About this role
Remarkable people, trusted by clients to design, build and advance the world.
Wood is currently recruiting for Principal Mechanical Engineer with significant experience in the Oil, Gas and/or Petrochemical industries, having held both operational facing and EPC roles. Candidates shall have experience of working closely with clients and vendors.
The role is required to work under the Engineering Manager to support the execution of scopes across all Project phases (Concept to Start-up) based within our Hull office, where we recognise the value of hybrid working.
Job Objectives
Contributing to technical delivery of engineering excellence through:
- Executing assigned scopes of work
- Providing discipline expertise to the business.
- Uses technical knowledge to perform engineering assignments and produce engineering deliverables including complex problems.
- Creates and reviews designs, drawings, specifications, and other engineering deliverables involving both existing and new technology and applications
- Requires mature professional knowledge in planning and conducting assignments having scope for coordination of difficult tasks.
- Problems presented involve new concepts and new and varied issues that demand technical expertise, increased innovations, or considerable modifications of precedents.
Contributes to the delivery of Engineering and Operational excellence through:
- Executing assigned scopes of work.
- Supporting and supervising task delegation to team.
- 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.
- Relevant experience in operational and maintenance engineering.
- Ability to work on own initiative and highlight areas of production risk due to equipment vulnerability.
- Supporting and supervising tasks delegated to direct reports.
- Executing assigned personal objectives
- Self-motivated and pro-active with good written and verbal communication skills to be able to pass on information
Our Clients and Projects
Designing the future. Transforming the world.
Within our Digital Operations team, our clients are operators of critical energy infrastructure as well as specialist manufacturing and pharmaceuticals, who are committed to maintaining safe and effective operational assets worldwide. Our work supports every stage in the asset lifecycle, but particularly focussing on the integrity of engineering data in digital solutions as well as optimising existing assets through our engineering expertise. We advise clients as they navigate through the digital and energy transition.
What we can offer
- Meaningful and interesting projects delivered to leaders of industry across the Energy sector for a variety of digital asset projects
- Flexible working arrangements that balance client, team and individual needs offering hybrid and remote working where relevant
- Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion; we are an organisation actively committed to diversity and inclusion across our business
- Competitive renumeration package with regular reviews to ensure we are rewarding at the right level in line with the market
- Flexible benefits package inclusive of 33 days annual leave (including public holidays),plus the potential for one additional ‘flex day’ per month. Further benefits include a generous contributory pension scheme, private medical cover, 4x base salary life insurance; all of these and more that can be adapted to suit your own lifestyle
- 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
Other facts
About Wood PLC
Wood is a global leader in consulting and engineering, delivering critical solutions across energy and materials markets. We provide consulting, projects and operations solutions in 60 countries, employing around 35,000 people.
What you'll do
- The Principal Mechanical Engineer will execute assigned scopes of work and provide discipline expertise to ensure engineering excellence. They will create and review designs and engineering deliverables while supporting team task delegation.
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