PMC Senior Construction Engineer - Offshore
Employer not yet confirmed · Abu Dhabi, UAE · onsite
The Role
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced PMC Senior Construction Engineer for all Offshore activities, ensuring projects are completed on time, within budget, and according to quality and safety standards for a high-profile client.
Our Clients and Projects
Designing the future. Transforming the world
Wood's Oil, Gas & New Energies business is built on a strong legacy of delivering large and complex projects for national and international energy companies across the globe. We have experienced teams, a proven delivery model and a strong reputation.
We are the market-leading provider of integrated and innovative solutions that challenge the status-quo in the oil and gas upstream and midstream, onshore and offshore, gas to liquids and decarbonization and electrification markets. We pride ourselves in steady and predictable delivery, setting our sights on an exciting growth trajectory.
Energy security, transition and supply have never been more important. You, our enabling teams, are at the very forefront of transformative projects that are providing sustainable power to generations to come. We are the ones to bring low-carbon concepts to reality.
What we can offer
- Meaningful and interesting projects: Delivered to high profile clients across the Energy Sector
- Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion: We are an organization actively committed to diversity and inclusion across our business
- Competitive remuneration package: With regular reviews to ensure we are rewarding at the right level in line with the market
- Medical Insurance: Ensures inpatient, and outpatient medical care is available should you require treatment
- Group Life and Personal Accident Insurance: The company provides Life Assurance cover
- End of Service Gratuity: In line with UAE Labor Law, all employees are eligible for an End of Service benefit
- The Employee Share Plan: Gives you the opportunity to purchase Wood shares and receive a match from the company
- Long Service Award: Wood values the commitment and loyalty of our people. Celebrating Long Service provides an opportunity for the business to demonstrate their appreciation of the hard work, dedication and many years’ service of our employees at 5 year service milestones
- Commitment to continued professional development: Development plans that are tailored to your individual needs and interests
- Global connections: Join experts around the world who are at the leading edge of our industry, shaping the standards of our profession
- Energy Transition Academy: Join a community of experts sharing your knowledge and gaining more exposure to a variety of existing and emerging energy systems – delivered by experts in their field
Job Objective
The Senior Construction Engineer – Offshore is responsible for monitoring, supervising, and coordinating offshore construction, installation, modification, and commissioning-readiness activities on behalf of the Project Management Consultancy (PMC) for ADNOC offshore projects.
The role ensures that EPC contractors, offshore installation contractors, and subcontractors execute construction activities in accordance with approved engineering drawings, project specifications, ADNOC standards, contractual requirements, applicable international codes, and stringent offshore HSE requirements.
The position provides technical construction oversight for offshore platforms, jackets, topsides, pipelines, subsea interfaces, brownfield modifications, equipment installation, structural works, piping systems, and associated facilities, as applicable to the project scope. The role coordinates offshore execution with fabrication yards, marine operations, engineering, procurement, QA/QC, HSE, commissioning, and operations teams to ensure safe and efficient project delivery within approved schedules, quality requirements, and offshore operational constraints.
Offshore Construction and Installation Supervision
- Monitor and supervise offshore construction and installation activities undertaken by EPC contractors and offshore installation contractors in accordance with approved project plans and ADNOC requirements.
- Oversee installation and construction of offshore platforms, jackets, topsides, modules, structural steel, piping systems, mechanical equipment, cable trays, electrical and instrumentation systems, and associated facilities, as applicable.
- Monitor offshore structural installation, equipment setting, piping installation, tie-ins, reinstatement, and modification works.
- Verify that offshore construction activities are performed in accordance with approved IFC/AFC drawings, construction procedures, method statements, risk assessments, and applicable project specifications.
- Monitor contractor mobilization, offshore personnel deployment, construction equipment readiness, work-front availability, and offshore resource utilization.
- Conduct offshore site inspections and walkdowns to verify construction progress, workmanship, access readiness, and compliance with approved technical documentation.
- Identify constructability issues, engineering discrepancies, access constraints, and installation challenges and coordinate their resolution with the relevant project teams.
- Ensure construction activities are properly sequenced and coordinated with marine operations, vessel movements, lifting activities, and offshore operational requirements.
- Monitor contractor compliance with approved installation procedures, temporary works requirements, and structural and equipment installation tolerances.
- Escalate critical technical, execution, HSE, quality, and schedule issues to the PMC Construction Manager.
Offshore Planning, Progress Monitoring, and Schedule Control
- Monitor offshore construction progress against approved baseline schedules, installation plans, key milestones, and contractual completion dates.
- Review contractor daily reports, offshore work plans, look-ahead schedules, manpower deployment, equipment utilization, and productivity data.
- Coordinate with the PMC Planning and Project Controls teams to validate reported progress and forecast completion of offshore construction activities.
- Identify critical-path activities, offshore work-front constraints, engineering delays, material shortages, and installation bottlenecks.
- Monitor construction activities affected by weather windows, sea conditions, vessel availability, offshore access restrictions, and operational shutdown requirements.
- Review contractor recovery plans and recommend mitigation measures to protect offshore installation and project completion milestones.
- Ensure offshore activities are coordinated with fabrication completion, load-out, transportation, heavy-lift campaigns, pipeline installation, and commissioning schedules, as applicable.
- Participate in daily offshore coordination meetings, weekly construction progress meetings, and project review sessions.
- Provide accurate construction progress updates, risk assessments, outstanding issues, and mitigation plans to the PMC Construction Manager.
- Monitor productivity and resource deployment to ensure offshore work is completed efficiently within the available installation windows.
Offshore HSE and Operational Safety
- Ensure offshore construction activities comply with ADNOC HSE policies, applicable UAE regulations, project HSE plans, offshore safety procedures, and approved contractor work practices.
- Monitor compliance with offshore permit-to-work (PTW) systems, job safety analyses (JSAs), risk assessments, toolbox talks, and task-specific safety requirements.
- Ensure construction teams understand and comply with offshore emergency response arrangements, muster procedures, evacuation requirements, and installation-specific safety rules.
- Monitor critical activities such as heavy lifting, working at height, dropped-object prevention, confined-space entry, hot