Senior Engineering Manager

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Senior Engineering Manager

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 Job Title: Senior Engineering Manager – Offshore Project

KBR Abu Dhabi PMC Team is currently looking to fill a position of Senior Engineering Manager for an Offshore Project to be based in UAE (Abu Dhabi) as soon as the administrative processes are completed, will then relocate to Spain Office and then return to Abu Dhabi.

Position Summary

The Senior Engineering Manager is responsible for leading and coordinating all engineering activities for the UZ Islands Offshore Project, ensuring safe, cost-effective, and timely delivery from concept through detailed design, procurement, construction, commissioning, and handover. The role provides technical leadership across multidisciplinary teams and serves as the primary engineering interface with the client, contractors, and project stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

Engineering Leadership

• Manage and coordinate all engineering disciplines including Process, Mechanical, Piping, Structural, Civil, Electrical, Instrumentation, Telecom, and HSE.
• Establish engineering execution plans, schedules, and resource requirements.
• Ensure engineering deliverables meet project objectives, client specifications, industry standards, and regulatory requirements.
• Lead engineering design reviews, HAZID, HAZOP, SIL, constructability, and operability studies.

Project Management Support

• Work closely with the Project Director and Project Manager to achieve project milestones.
• Monitor engineering progress and identify risks, opportunities, and mitigation measures.
• Support project budgeting, forecasting, and change management processes.
• Review and approve contractor and vendor engineering deliverables.

Stakeholder Management

• Act as the principal engineering focal point for the client and external stakeholders.
• Coordinate interfaces between offshore facilities, subsea systems, water injection packages, utilities, and supporting infrastructure.
• Facilitate alignment between engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning teams.

Technical Assurance

• Ensure compliance with international offshore oil and gas standards (API, ASME, IEC, DNV, ISO, etc.).
• Drive engineering quality assurance and technical governance processes.
• Review technical queries, deviations, concessions, and engineering change requests.
• Support commissioning, start-up, and operational readiness activities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Chemical, Electrical, or related discipline).
• Master's degree preferred.
• Chartered Engineer or equivalent professional certification is advantageous.

Experience

• 20-25+ years of oil and gas experience with major offshore EPC/EPCM projects.
• Proven experience as Engineering Manager on offshore developments.
• Strong background in offshore brownfield interfaces.
• Experience managing multidisciplinary engineering teams across international locations.
• Familiarity with ADNOC, Middle East, or Caspian offshore projects is highly desirable