Deputy Engineering Manager

Wood (trading locally as WOOD KSS LLP) is currently recruiting for Deputy Engineering Manager with extensive experience in the oil and gas petrochemical industry to join our Operations business on a 5 days on / 2 days off schedule to be based in Atyrau, Kazakhstan (for KZ nationals) – Expression of Interest.

• Responsible for functional management, management of resourcing and forecasting, development of discipline engineering resources and governance of discipline practices and procedures within the company
• Provide leadership to Discipline Leads, and have functional oversight of the performance of all discipline engineering in their assigned grouping
• Support and drive engineering excellence across wider organization
• Support BD opportunities as required
• Driving technical assurance on the assigned scope(s) of work
• Managing and leading, supporting; and supervising the discipline; engineering teams on the assigned scope(s) of work
• Management of key stakeholders in the execution and delivery of contracted activities
• Developing and retaining motivated and competent people
• Undertaking the role of process owner
• Driving safety by design
• Driving and leading on opportunities for innovation
• May participate directly in the design, development and inspection of technical projects or in the engineering work of the department
• The Deputy Engineering Manager leads by example, consistently displaying and enforcing the Company's values and behaviors, and commitment to the highest standards of safe and ethical behavior, to ensure safe and reliable operations and client satisfaction
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships and communicate across the business interfaces
• Engage with business / functional community and promote the function including: networking / knowledge sharing
• Interactions with Heads of Disciplines, Head of Engineering to ensure resourcing of competent personnel

Managing and leading, supporting and supervising the multidiscipline engineering team

• Plan, organize, direct, control and evaluate the activities and operations of a multidiscipline engineering team
• Assist in the management of recruitment, selection, transfers, performance management, succession planning and promotion of resources to meet engineering team requirements
• Ensuring appropriately resourced and competent personnel on Project/Contract
• Oversight and control of Engineering Histogram to support workforce planning
• Assist in setting & maintaining standards for the development and retention of motivated and competent people

• ISCED Level 6 Bachelor's degree or Level 7 Masters (preferred) in an engineering discipline
• Chartered Engineer/Registered Professional Engineer or equivalent with recognised professional body
• Typically requires 15+ years progressive experience in discipline engineering
• Balance of techical and management experience at relevant level and position
• Typically requires several years of supervisory experience with an understanding of human relations, training, performance evaluation and health and safety
• Broad and extensive knowledge of engineering theories and techniques and a high level of skill in application of this knowledge in the management of the engineering function
• Capable of representing business and client to business associates in a professional manner
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, capable of influencing people at all levels of the organization
• Skilled in forecast planning for people resources
• Skilled in recruitment and selection, employee communication and management including performance management
• Able to implement and embed standards and processes to effect delivery of engineering excellence
• Good knowledge of regulatory framework and associated legislation
• Current knowledge of industry and technology development within area of expertise
• Expert in Engineering excellence
• Able to carry out audit and incident investigations
• Good Project management skills
• Skilled in mediation and dispute resolution
• Financial and commercial awareness