Principal Project engineer

Requisition ID
2023-121719
Work Location
IN-TN-Chennai
Department / Discipline
Project Engineering
Position Type
Staff / Permanent

Overview / Responsibilities

Wood is currently recruiting for a Principal Project Engineer with extensive experience in the oil and gas petrochemical industry.

  • Ensure that the content and objective of the Health, Safety, Environmental and Quality Policy and the Information Security policies are implemented and understood by all supervised staff.
  • Scope and contract compliance within an allocated sub-area of a project.
  • Discipline coordination, cross-discipline problem resolution, expediting and general facilitation of the delivery of the Engineering scope to schedule, within assigned sub-area
  • Production of assigned Project Engineering deliverables assuring their technical quality
  • Seamless coordination with IEC
  • An Area Project Engineer will be assigned to a geographical area of a major project with responsibility for coordination of the engineering of several Process Units or Facilities
  • Within assigned area, the Area PE is the key point of contact for the client and Foster Wheeler personnel for any issues arising within the area. The Area PE shall be fully familiar with scope within assigned area and accountable for progress, hold points, coordination and achieving the project schedule for that area.
  • Activities and deliverables of all assigned Project Engineers
  • Execution in line with area man-hour budget plus approved changes

Skills / Qualifications

  • Ability to check engineering deliverables in a multi-discipline task force based engineering environment (Essential)
  • Experience in FEED and EPC engineering execution including Field Engineering in Project execution (Desirable)

Company Overview

Wood is a global leader in consulting and engineering, helping to unlock solutions to critical challenges in energy and materials markets. We provide consulting, projects and operations solutions in 60 countries, employing around 35,000 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.

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