Job Description

Wood is currently looking for a Principal Piping Engineer to work in our Dubai office. This is a highly strategic role within the department and the ideal candidate will be at Principal or Lead level in their career with extensive years of experience within the industry in a similar role.


• To promote safe behaviour at all times
• To ensure that all work is completed without compromise to quality and is delivered according to the project schedule
• To liaise with the Client's Engineering, Operations and Maintenance staff as required to ensure a consistent approach to project completion
• To produce and check piping engineering & design deliverables
• Good experience in piping stress analysis
• To co-ordinate with other disciplines during all stages of design development, construction, pre-commissioning, and start-up
• To provide technical support to site as required
• To assist in the coordination of all activities related to Piping engineering and design
• To identify any areas of concern with respect to progress and/or quality and recommend corrective actions as required.


• Bachelors degree in an Engineering discipline
• Minimum of 12 -15 years piping design engineering experience in the oil and gas industries.
• Onshore Oil and Gas related design experience.
• Familiarity with International Design Guidelines and Standards.
• A determination to continually improve safety in all aspects of plant design and operation.
• Exposure to typical software packages (Auto Cad / PDMS / Micro station / PDS/CEASAR) that are used in piping engineering and design.
• Extensive Brown field and Green field experience in the oil and gas industry.
• Proven capability in an engineering design company.
• Experience of site-based project work involving field engineering and understanding of construction, commissioning, operations, or maintenance relativity is preferred.
• Experience of working with multi-national and multi-cultural project teams is strongly preferred.


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.