Lead Electrical Engineer

Overview / Responsibilities

Wood is currently recruiting for a Senior Electrical Engineer with extensive experience working on late life assets to join their Core Engineering Team. 12 Months Fixed Terms Staff position based in Dubai on a residential basis. UK Candidates are preferred for this role.

Contributing to the delivery of Engineering excellence through:

Executing assigned scopes of work.

Supporting and supervising task delegation to team.

Providing discipline expertise to the business.

People:

Coaching and mentoring as delegated.

Manage and supervise direct reports.

Process Ownership:

Adhere to and comply with relevant discipline specific procedures and provide feedback for continuous improvement.

Participate in audits and incident investigations as required.

Subject Matter Expertise:

Technically competent in own discipline and actively maintains own competence according to standards and pursues continuous professional development.

Provide discipline support to the business.

Ensure self-awareness of relevant regulatory framework, legislation changes, initiatives and industry technology developments and promote to direct reports.

Provide discipline input to scope definition and execution.

Deputising for principal as required.

Supporting and supervising tasks delegated to direct reports

Executing assigned personal objectives

Management of third party suppliers in the execution of Engineering delivery.

Internal:

• Establish and maintain effective working relationships and communicate across the project/contract interfaces.
• Engage with inter-discipline community and promote discipline including: networking / knowledge sharing.
• External:

Establishing and / or maintaining an awareness of external stakeholders including: industry bodies, academia, vendors, client interface (as appropriate and requested).

Skills / Qualifications

MSc, MEng or equivalent professional qualification or BSc, BEng or equivalent with extensive relevant experience.

Chartered Engineer or recognised equivalent experience.

Minimum Experience:

Demonstrable balance of industrial experience at relevant level and position.

Role-Specific Skills:

• Intellectually capable, can substantiate the ability to apply theory in a practical context.
• Professional demeanour, interpersonal skills.
• Able to demonstrate a level of team working skills.
• Enthusiastic, conscientious and keen to learn.

Flexible with a can-do attitude.

Company Overview

Wood is a global leader in engineering and consultancy across energy and the built environment, helping to unlock solutions to some of the world’s most critical challenges. We provide consulting, projects and operations solutions in more than 60 countries, employing around 40,000 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.