Head of Department - Civil Structural Architectural (Onshore & Offshore)
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About the Role
Wood seeks an experienced Head of Department to lead Civil, Structural, and Architectural engineering teams for onshore and offshore projects. The role drives engineering excellence, governance, and capability development, requiring 25+ years of experience in mega projects and 5+ years as Head of Discipline.
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Responsibilities
- Drive HSSEA culture and performance across the discipline team
- Ensure engineering integrity and compliance throughout all work scopes
- Provide appropriate discipline resources to projects and deliver work in line with company procedures and customer requirements
- Manage and optimise discipline resource utilisation against workload demand and overhead budgets
- Support business development activities to identify and secure new work
- Provide line management to direct reports, including performance management, objective setting, career development, and remuneration input
- Develop, maintain, and improve discipline processes, procedures, manuals, and intellectual property
- Support project delivery assurance through reviews and governance activities
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in a relevant engineering discipline
- Minimum 25 years of experience in Onshore and Offshore Mega Projects (Capex over 2 billion USD)
- Minimum 5 years of experience in the role of Head of Discipline
- Experience in ASSESS, Pre FEED, FEED and Detailed Design stages
- Deep knowledge in ASCE, ACI, AASHTO, ISO Codes and Middle East Clients' Specifications
- Experience working with ADNOC, Qatar Energy, KNPC, KOC, BGC, BP and Shell
- Working knowledge of Topography Survey, Geotechnical Investigations, Architecture, Offshore Structural Engineering
- Expert level understanding of discipline engineering tools, processes, and technologies
- Strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills
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The Role
- This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Head of Department with a proven track record in leading and managing the discipline engineering department, ensuring the successful execution of projects and alignment with company goals for a high profile client.
Our Clients and Projects
- Wood's Oil, Gas & New Energies business delivers large and complex projects for national and international energy companies.
- We are the market leading provider of integrated and innovative solutions in oil and gas upstream and midstream, onshore and offshore, gas to liquids and decarbonization and electrification markets.
What We Can Offer
- Meaningful and interesting projects delivered to high profile clients across the Energy Sector
- Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
- Competitive remuneration package with regular reviews
- Medical Insurance covering inpatient and outpatient care
- Group Life and Personal Accident Insurance
- End of Service Gratuity in line with UAE Labor Law
- Employee Share Plan
- Long Service Award at 5 year milestones
- Commitment to continued professional development
- Global connections with experts around the world
- Energy Transition Academy
The Key Objectives For This Role Are
- Accountable for driving engineering excellence within the Civil, Structural and Architectural teams for both Onshore and Offshore Projects across the region
- Ensure consistent, safe, and high quality delivery of engineering services, effective governance of discipline practices, and development of engineering capability
- Provide functional leadership to Lead Discipline Engineers of both onshore and offshore projects and maintains oversight of all discipline engineering activities within the business
- Serve as a subject matter expert, supporting continuous improvement and technical excellence across the wider organisation
- Expected to role model the company’s values and behaviours, demonstrating the highest standards of safety, ethics, and inclusivity
Engineering Delivery & Performance
- Drive HSSEA culture and performance across the discipline team
- Ensure engineering integrity and compliance throughout all work scopes
- Maintain a strong focus on process safety and eliminate technical incidents through robust controls and lessons learned
- Support technical assurance activities, including audits and incident investigations
- Provide appropriate discipline resources to the projects and deliver work in line with company procedures and customer requirements
- Manage and optimise discipline resource utilisation against workload demand and overhead budgets
- Support workforce planning activities, including short term and annual resource forecasting
- Collaborate with other discipline managers to develop discipline inputs into engineering execution plans
- Establish, maintain, and continuously improve discipline engineering systems, tools, and processes to ensure cost effective and competitive execution
- Identify and promote innovation opportunities and emerging technologies within the discipline
- Identify opportunities for margin improvement and efficiency enhancement
Strategy, Development & Business Support
- Support business development activities to identify and secure new work
- Review Proposal Manhours for your discipline and optimise
- Provide discipline input to proposals in collaboration with other discipline leads
- Support and strengthen workshare strategies across engineering centres
People & Capability Management
- Set the vision and strategic direction for the Discipline Engineering Group under guidance from the Engineering Director
- Provide line management to direct reports, including performance management, objective setting, career development, and remuneration input
- Ensure recruitment, development, and succession planning to meet current and future business needs
- Implement and maintain discipline competence assurance frameworks
- Identify skills and capability gaps and organise appropriate training or development plans
- Build an inclusive, diverse, and high performing team culture
Governance, Policies & Procedures
- Develop, maintain, and improve discipline processes, procedures, manuals, and intellectual property in line with company policies and regulatory requirements
- Provide guidance on applicable codes, standards, legislation, and regulatory compliance
- Maintain discipline software tools in alignment with corporate policies
- Support project delivery assurance through reviews and governance activities
- Implement continuous improvement through structured change management
Authority & Influence
- Decisions significantly impact technical quality, financial performance, and project outcomes
- Authority over recruitment, development, and performance management of discipline resources
- May hold responsibility for discipline overhead budgets, including training and professional development
Working Relationships
- Internal: Engineering Managers, Other Discipline Managers, Project Managers and Contract Managers, Engineering Centres and Workshare Teams, Technical Networks and Communities of Practice
- External: Customers and Clients, Engineering Software Vendors
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