Opportunities in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Wood is currently recruiting for an experienced PMC Senior Automation & Control Engineer for ADNOC Gas to join us and make an impact within our Oil, Gas & New Energies business.

Due to the nature of the projects and client expectation, the position will be at client office in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

The Role

• The PMC Senior Automation & Control Engineer is responsible for providing technical leadership, engineering assurance, and oversight of Automation, Instrumentation & Control Systems throughout FEED, detailed engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and start-up phases of major Oil & Gas projects.
• The position will monitor and review the EPC Contractor's engineering activities and deliverables, ensuring compliance with project specifications, client requirements, standards, applicable international codes, approved design philosophies, quality requirements, schedule, and HSE objectives.

Our Clients and Projects

Designing the future. Transforming the world

Wood's Oil, Gas & New Energies business is built on a strong legacy of delivering large and complex projects for national and international energy companies across the globe. We have experienced teams, a proven delivery model and a strong reputation.

We are the market-leading provider of integrated and innovative solutions that challenge the status-quo in the oil and gas upstream and midstream, onshore and offshore, gas to liquids and decarbonization and electrification markets. We pride ourselves in steady and predictable delivery, setting our sights on an exciting growth trajectory.

Energy security, transition and supply have never been more important. You, our enabling teams, are at the very forefront of transformative projects that are providing sustainable power to generations to come. We are the ones to bring low-carbon concepts to reality.

What we can offer

• Meaningful and interesting projects: Delivered to high profile clients across the Energy Sector
• Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion: We are an organization 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
• Medical Insurance: Ensures inpatient, and outpatient medical care is available should you require treatment
• Group Life and Personal Accident Insurance: The company provides Life Assurance cover End of Service Gratuity: In line with UAE Labor Law, all employees are eligible for an End of Service benefit
• The Employee Share Plan: Gives you the opportunity to purchase Wood shares and receive a match from the company
• Long Service Award: Wood values the commitment and loyalty of our people. Celebrating Long Service provides an opportunity for the business to demonstrate their appreciation of the hard work, dedication and many years’ services of our employees at 5-year service milestones
• 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
• Energy Transition Academy: Join a community of experts sharing your knowledge and gaining more exposure to a variety of existing and emerging energy systems – delivered by experts in their field

Autotomation & Control Engineering

• Lead and provide technical assurance for Automation and Control engineering activities.

• Review and approve EPC Contractor engineering deliverables related to:

• DCS / ICSS

• PLC and SCADA systems

• ESD / SIS

• Fire & Gas systems

• HIPPS, where applicable

• Control system architecture

• Cause & Effect diagrams

• Control narratives and philosophies

• I/O lists and instrument indexes

• Alarm and trip philosophy

• Logic diagrams and functional specifications

• Sequence and interlock diagrams

• System configuration and database documents

• Communication and network architecture

• Ensure automation systems are designed for safe, reliable, maintainable, and efficient plant operation.

• Review interfaces between control systems, package units, electrical systems, and other plant systems.

PMC / EPC Contractor Management

• Monitor and manage EPC Contractor progress for Automation & Control engineering activities.
• Review contractor deliverables, technical submissions, calculations, specifications, and design documents.
• Identify engineering gaps, technical risks, delays, and non-conformities and recommend corrective actions.
• Ensure engineering deliverables are completed in accordance with the approved project schedule.
• Participate in technical meetings, progress meetings, design reviews, HAZOP/HAZID, SIL assessments, model reviews, and interface meetings.
• Review and respond to technical queries, deviations, concessions, and requests for information.
• Coordinate with the Client/IPMT, EPC Contractor, OEMs, vendors, Operations, Maintenance, and other engineering disciplines.

Control System & ICSS

• Provide technical oversight of DCS, SIS/ESD, F&G, PLC, SCADA, and associated automation systems.
• Review system architecture, redundancy, availability, cybersecurity interfaces, communication networks, and system capacity.
• Review control logic, sequences, interlocks, permissives, trips, alarms, and shutdown functions.
• Ensure proper integration of packaged equipment control systems with the main plant ICSS.
• Review Modbus, OPC, Ethernet/IP, Profibus, Foundation Fieldbus, IEC 61850, or other applicable communication interfaces.
• Verify that automation systems meet project functional and operational requirements

Safety Instrumented Systems

• Participate in SIL assessments and review SIL-related engineering deliverables.
• Review SRS, logic diagrams, cause & effect, voting arrangements, shutdown philosophy, and proof-test requirements.
• Ensure compliance with IEC 61508 / IEC 61511 and project requirements.
• Review SIS/ESD/F&G interfaces and cause-and-effect implementation.

Vendor & Package Equipment Coordination

• Review vendor documentation for control and automation packages.
• Coordinate with DCS, SIS, F&G, PLC, compressor, turbine, pump, analyzer, metering, and other package vendors.
• Review vendor drawings, data sheets, functional specifications, communication requirements, and interface documents.
• Participate in technical bid evaluations and vendor clarification meetings.
• Monitor vendor document submissions and close technical comments.

Testing, Commissioning & Start-Up

• Review and witness FAT, I-FAT, SAT, and other system testing activities.
• Verify control logic, alarms, trips, interlocks, sequences, and cause & effect functionality.
• Support pre-commissioning, commissioning, loop checking, functional testing, and system integration.
• Review test procedures and results and ensure punch-list items are properly closed.
• Provide technical support during start-up and troubleshooting of automation systems.

Quality, Standards & Compliance

Ensure compliance with:

• ADNOC standards and project specifications
• IEC standards
• ISA standards
• IEC 61508 / IEC 61511
• API standards, where applicable
• NFPA requirements, where applicable
• Client engineering standards and approved philosophies
• Applicable UAE statutory and regulatory requirements

Interface Management

• Coordinate Automation & Control interfaces with Process, Instrumentation, Electrical, Mechanical, Piping, Telecom, Cybersecurity, and Operations disciplines.
• Resolve multidisciplinary technical issues and interface discrepancies.
• Ensure consistency between process design, instrumentation, control philosophy, cause & effect, and automation implementation.
• Participate in interdisciplinary design reviews and constructability reviews.

Technical Reporting

• Prepare technical review comments, engineering status reports, progress reports, and technical recommendations.
• Track engineering deliverables, comments, approvals, and outstanding actions.
• Escalate critical technical, quality, cost, and schedule issues to PMC management.
• Maintain effective technical documentation and engineering records.

What makes you remarkable

At Wood, we are committed to equal opportunities and welcome all talented individuals to consider joining our team. So even if you don't match every statement below but feel you have some of the experience, knowledge or skills needed for this role, we encourage you to apply. It will take all of us working together to deliver solutions to the world’s most critical challenges.

• Bachelor of Science degree in Instrument, Electrical or Electronics Engineering
• Minimum 15+ years of relevant Automation, Instrumentation & Control experience for a senior PMC position.
• Significant Oil & Gas experience, preferably in major upstream, gas processing, LNG, refinery, or petrochemical projects.
• Proven experience in FEED, EPC, PMC, commissioning, and/or operational environments.
• Strong experience with DCS, SIS/ESD, F&G, PLC/SCADA, and ICSS.
• Experience managing and technically reviewing EPC Contractor and system/vendor deliverables.
• Previous ADNOC or major Middle East Oil & Gas project experience is highly desirable.