Company Overview
Wood (Amec Foster Wheeler) is a global leader in engineering and consultancy across energy and the built environment, delivering projects and operations solutions in over 60 countries with 35,000 employees. Visit us at *************
Job Summary
Lead engineering delivery on projects by managing multi-discipline teams, ensuring compliance with contract requirements, schedules, and quality standards while coordinating with clients and stakeholders to drive successful project outcomes.
Responsibilities
- Lead proactive engineering interface between Wood’s engineering team and the Client to ensure alignment and timely issue resolution
- Manage timely delivery of engineering work compliant with contract requirements, including scope, specifications, codes, and standards
- Communicate effectively with Lead Engineers, Client, Department Management, Project Manager, and other key stakeholders to coordinate engineering activities
- Ensure engineering team understands and complies with confidentiality and secrecy agreements
- Generate and oversee Discipline Design Instructions (DDI) to guide technical work at discipline level
- Verify engineering deliverables and document formats meet Quality Plan standards
- Develop and implement the Package Management Strategy for the project
- Approve assigned engineers as Authorized Engineers to meet project requirements
- Monitor and ensure accurate forecasting of deliverables and revisions in the Document & Deliverable Matrix (DDM)
- Coordinate setup and use of Engineering Systems and Information Management to maintain data quality and flow
- Define engineering organization structure with Discipline Managers and secure manpower according to the agreed manpower plan
- Control and monitor the engineering budget in collaboration with Project Control and Lead Engineers
- Develop, agree, and manage detailed engineering schedules aligned with overall project milestones, implementing remedial actions as needed
- Ensure engineering work follows applicable procedures, specifications, codes, standards, and Wood’s health, safety, environmental, and quality policies
- Identify and enforce project-specific engineering procedures listed in the Project Execution Plan (PEP)
- Oversee timely engineering reviews and closure of review actions
- Manage technical assurance and integrity issues within the engineering team
- Coordinate local authority permitting activities and appoint Permit Coordinator to manage permitting processes and responsibilities
- Identify and manage all engineering interfaces throughout project delivery
- Monitor engagement levels and enforce appropriate Inter-Discipline Checks (IDCs) to ensure quality and integration
- Develop comprehensive Workshare arrangements with High Value Execution Centres or other centers per contract requirements
- Conduct regular engineering meetings with Lead Engineers and relevant functions to drive engineering progress
- Incorporate constructability considerations into design to support smooth construction execution
- Ensure all engineering documents and flow diagrams are checked, approved, and compliant with the Quality Plan
- Report material quantities accurately, including slippage, to support procurement, commissioning, and construction activities per PEP timing
- Allocate preparation of miscellaneous documents to appropriate specialist groups following Discipline Manager guidelines
- Implement mechanisms for identifying potential contract changes or scope deviations and oversee preparation of scope and man-hour estimates for such changes
- Ensure Lead Engineers maintain accurate and up-to-date Document Management System (DMS) records
- Foster a culture of Safety by Design by defining safety goals, managing hazards and residual risks, and ensuring adherence to Safety by Design procedures
- Facilitate progressive lessons learned discussions with Discipline Leads to revise procedures and resolve major issues
- Report project compliance issues to Discipline Manager and seek resolution support
- Manage Field Engineering Team to provide necessary engineering inputs to construction activities while maintaining technical integrity
- Serve as primary client contact for engineering matters in the field, minimizing technical query escalation to Home Office
- Provide technical interpretations, clarifications, and decisions on engineering queries; refrain from instructing contractors on changes without Resident Construction Manager authorization
- Act as Site Change Coordinator administering the Engineering Change Control System for contract changes
- Ensure field personnel produce properly marked-up “AS-BUILT” drawings per contract requirements and manage their revision and issuance to Home Office
Required competencies and certifications
- Degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Chemical, or related discipline)
- Minimum 12 years’ experience in refinery, petrochemical, chemical, power, or pharmaceutical projects
- Proven leadership in design and engineering teams for FEED, PMC, and EPCM projects
- Strong knowledge of engineering procedures, specifications, and standards
- Ability to lead and motivate multi-discipline teams
- Familiarity with local permitting requirements