Senior Project Engineer

About the Role
Support the safe, efficient, and high-quality delivery of Pre-FEED, FEED, Detailed Design, and EPCM projects in the oil and gas sector. As a Senior Project Engineer, you will work as a key project engineering interface across disciplines and functions, coordinating multi-disciplinary engineering efforts to ensure safe, reliable, and cost-effective project execution. You will support the Project Manager and Project Engineering Manager in driving technical integration, engineering governance, delivery performance, and timely resolution of project issues, promoting strong engineering, safety, risk management, and execution practices throughout the project lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities

• Coordinate FEED/Detail engineering activities across disciplines (process, mechanical, piping, civil, structural, electrical, instrumentation) to deliver in-scope packages.
• Act as a key interface between project management, engineering disciplines, project controls, procurement, construction, commissioning, vendors, and the customer.
• Review and approve design bases, drawings, specifications, datasheets, and technical queries.
• Support development and maintenance of project execution plans, engineering schedules, deliverable registers, resource plans, action trackers, interface registers, and project reporting.
• Monitor engineering progress, schedule performance, resource usage, and emerging scope issues; identify risks and support timely recovery and mitigation actions.
• Coordinate technical reviews and ensure interdisciplinary inputs, comments, and actions are resolved and closed according to project requirements.
• Support management of engineering change, scope growth, and technical queries, ensuring appropriate assessment, documentation, and escalation.
• Coordinate and participate in key design and assurance reviews including HAZID, HAZOP, SIL, Constructability, and Value Engineering workshops as applicable.
• Ensure project engineering activities comply with applicable codes, standards, project procedures, customer requirements, QA/QC processes, and HSE expectations.
• Support review and coordination of drawings, datasheets, specifications, models, calculations, and other engineering deliverables to maintain technical integrity and interface alignment.
• Coordinate vendor and supplier technical interfaces and support procurement activities, technical bid evaluations, vendor documentation, and resolution of technical queries.
• Support construction, commissioning, start-up, and close-out activities, including technical issue resolution, as-built documentation, and handover requirements.
• Prepare and contribute to project progress reports, dashboards, risk reviews, forecasts, and management presentations.
• Maintain effective communication with customers and internal stakeholders, proactively driving actions to closure and escalating constraints where required.
• Support proposal development, engineering estimates, execution planning, and technical presentations during bid and tender activities.
• Promote continuous improvement, standardization, lessons learned, innovation, and appropriate use of digital engineering and project delivery tools.

Experience

• 15+ years of experience in the oil and gas industry, with substantial experience supporting FEED, Detailed Design, and/or EPCM project delivery.
• Demonstrated experience in a Senior Project Engineer, Project Engineer, Lead Engineer, or comparable multidisciplinary project delivery role.
• Experience coordinating multidisciplinary engineering teams and interfaces on major capital projects.
• Experience in upstream and/or downstream oil and gas facilities, including engineering and project delivery across multiple disciplines.
• Proven experience with brownfield projects in live operating facilities, including tie-ins, shutdown scopes, debottlenecking, revamp, and production enhancement work, is strongly preferred.
• Experience supporting projects for Middle East operators, particularly within UAE, Iraq, and Oman, is strongly preferred.
• Experience delivering projects for ADNOC Group companies is highly desirable.
• Previous experience with a major EPC/EPCM contractor delivering oil and gas projects is strongly preferred.
• Experience supporting FEED-to-EPC transitions and maintaining continuity of technical and project requirements through execution is advantageous.
• Experience working in multi-office or workshare delivery environments is advantageous.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a related engineering discipline from an accredited university.
• Professional membership or registration such as Chartered Engineer or Professional Engineer is desirable.
• Project management, engineering management, HSE or discipline-specific professional qualifications are advantageous.

Technical Skills

• Strong understanding of FEED, Detailed Design and EPCM delivery processes and multidisciplinary engineering interfaces.
• Working knowledge of relevant oil and gas codes and standards, including ASME, API, ISO, NFPA, and IEC, as applicable.
• Good understanding of project planning, scheduling, progress measurement, cost control, forecasting, and earned value principles.
• Strong awareness of scope management, engineering change control, risk management, and project governance.
• Ability to review and coordinate complex multidisciplinary engineering deliverables and identify interface, constructability, and execution risks.
• Experience with modern engineering systems and digital delivery tools such as SmartPlant, AVEVA, Hexagon, BIM/3D model review platforms, and digital workflows is advantageous.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-support capability with a practical delivery focus.

Soft Skills

• Leadership & Mentorship: Ability to guide and develop engineering teams.
• Communication: Clear, concise communication with clients, management, and technical teams.
• Problem Solving: Proactive identification and mitigation of project and technical risks.
• Project Management: Planning, scheduling, risk management, and deliverable tracking.
• Influence & Collaboration: Effective collaboration with clients, vendors, and internal teams.
• Adaptability: Thrives in dynamic, fast-paced project environments.
• Attention to Detail: Rigorous approach to design reviews and documentation.
• Safety Mindset: Commitment to health, safety, and environment (HSE) standards.

What We Offer:

• Opportunities for professional development and career advancement.
• Engaging and collaborative work environment with a commitment to safety and sustainability.