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Wood is currently looking for a Senior Instrument Engineer to join our team in Atyrau. We are looking for candidates with the drive and commitment to make a genuine difference to our performance to ensure that the company continues to differentiate itself from competitors by delivering quality projects to our client’s requirements.
Responsibilities:
- Responsible for design, specification and services related to control systems including basic process control systems, safety systems, control panels, analyzer systems, telecommunications, field instrumentation, and valves
- Under direct supervision, independently evaluates, selects, and applies standard engineering techniques, procedures, and criteria, using judgment in making minor adaptations and modifications
- With additional experience within one functional area, assists in the design of larger and more complex assignments which involve conventional types of plans, investigations and surveys with relatively few complex features for which there are precedents
- Job tasks, correctly performed, impact indirectly on cost containment, efficiency, profitability or operations
- Assignments usually include one or more of the following:
- Preparation of manhour estimates
- Progress reporting and planning
- Specification and procurement of field instrument actuated valves
- Preparation of construction scopes of work
- Provide technical direction for instrument designers
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Wood is currently looking for a Senior Instrument Designer to join our team in Atyrau. We are looking for candidates with the drive and commitment to make a genuine difference to our performance to ensure that the company continues to differentiate itself from competitors by delivering quality projects to our client’s requirements.
Responsibilities:
- Participate in mentoring and guidance of National designers
- Prepare project drawings and documents using the appropriate software.
- Check designs and drawings of the design team for accuracy and conformance to technical specifications and procedures
- Ensure all relevant specifications, codes, standards and procedures and technical instructions from engineering are being correctly applied
- Conduct site surveys and issue reports
- Ensure deliverables are completed within budget and time schedule.
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Wood is currently recruiting for a Senior Project Manager at Principal Consultant grade in one of our Bristol, Reading or London offices.
Our Senior Project Managers are accountable for the planning and execution of the project to achieve the client’s project objectives. This includes developing, leading and motivating the project team and championing high quality delivery and promoting a focus on health and safety. This role is responsible for leading the delivery of high value and/or complex projects involving multidisciplinary teams.
Key Responsibilities
- Preparing and maintaining definitions of the requirements of complex projects
- Developing the plans and strategies to successfully delivery the project objectives
- Selecting, developing and managing the project team
- Identifying, addressing and resolving differences between individuals and/or interest groups
- Leading, empowering and inspiring others to deliver successful projects
- Agreeing contracts for the provision of goods and/or services, monitoring compliance and managing variances
- Establishing and maintaining governance arrangements for the delivery of projects, defining clear roles, responsibilities and accountabilities, that align with organisational practice
- Engaging with stakeholders, taking account of their levels of influence and particular interests
- Preparing, gaining approval of, refining and updating business cases that justify the initiation and/or continuation of projects in terms of benefits, costs and risks.
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Wood is currently looking for an Instrument Engineer to join our team in Atyrau. We are looking for candidates with the drive and commitment to make a genuine difference to our performance to ensure that the company continues to differentiate itself from competitors by delivering quality projects to our client’s requirements.
Responsibilities:
- Responsible for design, specification and services related to basic process control systems, control panels, field instrumentation, and valves
- Under direct supervision, independently evaluates, selects, and applies standard engineering techniques, procedures, and criteria, using judgment in making minor adaptations and modifications
- With additional experience within one functional area, assists in the design of larger and more complex assignments which involve conventional types of plans, investigations and surveys with relatively few complex features for which there are precedents
- Job tasks, correctly performed, impact indirectly on cost containment, efficiency, profitability or operations
- Assignments usually include one or more of the following:
- Specification and procurement of field instruments and actuated valves
- Preparation of construction scopes of work
- Provide technical direction for instrument designers
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Wood is currently looking for an Instrument Designer to join our team in Atyrau. We are looking for candidates with the drive and commitment to make a genuine difference to our performance to ensure that the company continues to differentiate itself from competitors by delivering quality projects to our client’s requirements.
Responsibilities:
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Support the Senior Designer in department activities. Produce engineering deliverables in a timely and efficient manner
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Under direct supervision, prepare project drawings and documents from the basic data supplied, using the appropriate software
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Self check designs and drawings for accuracy and conformance to technical specifications and procedures
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Ensure all relevant specifications, codes, standards and procedures and technical instructions from engineering are being correctly applied
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Maintain drawing registers and ensure Document Management System is maintained to current procedures
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Conduct site surveys and issue reports when required
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Ensure no work is undertaken outside the original scope of work without approval from the Lead/Senior Designer
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Wood is currently looking for an Electrical Designer to join our team in Atyrau. We are looking for candidates with the drive and commitment to make a genuine difference to our performance to ensure that the company continues to differentiate itself from competitors by delivering quality projects to our client’s requirements.
Responsibilities:
- Performs layout and design work from the basic data supplied
- Under direct supervision, performs layout and design work from the basic data supplied. Applies advanced level techniques in computer design and standard design applications
- Job tasks, correctly performed, impact indirectly on cost containment, efficiency, profitability or operations
- Consequences of error are easily measured and can be confined
- Applies advanced level techniques in computer design and standard design applications
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Wood is currently looking for an Electrical Engineer to join our team in Atyrau. We are looking for candidates with the drive and commitment to make a genuine difference to our performance to ensure that the company continues to differentiate itself from competitors by delivering quality projects to our client’s requirements.
Responsibilities:
- Shall be conversant in preparation of engineering deliverables/activities such as single line diagrams, schematics, cable sizing calculations, Fault analysis, lighting calculations, equipment specification & selection, procurement support activities such as MR / TQ / TBE / Vendor Document Reviews, Hazardous area classification etc.
- Familiarity with any electrical softwares such as ETAP, EDSA, PTW or equivalent would be an advantage.
- Knowledge & application of International, local codes & standards
- Shall be capable of independently carrying out site surveys and prepare site survey reports
- Shall be conversant in preparation of Electrical work packs & also liaise with relevant inter-disciplines in case of composite work packs
- Liaising and co-ordinating with other discipline groups on specific projects to ensure deliverable are produced to meet desired quality, achieve deadlines and be within budget
- Producing and reviewing documents, study report and design calculations and ensuring conformance to engineering quality and competence.
- Performs work which involves conventional engineering practice but may include a variety of complex features such as conflicting design requirements, unsuitability of conventional materials and difficult co-ordination requirements.
- Provides technical guidance to designers and less experienced engineers.
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Wood is currently looking for a Senior Electrical Designer to join our team in Atyrau. We are looking for candidates with the drive and commitment to make a genuine difference to our performance to ensure that the company continues to differentiate itself from competitors by delivering quality projects to our client’s requirements.
Responsibilities:
- Participate in mentoring and guidance of designers
- Prepare project drawings and documents using the appropriate software
- Check designs and drawings of the design team for accuracy and conformance to technical specifications and procedures
- Ensure all relevant specifications, codes, standards and procedures and technical instructions from engineering are being correctly applied
- Conduct site surveys and issue reports
- Maintain drawing registers
- Ensure deliverables are completed within budget and time schedule
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Wood is currently looking for a Senior Electrical Engineer to join our team in Atyrau. We are looking for candidates with the drive and commitment to make a genuine difference to our performance to ensure that the company continues to differentiate itself from competitors by delivering quality projects to our client’s requirements.
Responsibilities:
- Liaising and co-ordinating with other discipline groups on specific projects to ensure deliverable are produced to meet deadlines and within budget constraints.
- Producing and reviewing documents, study report and design calculations and ensuring conformance to engineering quality and competence
- Performs work which involves conventional engineering practice but may include a variety of complex features such as conflicting design requirements, unsuitability of conventional materials and difficult co-ordination requirements
- Provides technical guidance to designers and less experienced engineers
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Wood is currently recruiting for a UK Statutory Reporting Accountant to ensure all regional reporting and compliance activities within the individual’s area of control are completed in an accurate and timely manner. This involves the completion of legal entity statutory accounts in line with deadlines and working closely with Group Finance to ensure that the audit process for UK legal entities are managed appropriately. The individual will also be involved in ensuring that each legal entity is compliant with company policies, and processes are well controlled. Further areas of involvement will extend to development of technical advice and legal entity closure.
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About Wood Nuclear & PPP:
Wood Nuclear is the Design and Engineering partner for Sellafield under the PPP (Programme and Project Partners). This is 20-year arrangement to deliver ~£7bn of major projects. We are identifying our best people to deliver this programme.
Sellafield are looking to adopt high value experience from across comparable highly complex regulated sectors and want to transform project delivery across its estate. Working in a fully collaborative environment, there are three core parts of the PPP scope: delivery of major projects, site-wide project delivery improvements and provision of supporting PPP services. Wood Nuclear provide the front-end design and engineering capability and services required to deliver major projects and site wide project delivery improvements. The programme will deliver innovation in solutions and schedule underpinning the decommissioning plan for the site.
Being part of the PPP Team offers a unique opportunity to be part of a team driving change and innovation in design and execution of engineering, safety and delivery solutions in one of the most complex industrial sites in the UK if not the world.
As a result of increasing demand for our services, there are significant opportunities for you, as a Senior Mechanical Designer to support a key project within the nuclear business.
The successful candidate will contribute to the delivery of development type work producing cutting edge mechanical equipment and testing rigs underpinning new technology and providing an excellent service to our customers.
Responsibilities
- Production of computer aided design drawings from concept level through to manufacturing detail, meeting relevant standards and our own expected high engineering standards and specifications
- Ensuring design deliverables meet required standards of accuracy and quality, that all drawings are appropriately verified and performing verification of colleagues’ drawings
- Working as part of a team with multi-disciplinary engineers and scientists – mechanical, electrical/C&I etc.
- Supporting other related activities across the Nuclear business including liaising with project management and directly with customers.
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Wood are looking for an experienced Resourcing Transition Manager for the nuclear business. This exciting and challenging opportunity is due to a mixture of growth on the back of major project wins, as well as an upcoming period of change.
- Lead and manage the recruitment team within the Wood nuclear division with a focus on change management and transition for 6 months or possibly longer
- Make sure the resourcing function continues to service the needs of the business through a major period of change
- Build relationships to effectively manage and work through tasks and issues that arise in this period of change
- Hands on management of day to day recruitment operations across locations and Business Units, as well as multiple Service Lines.
- Ensure that resourcing operations and process within area of responsibility are aligned to overall business and resourcing regional strategy and objectives
- Leads and maintains a resourcing service that implements high value solutions, maintaining strong understanding of best in class methods to attract, assess and select talent in assigned area of responsibility
- Delivers an ethical and customer focused resourcing service
- Acts as a partner to operational and functional leaders by understanding the specific business demand lookahead and operational business needs
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Wood is currently recruiting for a Chief Instrument Designer with extensive experience in theOil & Gas, Petrochemical or similar sector of the industry to provide support to our Client in the execution of projects.
Key Accountabilities & Responsibilities:
- Responsible for the administration, overall technical direction and co-ordination of all Instrument design work carried out by the design department
- Responsible for the overall performance of the design department and deliverable quality.
- Responsible for the development and technical competence of all personnel within instrument design group.
- Responsible for the technical quality of all design work produced by the Instrument design Office.
- Responsible for the issue and maintenance of technical procedures, practices and engineering design standards for the discipline.
- Responsible for adherence to Corporate, Client and National procedures, standards, codes and specifications.
- Responsible for project man-hour budgets, manpower management and maintenance of adequate levels of resources to meet project schedule requirements.
- Responsible for ongoing improvement of workflow processes to improve efficiency.
- Be familiar with the current application of computer systems to Wood PLC. business and endeavor to optimize their use and development within the project/department budget, both to solve technical problems and to promote the effective management of information. These systems will include the application of CAD, SP3D, SPEL, SPI, WEBDMS and Bluebeam
- Review scope of work document and prepare man-hour estimates, activity schedule and duration for proposals.
- Attend project kick off meetings.
- Produce BDEP, DE, EPC and EPCM design man hour estimates.
- Ensure scope of work to be executed matches that in the Project specification/PEP or the proposal documents as appropriate.
- Review of Master Project schedule to establish correctness of sequence of operations, activities, deliverables, key dates and time intervals.
- Review planning schedule for logic, the issue of other discipline key drawings, vendor equipment drawings and sub-contract requisitions to identify potential difficulty, which may result from the schedule.
- Correlate all design manpower requirements for each assigned Project and submit the appropriate report to the Chief Instrument Engineer.
- Assist the Chief Instrument Engineer with the recruitment of personnel as required.
- Review all projects regularly for present and future design manpower requirements and ensure optimization.
- Assist the Chief Instrument Engineer in appraising personnel's performance (IPAS) and identifying training requirements.
- Ensure personnel receive correct instruction on the Wood PLC standard procedures and systems
- Assign work to designated Instrument Designers.
- Review progress reports for assigned Projects against the Project schedule and allocated budgets with the Engineering and Design Office Manager. Co-ordinate corrective action required to rectify divergences. Follow up to ensure that action taken is effective.
- Monitor and maintain acceptable levels of productivity commensurate with quality and consistency of work.
- Appraise regularly design reviews of items of technical complexity.
- Ensure that all Instrument design office work, project document control functions and procedures comply with and satisfy Quality Assurance requirements i.e.
- Plan and execute technical audits.
- Project Quality Plan
- The applicable Engineering Design and Draughting Standards
- Wood PLC and/or Project procedures on Quality Control
- Review audit report in conjunction with the Chief Instrument Engineer and follow up to ensure any corrective action required has been taken.
- Fulfill the duties of the Lead Instrument Designer on the assigned project in the absence of the Lead instrument designer.
- Ensure that the results of development work and experience gained on other projects are fully utilized in discipline activities and included in technical records.
- Suggest ways of improving efficiency and services and reducing costs.
- Initiate a training plan for junior staff and track progress.
- Provide coaching and mentorship to instrument design group.
- Co-ordinate all designer site activities and ensures technical quality in all site related activities such As Building.
- Act as mentor to students during experiential training period. Provide assessments/reports as required by the respective institute.
- Responsible for ensuring that Wood PLC contract procedures on safety and quality control are followed.
- Perform any other duties assigned by the Chief Instrument Engineer.
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Wood is currently looking for a Senior Mechanical Engineer to strengthen our team in Basra. The successful candidates must reside in the Basra, there is no rotation associated with this position.
- Provide mechanical engineering support to the business.
- Provide mechanical engineering input to scope definition and execution.
- Coaching and mentoring as delegated.
- Adhere to and comply with relevant discipline specific procedures and provide feedback for continuous improvement.
- Participate in audits and incident investigations as required.
- Ensure self-awareness of relevant regulatory framework, legislation changes, initiatives and industry technology developments.
- Executing assigned personal objectives.
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Wood is currently recruiting for a Senior Piping Engineer with extensive experience in the oil and gas petrochemical industry. There is no rotation associated with this position and as such, we can only consider applications from local Iraqi nationals residing in Basra and surrounding areas.
- To promote safe behaviour at all times.
- To ensure that all work is completed without compromise to quality and is delivered according to the project schedule.
- To liaise with the Client’s Engineering, Operations and Maintenance staff as required to ensure a consistent approach to project completion.
- To produce and verify piping engineering and design deliverables as and when required.
- To co-ordinate with other disciplines during all stages of design development, construction, pre-commissioning, and start-up.
- To provide technical support to site as required.
- To assist in the coordination of all activities related to Piping engineering and design.
- To identify any areas of concern with respect to progress and/or quality and recommend corrective actions as required.
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Wood is currently looking for a Senior Project Engineer to strengthen our team in Basra. The successful candidates must reside in the Basra, there is no rotation associated with this position.
- To deliver clearly defined and complete engineering packages and procurement services including detailed project Scopes of Work, project Specifications, Construction Work Packs procurement of required and other supporting services as required for successful execution of the project by the client execution materials.
- To have single-point responsibility for managing identified project interfaces and ensure that all applicable.
- information is captured to enable the execution contractor to implement a project design, with manageable brownfield integration risk.
- To manage Technical Queries during the execution process, and coordinate responses.
- To manage assessment of all Bidder Exceptions and Clarifications received during the procurement process and ensure that all items are closed out prior to completion of Technical Bid Evaluation Report.
- To ensure that the overall project is delivered to meet the asset operational needs.
- To participate in all project safety and design reviews as necessary.
- To ensure that all work is completed without compromise to quality and is delivered according to the project schedule.
- To drive interface management, liaising with the Client’s Engineering, Operations and Maintenance staff as required to ensure a consistent approach to project completion.
- To promote safe behavior at all times.
- To ensure that own actions plus those of the project team are conducted in accordance with the HSE management system.
- To have single point responsibility for the efficient delivery of the project within schedule, cost, and quality standards.
- To develop the project Scope of Work in order to define the required deliverables. ·
- To ensure that effective business controls are applied throughout the project on behalf of the client and in accordance with stated requirements. Controls will apply to all HSE, commercial, financial, quality, integrity, and schedule issues.
- To be responsible for the management of all project reporting, interface definition and management, plus liaison with Client project engineers.
- To ensure that technical integrity is fully maintained and that all deviations to project standards/procedures are formally recorded and approved.
- To identify cost or schedule reduction opportunities during evaluation of EPC Tenders and ensure that these are pursued wherever appropriate.
- To be responsible for the management of project audit reports on behalf of the client and ensure that all audit action items are closed-out in a timely manner.
- To be responsible for the management of project audit reports on behalf of the client and ensure that all audit action items are closed-out in a timely manner.
- To be responsible for highlighting and resolving project issues at the earliest opportunity.
- To exercise control over manpower and material resources in order to complete the project within budget, schedule, quality, and HSE requirements.
- To promote a planning – execute – measure – feedback methodology in project engineering.
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Wood is currently recruiting for a Senior Instrument (PACO) Engineer with extensive experience in the oil and gas petrochemical industry. There is no rotation associated with this position and as such, we can only consider applications from local Iraqi nationals residing in Basra and surrounding areas.
- To promote safe behaviour at all times.
- To provide technical assistance, direction, and support to the construction and installation activities for all PACO works.
- To provide technical support to the Out-of-Country PACO Engineering team.
- To liaise with the Client’s In-Country PACO Team.
- To liaise with the Client’s local Operations and Maintenance staff.
- To oversee site contractors during installation and commissioning activities.
- To accurately interpret Site Survey Scope of Work documents as prepared by the Out-of-Country PACO engineering team.
- To perform site survey and data gathering visits to various Client assets as defined in the Site Survey SOW.
- To produce a site survey report, inclusive of photographs and sketches, on completion of every site visit and issue to the Out-of-Country PACO engineering team.
- Provide input to construction estimates as and when required.
- To generate PACO deliverables for In-Country engineering projects
- Review design documents, provide constructability input to designs and resolve constructability challenges.
- Provide Construction Method Statements and input to Engineering as required
- Ensure that Service Orders are raised on Specialist Vendors and that mobilisation dates are scheduled in line with planned dates.
- Ensure that Fabrication Purchase Orders are raised in line with scheduled dates.
- Ensure that all Materials, Tools and Equipment, including those of Specialist Vendors are mobilised in line with planned dates.
- Provide input to Asset Plans as required.
- Interface with other coordinators to develop the most economical construction methods and techniques.
- Trouble-shooting the design, identifying and resolving issues with engineering and/or fabricator by raising and resolution of Site/Technical Queries.
- Liaise with Construction Supervisors on day to day issues.
- Completing and reviewing as-built documentation.
- To attend daily/weekly progress meetings and generate status reports for the In-country focal point.
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Wood is currently looking for Senior Electrical Engineer to strengthen our team in Basra. The successful candidates must reside in the Basra, there is no rotation associated with this position.
Primary Role:
- To promote safe behaviour at all times.
- To carry out electrical engineering activities as directed by the project Lead Electrical Engineer.
- Conduct field surveys, study maps, layouts, diagrams, identify electrical equipment and collect data related to power system installations.
- Inspect completed installations and observe operations, to ensure conformance to design, specifications and compliance with operational and safety standards.
- Direct and coordinate construction, installation, maintenance, and testing & commissioning activities to ensure compliance with specifications, codes, drawings and customer requirements.
- To produce and review site mark-up, as-built drawings, & documents, specifications, data sheets, schedules, study reports, and design calculations; retrieval of drawings and vendor documents.
- To participate in project safety or design reviews meeting as required.
Principal Responsibilities:
- To liaise with the Client’s Engineering, Operations and Maintenance staff and Installation contractor as required to ensure a consistent approach to project completion.
- To provide technical support to site in terms of material inspection, retrofitting, conditioning assessment of electrical equipment, like MV/LV Motors, Transformers, Switchgears, MCC, AC/DC UPS; witness Site Acceptance & Factory Acceptance Testing, etc.
- To liaise and coordinate with other engineering disciplines for right interfacing and installation of electrical equipment.
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Wood is currently recruiting for an Integrity Advisor on 5x3 rotational basis for the ExxonMobil project located in Iraq.
The contract is for 1 year, renewable annually based on business needs.
- Serves as subject matter expert and point of contact for materials and corrosion related issues and provide risk based stewardship of integrity management programs
- Provide technical leadership to Operations and Maintenance, to maintain integrity of all pressure equipment, tanks, piping systems and pipelines including monitoring/analyzing/reporting of corrosion and inspection data
- Provide training and mentoring of technical staff on the general subject of materials, corrosion, and integrity, as well as on WQIFOD integrity programs
- Support integrity engineers to perform integrity related corrosion mitigation, inspections, monitoring and surveillance
- Lead development and implementation of risk based maintenance plans for pressure equipment (including piping) and pipelines
- Develop and issue periodic reports for the integrity group
- Coordinate periodic integrity reviews with Operations and Maintenance
- Coordinate chemicals management contractor to optimize chemicals program
- Support cathodic protection system installation, design, commissioning; Lead development and implement surveillance and maintenance of systems
- Technical Support to Operations
- Coordinate fitness for service and failure analyses and recommend appropriate repair plans and material selections
- Provide technical reviews as part of the Management of Change system (related to materials, corrosion protection, etc)
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Wood is currently recruiting for a Surface Technical - Machinery Advisor on 4x4 rotational basis for the ExxonMobil project located in Iraq.
The contract is for 1 year, renewable annually based on business needs.
- Serve as subject matter expert and champion for machinery integrity and reliability at WQ1FOD
- Train and mentor WQ1FOD engineers in the area of machinery
- Develop and update machinery engineering tools, guides, and specifications as required
- Support machinery surveillance activities, troubleshooting efforts and root cause failure analyses
- Participate in development of machinery surveillance programs (lube oil analysis, vibration monitoring, KPI and tracking, performance assessments, etc.)
- Support inspection and testing activities at vendor shops and worksites
- Participate in machinery risk assessments
- Support shutdown planning and execution activities related to machinery scopes
- Support development and maintenance of machinery maintenance planning
- Evaluate and qualify machinery supplier facilities
- Oversee the activities of engineering contractors and machinery suppliers
- Conduct technical reviews as part of the Management of Change system
