Job Description
Discipline Department Manager ndash Mechanical Engineering
HeadNorth are proud to partner with our global EPCM client on a number of senior level appointments within their leadership team in the Middle East.
With a reputation and track record for delivering on some of the oil and gas industries largest projects our client are currently undergoing a period of transition to continue to develop and continuously improve their business operations and delivery. With this in mind they are currently seeking a senior management level individual to join them to oversee their mechanical engineering discipline department based in Abu Dhabi on a permanent residential status basis.
The role itself will involve
- Taking a leadership role within the mechanical function and in the setup and delivery of key projects including on and offshore subsea infrastructure and pipelines and platform infrastructure and facilities from concept to completion and handover to client
- Mentoring and managing a number of mechanical engineers up to 50 in the delivery of front end engineering through project execution for mechanical package HVAC and static equipment
- Ensuring that the competencies and capabilities of the department are reflective of the requirements for upcoming and ongoing project delivery
- Allocation of workload based on requirements skills and experience
- Interfacing with other disciplines and department managers
- Continuous improvement of working practices methods and processes
- Commercial management of the function including budget control
- Providing technical insight and assurance on key projects for delivery
- Identify and manage new subcontractors and vendors as required
- Input and advice into stage gate reviews on key projects ensuring the senior leadership within the department have support from you as a functional leader
To be considered for this position you will have had exposure in the delivery and management of the mechanical engineering attributes of major upstream EPC oil and gas projects with a CAPEX spend of upwards of 500m to 1BN and in the operational management and mentoring of large teams of up to 50 discipline aligned engineers. You will have a proven track record as a senior lead principal engineer within your discipline on major EPC projects will have commercial insight and proven leadership and team management exposure. In addition it is required that you have a degree qualification in a related subject.
The company are in a position to offer a leadership position within their senior engineering management team and are looking for individuals who are seeking a permanent position within the UAE and have really thought through the desire to move to country and associated cultural and economic and career development factors in making this move. Should this interest you please contact us for more information and provide your CV complete with insights around your discipline engineering expertise key projects worked on and your leadership department or team management exposure.
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