Lead Technical Safety Engineer
Wood
Date: 14 hours ago
City: Abu Dhabi
Contract type: Full time

Job Description
Remarkable people, trusted by clients to design and advance the world.
The Role
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Lead Technical Safety Engineer with a proven track record in ensuring compliance with safety regulations, conducts risk assessments and developing safety strategies for industrial projects for a high-profile client.
Our Clients and Projects
Designing the future. Transforming the world.
Across EMEA, our teams are providing solutions and expertise to support our growing client base, focused on combining maintenance and operations with asset management, modifications and engineering services across the energy and materials markets.
We are focused on growth and our strategy is centered around building partnerships with our clients across the three regions: UK, Norway and the Middle East and Africa.
What We Can Offer
Key Accountabilities and Responsibilities:
Skills And Qualifications
What makes you remarkable?
At Wood, we are committed to equal opportunities and welcome all talented individuals to consider joining our team. So even if you don't match every statement below but feel you have some of the experience, knowledge or skills needed for this role, we encourage you to apply. It will take all of us working together to deliver solutions to the world’s most critical challenges.
Expected
Wood is a global leader in consulting and engineering, helping to unlock solutions to critical challenges in energy and materials markets. We provide consulting, projects and operations solutions in 60 countries, employing around 35,000 people. www.woodplc.com
Diversity Statement
We are an equal opportunity employer that recognises the value of a diverse workforce. All suitably qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective criteria and without regard to the following (which is a non-exhaustive list): race, colour, age, religion, gender, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or other characteristics in accordance with the relevant governing laws.
Remarkable people, trusted by clients to design and advance the world.
The Role
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Lead Technical Safety Engineer with a proven track record in ensuring compliance with safety regulations, conducts risk assessments and developing safety strategies for industrial projects for a high-profile client.
Our Clients and Projects
Designing the future. Transforming the world.
Across EMEA, our teams are providing solutions and expertise to support our growing client base, focused on combining maintenance and operations with asset management, modifications and engineering services across the energy and materials markets.
We are focused on growth and our strategy is centered around building partnerships with our clients across the three regions: UK, Norway and the Middle East and Africa.
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 organisation 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
- Identifying potential risks through HAZID, HAZOP, SIL, and LOPA studies.
- Developing safety philosophies, safety distances, and technical safety reports.
- Ensuring compliance with local and international safety standards like OSHA, NFPA, IEC, and API.
- Conducting audits to verify adherence to safety protocols.
- Designing fire protection systems and safety equipment layouts.
- Coordinating with engineering teams to integrate safety measures into project designs
Key Accountabilities and Responsibilities:
- Discipline engineer in one or more integrated in-house /contractor teams handling multiple project responsibilities
- Execute technical work for FEED and Detailed Designs (designs, specifications, drawings, etc.) within designated CTR scopes
- Maintain excellent HSE performance throughout the engineering phase of the project life cycle.
- Implement, practice and Monitor Quality Management System (QMS) in FEED office projects in line with ISO 9001-2015 and API Q2 2nd edition requirements
- Carry out appropriate discipline and inter discipline checks and reviews of engineering and design work
- Contribute to the development of execution contracting strategies that compliment designs, construction methods and operating methods
- Remain engaged in design issues and decisions throughout construction, commissioning and start-up
- Create demonstrable value for customers by understanding their drivers and critical success factors
- Capture/apply internal and external learning’s and incorporate improvements
- Deliver continuously improving performance, benchmarked as top tier in the industry
- Time write correctly each week
- Ensure own discipline engineering and design work are successfully delivered and appropriate reviews conducted
- Ensure quality of technical work and the technical integrity, functionality, constructability, safe operation and reliability of designs
- Involved in multiple engineering reviews and provide sound design inputs
- Contribute to excellent HSE performance throughout the engineering phase of the project life cycle
- Maintain effective interfaces and relationships within/between disciplines, and peers in other EP Projects teams and Assets
- Emphasize on Development of young TSE engineers
- Provide guidance and advice on Technical Safety matters in a consistent manner in line with that agreed within the team
Skills And Qualifications
What makes you remarkable?
At Wood, we are committed to equal opportunities and welcome all talented individuals to consider joining our team. So even if you don't match every statement below but feel you have some of the experience, knowledge or skills needed for this role, we encourage you to apply. It will take all of us working together to deliver solutions to the world’s most critical challenges.
Expected
- Minimum 15 years' experience and 6 years in EPCM/ EPC experience
- Bachelors in engineering degree or equivalent
- Experience in the middle east is preferred
- Be a team player where recognition of team performance as a whole is a greater priority than projecting individual contribution
- Be able to work in a team environment and handle multiple project responsibilities
- Assuring that work and project promises are successfully delivered and appropriate reviews have been conducted
- Establishing and maintaining engineering processes, systems and tools (software)
Wood is a global leader in consulting and engineering, helping to unlock solutions to critical challenges in energy and materials markets. We provide consulting, projects and operations solutions in 60 countries, employing around 35,000 people. www.woodplc.com
Diversity Statement
We are an equal opportunity employer that recognises the value of a diverse workforce. All suitably qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective criteria and without regard to the following (which is a non-exhaustive list): race, colour, age, religion, gender, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or other characteristics in accordance with the relevant governing laws.
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