Senior Engineering Manager
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Location: Houston, TX 77084
Description:
Job Description
Remarkable people, trusted by clients to design and advance the world. The Senior Engineering Manager drives the delivery of engineering excellence in the,
assigned business grouping through driving and assuring delivery excellence in engineering across Operations Americas. Accountable for functional management and development of engineering resources and governance of engineering practices and procedures.
The Senior Engineering Manager will provide leadership to Engineering leaders and have oversight of the performance of all engineering within the Operations Americas business. The Senior Manager leads by example, consistently displaying and enforcing Woods values and behaviors, role modeling commitment to the highest standards of safe and ethical behavior and creating an inclusive work environment.
Responsibilities
Qualifications
Knowledge, skills and experience:
About Us
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.
Remarkable people, trusted by clients to design and advance the world. The Senior Engineering Manager drives the delivery of engineering excellence in the,
assigned business grouping through driving and assuring delivery excellence in engineering across Operations Americas. Accountable for functional management and development of engineering resources and governance of engineering practices and procedures.
The Senior Engineering Manager will provide leadership to Engineering leaders and have oversight of the performance of all engineering within the Operations Americas business. The Senior Manager leads by example, consistently displaying and enforcing Woods values and behaviors, role modeling commitment to the highest standards of safe and ethical behavior and creating an inclusive work environment.
Responsibilities
- Drive HSSEA culture and performance
- Ensure Engineering integrity is maintained across work scopes through driving and embedding a commitment to technical excellence throughout engineering teams
- Drive continual focus on process safety through the engineering function
- Drive elimination of technical incidents through robust controls, incident reviews and embedding lessons learned and best practice from across the organization in the engineering team
- Ensure proposals and work scopes are resourced with suitably qualified and competent personnel in line with Wood policies and procedures and customer requirements
- Maximize utilization of engineering resources to minimize non-productive time and manage overhead budget
- Determines and plans for requirements within the Engineering functions to deliver current and future projects, preparing short and medium-term workforce plans to identify number and mix of resources required to meet demand forecast
- Ensure that Engineering Managers manage their discipline scope effectively in line with company policies and procedures and within the requirements of contracts signed by clients
- Establish and continuously improve engineering systems and tools required by the engineering group to deliver cost effective and competitive engineering execution
- Act as a sponsor for allocated projects
- Identifies gaps within the technical skill set and pursues opportunities to upskill
- Identify and pursue opportunities for margin enhancement including through HVEC utilization
- Provide support to the business development process to identify and win new work
- Support strengthening and deepening the use of HVEC operations in project execution
- Provide engineering input to proposals to demonstrate capability and identify appropriate key engineering resources
- Provide technical input to bids and bid reviews including identification and support of subject matter experts
Qualifications
- Bachelors (minimum) or Masters (preferred) degree in relevant engineering discipline or equivalent professional experience
- Professional registration/license or equivalent
Knowledge, skills and experience:
- Extensive broad and deep experience of engineering delivery in one or more relevant industry sectors
- Experience and understanding of all engineering tools and processes
- Broad understanding of the business drivers for relevant industry sector customers
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Able to anticipate and balance the needs of multiple stakeholders
- Ability to think strategically and undertake activities in support of long-range workforce planning
- Experience in driving results and influencing change
About Us
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.