Lead Construction Engineer (Piping)

Wood (trading locally as WOOD KSS LLP) is looking to for Lead Construction Engineer - Piping (KZ passport holders) with extensive experience in the oil and gas petrochemical industry to join our Operations business, based in Atyrau, Kazakhstan.

Responsibilities Lead and provide construction engineering support to the Project during the detailed design phase, ensuring timely development and delivery of Piping, Mechanical, and CSA construction deliverables in accordance with the project baseline schedule, established construction management procedures, and industry best practices

• Demonstrate visible and proactive safety leadership at all times, ensuring full compliance with WoodKSS HSSE policies, project-specific HSSE plans, and client safety requirements.
• Maintain a comprehensive understanding of the Project Quality Management Plan and applicable Republic of Kazakhstan (RoK) regulations, standards, and codes, ensuring all construction activities are delivered in full compliance.
• Lead and coordinate the day-to-day execution of construction activities, ensuring deliverables are completed safely, efficiently, and in accordance with contractual obligations, project requirements, company procedures, and industry best practices.
• Collaborate with engineering disciplines during all design phases to influence and optimise design solutions, ensuring constructability, operability, maintainability, safety, and execution efficiency are fully considered.
• Review Engineering Detailed Design deliverables and provide constructive feedback to ensure technical accuracy, construction feasibility, and alignment with project execution requirements.
• Participate in site surveys, constructability reviews, and field assessments as required, providing technical input and identifying opportunities to improve execution methodologies.
• Represent the construction function during discipline engineering meetings, ensuring construction requirements, constraints, and execution strategies are effectively communicated and incorporated into project planning.
• Provide construction input into project schedules and execution plans, ensuring Engineering Job Packs are developed with due consideration for constructability, safety, resource requirements, and execution sequence.
• Develop and review construction method statements based on Engineering Job Packs and project requirements; facilitate multidisciplinary reviews, address stakeholder comments, and issue approved documents for execution.
• Develop and implement preservation procedures in accordance with TCO standards and project specifications to ensure the integrity and reliability of installed equipment and materials.
• Review Tender Documentation, input into the development of the cost estimates, review contingencies, opportunities and highlights risks

Qualifications

• Higher technical education

Knowledge, Skills And Experience

• Appropriate level of field construction experience, typically gained through a minimum of 10 years of post-qualification experience in a relevant industry

Personal Attributes

• Determination to achieve project and personal objectives and goals
• Strong safety leadership qualities
• Well organized, observant, good interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to work with timelines/targets
• Excellent interpersonal organizational, communication and team building skills

About Us Wood is a global leader in consulting, engineering and operations for the energy and materials sectors. With 33,000 people in around 50 countries, Wood supports clients across the full asset lifecycle, delivering safe, predictable outcomes while enabling resilient operations and a lower carbon future. Wood forms the Energy & Materials pillar of Sidara - a global partnership uniting leading multidisciplinary engineering, design, and project management companies. www.woodgroup.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.