wood Plc Qatar Careers 2023 Apply For Senior Technical Safety Engineer Jobs In Doha, Qatar

Wood has an opportunity for a Senior Technical Safety Engineer to join our team in Qatar on a staff basis. This is a key role within the Wood Doha office delivering across EPC, PMC, FEED, Pre-FEED, Concept and Feasibility scopes of work. In this role, you will be responsible for the execution of project work in accordance with the project execution plan, including Wood and/or Project Procedures on Safety and Quality Control within the man-hour, cost and the project schedule targets. 

Reflecting the market focus for the office in both brownfield and green field opportunities, multi-skilled personnel are sought, in particular those with experience in: 

• Onshore Oil and Gas 
• Offshore Oil and Gas 

Responsibilities 

• Use techniques, spreadsheets, databases and proprietary software as necessary to perform safety study assessments and generate project deliverable documents, including production, checking and approval as required
• Preparation of design deliverables including philosophies, reports, studies, specifications, data sheets, drawings, etc whilst following all applicable operational procedures
• Coordinating and liaison with other engineering disciplines as necessary in the preparation and development of the deliverables and ensuring that other disciplines’ input is incorporated
• Ensure compliance with relevant specifications as well as applicable national/ international regulations, codes and standards
• Responsible for the review and approval of vendor documentation as applicable to the discipline
• Ensuring Purchasing and Estimating Departments have technical information for obtaining costs and availability of Technical Safety equipment and materials
• Maintain effective interfaces between the Technical Safety project team and other disciplines’ teams, Client representatives and other third parties as required
• Represent the Technical Safety discipline internally and externally on design issues they are involved in
• Provide progress reporting and forecasting input to the Lead Technical Safety Engineer as required
• Follow standard working procedures and ensure that compliance with relevant QA/QC systems is achieve.

Skills / Qualifications / Experience 

• Degree in appropriate engineering subject
• Minimum 10-15 years of experience in similar role.
• Experience of safety engineering in the offshore oil and gas industry
• Experience of office working and of working within a project team
• Experience of participation in project design reviews such as HAZID, ENVID and/or HAZOP
• Ability to use Technical Safety software pertinent to design reviews (e.g. DNV Phast & Safeti, Gexcon Shell FRED & Shepherd, Sunrise Pipenet, Schlumberger Flaresim)
• NGL experience is an additional advantage.

Applicants are required to:

• Be available for work in Doha, Qatar in January 2023
• Be a self-motivated, proactive individual with high achievement drive and initiative, excellent verbal and written communication skills and good organisational awareness
• Confidently deliver assigned scopes of work independently / remotely from technical leadership personnel, with minimal guidance and direction
• Take accountability for own targets
• Have demonstrable experience of working within a small project office, supporting cross discipline activities beyond their core discipline
• Be willing and able to represent Wood in both onshore and offshore surveys, holding relevant certification or willing to undertake suitable training such as BOSIET and H2S Awareness
• Demonstrate a competent level of written and spoken communication skills in the English language

Wood is recruiting for a Senior Project Engineer to join our team in Qatar on a long-term basis. This is a key role within the Wood Doha office delivering across study, FEED, EPC and PMC scopes of work. In this role, you will be responsible for the execution of project work in accordance with the project execution plan, including Wood and/or project procedures, maintaining Safety and Quality within the manhour, cost and project schedule targets.

Reflecting the market focus for the office in both brownfield and greenfield opportunities, multi-skilled personnel are sought, in particular those with experience in:

• Onshore Oil and Gas
• Offshore Oil and Gas

Responsibilities

• Champions both Wood and client Health, Safety, Environmental and Quality cultures. Leads by example in ‘raising the shield’, demonstrating the ‘courage to intervene’. Ensures that procedures are followed and that a high standard of safety and quality is achieved in all associated work
• Supports delivery of project and engineering excellence in support of the Project and Engineering Managers on assigned project scopes
• Takes ownership of assigned project scope and activities, ensuring timely delivery to the satisfaction of both internal and external customers in accordance with the applicable procedures, work practices, specifications and standards
• May be appointed as the Proposal, Study or Project Manager with guidance from more senior management for small to medium sized scopes of work
• Coordinates activities, collaborating with the Lead Engineers, engineering disciplines and supporting departments to ensure tender and/or project scopes are correctly interpreted and deadlines met with
• Management and coordination of multidiscipline engineering scope, inputs and deliverables across multiple geographic locations including specialist and high-volume engineering centres
• Ensures that the Engineering disciplines comply strictly with the contract and scope of work in completing project activities
• Ensures the quality of project and engineering deliverables before issue to customer, taking responsibility for the approval of key deliverables as required
• Takes responsibility for the coordination and development of key project and multi-discipline deliverables such as the Project Execution Plan, Project Plans / Procedures, Basis of Design, Subcontract Scopes of Work, Design Reviews, Study Reports, Project Trackers / Lists and project plans
• May be required to take responsibility of other key multi-discipline deliverables such as the equipment list and weight control schedule
• Coordinates the development of method statements, deliverable lists, manhours, CTRs and risk in support of both tender and project scopes
• Takes responsibility for schedule, manhours, key milestones and coordination of medium sized engineering projects in accordance with the established policies, procedures, systems, and requirements approved by the Wood and the customer
• Ensures that the project is delivered in the correct sequence, highlighting and managing risk if works are completed out of sequence
• Expected to be fully conversant with the scope of work assigned, managing project action registers and risk. Is familiar with and across technical and project issues
• Chairs and minutes technical and project review meetings with customers, vendors, subcontractors and other third parties, managing technical and project issues through to completion
• Takes a leading role in project reviews, design reviews and audits to ensure that they are completed as per Wood and customer expectations
• Holds and minutes weekly progress meetings with discipline engineers, ensuring that ownership is assigned and actions are driven to closure in a timely manner
• When delegated, acts as the day-to-day contact and communication with the client to maintain client satisfaction
• Manages interfaces with third parties to ensure availability of input for completion of engineering deliverables in accordance with the project schedule
• Leads site surveys and data gathering activities for brownfield scope of work, taking responsibility for development of the site survey report
• Support the project and engineering managers in flagging project and technical risks, taking responsibility for related actions and close out of such

• Undergraduate degree in an engineering discipline with a minimum of 10 years of relevant experience
• Enrolled on the Register of Engineers in the State of Qatar as a Grade A or B Engineer desirable
• Ideally candidates will have further education and certification in the field of Project Management, PMP or APM for example
• Must have good working experience of the Microsoft Office applications in the development of documents, presentations, trackers and schedules etc
• Is a self-motivated, proactive and highly driven individual with high standards, attention to detail and capable of demonstrating initiative
• High level of commercial aptitude and awareness. Should be able to interpret and follow the Contract whilst raising potential delays, change and commercial matters to the Project and Engineering Managers in good time
• Must be an excellent communicator, being a leader in the success of multi-discipline team delivery. Motivates teams in a positive manner to ensure a proactive approach in the delivery of timely solutions
• Highly experienced with risk and change management across the full project lifecycle, ideally having exposure to both design and site works. Highlights and quantifies change when it impacts the work
• Must have excellent multidiscipline coordination skills with experience of resolving complex technical issues and conflict, whilst being able to prioritise and plan work logically
• Experience of working in a variety of projects and contract scopes, including greenfield and brownfield, on and offshore, Pre-FEED through to EPC, with a focus on offshore upstream.
• Experienced across multiple project phases such as Concept/Feasibility, Pre-FEED, FEED, Detailed Design, Procurement, Construction, Commissioning, Star-Up and Warrantee
• Site experience in the Construction and Commissioning phase is desirable and would be of benefit
• Experienced with project design and technical reviews, such as HAZID, P&ID, HAZOP, SIL, LOPA, Plot Plan, 3D Model Stage Reviews, SAFOP, QRA, etc
• Experience developing and managing multi-discipline deliverables such as equipment lists and weight control is desirable
• Experienced with the interpretation of complex scopes of work, contracts, schedules and engineering deliverables such as P&IDs and Plot Plans
• Demonstration of customer focus and ability to respond to customer needs whilst achieving project and corporate objectives
• Ideally has experience with Qatar O&G customer standards and local regulatory requirements, including Shell DEPs, Qatar Civil Defence requirements for DC1 and DC2, Qatar Construction Standards, etc
• Builds collaborative teams and leading by example in the demonstration of Wood’s core values
• Has experience of guiding and mentoring other project and discipline engineers in the delivery of work scope
• Display analytical and innovation skills to manage scopes of work
• Experience of project cost control and planning systems

Applicants are required to:

• Be available for work in Doha, Qatar from September/October 2022
• Confidently deliver assigned scopes of work independently / remotely from management whilst leading others, with minimal guidance and direction
• Take ownership of scopes of work, coordinating the engineering disciplines and supporting functions to deliver successful outcomes
• Have demonstrable experience of working independently / remotely from technical leadership personnel (although functional leadership will be within the Doha office).
• Have demonstrable experience of working within a small project office, supporting cross discipline activities beyond their core discipline
• Be willing and able to represent Wood in both onshore and offshore surveys, holding relevant certification or willing to undertake suitable training such as BOSIET and H2S Awareness.
• Must have a proficient level of both written and spoken communication skills in the English language, able to interpret and disseminate complex scope and contract documents

Reflecting the market focus for the office in both brownfield and greenfield opportunities, multi-skilled personnel are sought, in particular those with experience in:

• Onshore Oil and Gas
• Offshore Oil and Gas

Key Responsibilities

• Champions both Wood and client Health, Safety, Environmental and Quality cultures. Leads by example in ‘raising the shield’, demonstrating the ‘courage to intervene’. Ensures that procedures are followed and that a high standard of safety and quality is achieved in all associated work.
• Execute Projects in accordance with corporate practices and Project procedures
• Act as focal point for construction engineering services
• Interface closely with client construction representatives to ensure client interests are being accommodated
• Clearly define and communicate the project objectives and organization to the Project team
• To document lessons learned and to review/implement lessons learned from other Projects

• Champion the development of effective Construction Procedures, Strategies and HES plans which support the overall project goals.
• Support the Project Execution and Business goals through planning, recruitment and management of construction scope during engineering and design phase
• Supporting the proposal team with cost and schedule estimates, and working effectively with internal engineering and support groups, customers, suppliers and subcontractors.
• Leading constructability reviews through pre-FEED and execution phase of the project
• Providing construction input to the project throughout the engineering phase.
• Developing the project construction strategy, execution planning and contracting strategy.
• Developing installation sequencing, schedule timings and resource requirements.
• Preparing project specific site procedures and work practices as required.
• Assisting with construction feasibility and method studies.
• Supporting development of the project logistic strategy relevant to heavy and out of gauge

Skills / Qualifications / Experience

• Undergraduate degree in an engineering discipline with a minimum of 15 years of relevant experience and 5 years of decommissioning experience
• Demonstrable experience in oil and gas construction and decommissioning engineering throughout project lifecycle in particular Pre-FEED and FEED stage
• Offshore experience is essential
• The ability to communicate effectively at all levels both within and outside of the organisation and across different cultures.
• Wood presentation and report writing skills.
• Proven abilities in leadership, engaging, developing, and motivating teams in a challenging environment
• Able to make decisions and drive decision processes
• Working knowledge of relevant legislation, codes and standards with the ability to manage contractors

Applicants are required to: 

• Be available for work in Doha, Qatar from September/October 2022 
• Have demonstrable experience of recruitment within their discipline, including interviewing, candidate selection and team building within small discipline teams. 

• Have demonstrable experience of working independently / remotely from technical leadership personnel (although functional leadership will be within the Doha office). 
• Have demonstrable experience of working within a small project office, supporting cross discipline activities beyond their core discipline 
• Be willing and able to represent Wood in both onshore and offshore surveys, holding relevant certification or willing to undertake suitable training such as BOSIET and H2S Awareness.  
• Demonstrate an effective level of written and spoken communication skills in the English language