7 Piping Engineering jobs in the United Arab Emirates

The Senior Manager Piping Engineering is a key role within our organization responsible for developing departmental plans and achieving financial and operational objectives.

This role requires strong leadership skills and the ability to understand industry trends to drive business results.

• Provide guidance and direction to managers and professional staff within the department.
• Accountable for the performance and results of multiple disciplines within the department.
• Apply managerial expertise to achieve business objectives.
• Resolve complex problems that have implications within the area of responsibility.
• Develop strategic plans to drive business growth.

To be successful in this role, you will need:

• A Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Engineering.
• Twenty plus years of experience with proven leadership experience in Oil and Gas.
• Five plus years of experience managing the full piping discipline (Piping layout, pipe stress and piping materials engineering) in a similar Oil and Gas industry contractor or consultant.

Key Requirements include: Strong leadership and management skills, Excellent communication and problem-solving skills, Ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams.

As a Senior Manager Piping Engineering, you will have the opportunity to contribute to the success of our organization while advancing your career in a dynamic and challenging environment.

We offer a competitive salary and benefits package, including medical and dental coverage, 401(k) matching, and opportunities for professional development.

Senior Director Engineering

Engineering Directors in each regional office location, Managers and Supervisors of other Engineering / Design Disciplines, Project Managers, Project Engineers, and Project Management Teams; Offshore/Onshore Managers, Planning Managers, Proposals Department, Procurement Department, Safety Department, HR Department, QC and Certification Group, External Offices, Client Representatives, Vendor & Subcontractor Representatives

All Discipline Managers, Engineers, Designers, and support personnel within the department

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Job Overview:

The Senior Manager Piping Engineering is responsible for developing departmental plans, including business, production, and organizational priorities. The role requires multidisciplinary expertise and an understanding of the industry to meet financial and operational goals. The Regional Discipline Manager - Piping Engineering manages multiple teams, sets priorities, and allocates resources. As the discipline SME, they must identify and resolve complex technical, operational, and organizational issues. The role supports projects, products, services, and develops policies and plans to impact business results.

Key Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Provide leadership to managers and staff within the department.
• Accountable for the performance of multiple disciplines within the department.
• Apply managerial expertise to achieve financial and operational objectives.
• Resolve complex problems within the area of responsibility.
• Develop operational plans to meet business objectives.
• Influence organizational leadership to achieve operational goals.
• Manage performance through goal setting, assessment, and coaching.
• Contribute to strategy development.
• Propose scope splits between engineering offices or subcontractors during bidding and award stages.
• Negotiate with other disciplines and teams for optimal schedules and budgets.
• Participate in project meetings, vendor meetings, and engineering reviews.
• Coordinate with peers and global engineering teams.
• Foster teamwork among regional or functional managers and provide bid assistance.
• Ensure availability and proper allocation of discipline manpower resources.
• Maintain norms for budgets and forecasts.
• Prepare and review departmental budgets and forecasts.
• Manage financial and operational targets.
• Align departmental plans with business objectives.
• Meet group DOE forecasts within schedule and budget.
• Review and approve key departmental documents and drawings.
• Conduct staff feedback sessions.
• Identify and resolve technical, operational, and organizational issues.
• Keep leadership informed of high-level activities and concerns.
• Plan and recommend staffing, training, and recruitment.
• Coordinate personnel training and development.
• Evaluate performance and recommend classifications and compensation changes.
• Travel regularly within offshore Middle East and to Chennai as required.

Reports to: Senior Director Engineering

Liaises with: Regional engineering directors, project managers, offshore/onshore managers, HR, safety, procurement, and external partners.

Supervises: All discipline managers, engineers, designers, and support staff within the department.

Essential Qualifications and Education:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Engineering.
• 20+ years of experience in Oil and Gas with major contractors or consultants.
• 5+ years of proven management experience leading piping disciplines in a similar industry role.
• Preferably a Registered Professional Engineer or member of a professional society.
• Knowledge of design techniques, analysis methods, and statutory codes.
• Understanding of project execution and managerial skills.

Be the First to Apply

Our ingenuity fuels daily life. Together, we’ve forged some of the most trusted partnerships across the energy value chain to make what was once just an idea a reality: laying subsea infrastructure thousands of feet below sea level, installing platforms hundreds of miles from shore, using our expertise to design and build offshore wind infrastructure, and reshaping the onshore landscape to deliver the energy products the world needs safely and sustainably.

For more than 100 years, we've been making the impossible possible. Today, we're driving the energy transition with more than 30,000 of the brightest minds across 54 countries.

Job Overview:

The Senior Manager Piping Engineering is responsible for developing departmental plans, including business, production, and organizational priorities. The role requires multidisciplinary expertise and an understanding of the industry to meet financial and operational goals. The Regional Discipline Manager - Piping Engineering manages multiple teams, sets priorities, and allocates resources. As the discipline SME, they must identify and resolve complex technical, operational, and organizational issues. The role supports projects, products, services, and develops policies and plans to impact business results.

Key Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Provide leadership to managers and staff within the department.
• Accountable for the performance of multiple disciplines within the department.
• Apply managerial expertise to achieve financial and operational objectives.
• Resolve complex problems within the area of responsibility.
• Develop operational plans to meet business objectives.
• Influence organizational leadership to achieve operational goals.
• Manage performance through goal setting, assessment, and coaching.
• Contribute to strategy development.
• Propose scope splits between engineering offices or subcontractors during bidding and award stages.
• Negotiate with other disciplines and teams for optimal schedules and budgets.
• Participate in project meetings, vendor meetings, and engineering reviews.
• Coordinate with peers and global engineering teams.
• Foster teamwork among regional or functional managers and provide bid assistance.
• Ensure availability and proper allocation of discipline manpower resources.
• Maintain norms for budgets and forecasts.
• Prepare and review departmental budgets and forecasts.
• Manage financial and operational targets.
• Align departmental plans with business objectives.
• Meet group DOE forecasts within schedule and budget.
• Review and approve key departmental documents and drawings.
• Conduct staff feedback sessions.
• Identify and resolve technical, operational, and organizational issues.
• Keep leadership informed of high-level activities and concerns.
• Plan and recommend staffing, training, and recruitment.
• Coordinate personnel training and development.
• Evaluate performance and recommend classifications and compensation changes.
• Travel regularly within offshore Middle East and to Chennai as required.

Reports to: Senior Director Engineering

Liaises with: Regional engineering directors, project managers, offshore/onshore managers, HR, safety, procurement, and external partners.

Supervises: All discipline managers, engineers, designers, and support staff within the department.

Essential Qualifications and Education:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Engineering.
• 20+ years of experience in Oil and Gas with major contractors or consultants.
• 5+ years of proven management experience leading piping disciplines in a similar industry role.
• Preferably a Registered Professional Engineer or member of a professional society.
• Knowledge of design techniques, analysis methods, and statutory codes.
• Understanding of project execution and managerial skills.

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Job Description
Job Overview:
The Senior Manager Piping Engineering is tasked with the development of departmental plans, including business, production, and/or organizational priorities. The role requires multi-disciplinary expertise and the ability to understand the industry to achieve financial and operational objectives. The Regional Disicpline Manager - Piping Engineering manages multiple related teams, sets their organizational priorities, and allocates the appropriate resources. As the discipline Subject Matter Expert (SME), they must be able to identify and resolve a range of complex technical, operational, and organizational problems. The role directly impacts business results by supporting and function-specific projects, products, services, and/or technologies, and developing policies and plans.
Responsibilities
Key Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Provide leadership to managers and professional staff within a department.
• Accountable for the performance and results of multiple disciplines within a department.
• Apply managerial expertise to achieve financial and operational objectives.
• Resolve a variety of complex problems that have implications within the area of responsibility.
• Develop operational plans to achieve business objectives.
• Influence customer and/or organizational leadership to achieve operational objectives.
• Manage the performance of discipline employees through goal setting, ongoing assessment, and coaching.
• Contribute to functional strategy development.
• Propose scope splits between engineering offices and/or subcontractors (as applicable) at the bid stage and at award.
• Negotiate with other engineering disciplines, Fabrication, Marine, and Project Management Teams to ensure best schedules and execution plans within agreed budgets.
• Attend project kickoff and review meetings, vendor meetings, and engineering meetings, as required.
• Interface with peers and Global Engineering.
• Foster teamwork of Regional or Functional Managers. Provide and direct bid assistance
• Ensure availability and allocate discipline manpower resources as required to provide agreed deliverables and meet agreed schedules and budgets.
• Maintain historical norms to establish budgets and forecasts.
• Prepare/review the department's budgets and forecasts.
• Manage financial and operational objectives.
• Ensure departmental plans are aligned with business, financial, and operational objectives.
• Meet group DOE forecasts, within schedule and budget.
• Review/ approve departmental key documents and drawings such as:
• Progress and productivity reports.
• Workhours/timesheet bookings.
• Requisitions for software, computers, and other departmental expenses.
• Expense reports.
• Estimates for proposals, including cost, schedule, and manhour estimates and execution plans.
• Forecasting reports.
• Project-specific procedures and design reports.
• Conduct staff feedback meetings.
• Identify and resolve technical, operational, and organizational problems.
• Keep the Director, Area Manager, and Project Management Teams apprised of high-level activities and concerns, technical, budgetary, and work power-related.
• Plan and recommend department work power, training/development, and assist in recruiting resources.
• Coordinate the training and development of Discipline personnel.
• Evaluate performance and recommend changes in the classification and compensation of department personnel.
• Travel on a regular basis to the other office locations within Offshore Middle East and if required, also to the Chennai engineering center.
  

• Bachelor’s Degree or Master’s Degree in Engineering.
• Twenty plus (20+) years of experience and proven leadership experience in Oil and Gas with major contractors or consultant.
• Five plus (5+) years of proven management experience of leading the full piping discipline (Piping layout, pipe stress and piping materials engineering) in a similar Oil and Gas industry contractor or consultants.
• Preferably Registered Professional Engineer or member of professional engineering society as applicable.
• General multi-discipline knowledge of design techniques and analysis methods, and general knowledge of the theory, content, and application of statutory codes and guidelines as applicable.
• Detailed knowledge of project execution and managerial skills.
  

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