Wood is recruiting for a Lead Project Engineer – EOI to join its Singapore Business Unit focusing on providing technical leadership, coordinating multi‑discipline engineering activities for a Major Onshore Brownfield project in Basra, Iraq on 6*2 rotation.

This role is a full-time office-based role in Basra, Iraq with travel requirement.

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Wood is recruiting for a Lead Project Engineer – EOI to join its Singapore Business Unit focusing on providing technical leadership, coordinating multi‑discipline engineering activities for a Major Onshore Brownfield project in Basra, Iraq on 6*2 rotation.

This role is a full-time office-based role in Basra, Iraq with travel requirement.

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The role

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Lead Project Engineer – EOI to join our Singapore Business Unit.

Our Clients and Projects

Designing the future. Transforming the world.

Wood is an integral part of operations in Iraq, and we are continuing to grow our footprint across the country. With a 90-year heritage, 10 major contracts and over 850 employees, we have the skills, expertise and asset knowledge to support clients to deliver energy security and decarbonisation ambitions.

Wood excels in supporting our clients to deliver complex upstream and midstream oil and gas projects in Iraq delivering maintenance, modifications and engineering solutions. We are committed to decarbonising existing assets, producing cleaner energy and developing a sustainable national workforce, ensuring the long-term growth of the region.

What we can offer

• Meaningful and interesting projects Delivered to high profile clients and complex projects in Iraq


• Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion; we are an organisation actively committed to diversity and inclusion across our business with employee networks committed to giving all employees a voice


• Competitive salary with regular salary 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.


• 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

Key Objectives:

The Lead Project Engineer is responsible for providing technical leadership, coordinating multi‑discipline engineering activities, and ensuring that all design and project execution requirements are met. This role oversees the engineering aspects of assigned projects, working closely with project managers, designers, contractors, and key internal/external stakeholders to meet project goals related to quality, cost, and schedule.

Key Responsibilities:

Engineering Leadership & Coordination

• Lead and coordinate engineering design teams to meet project objectives within approved quality, cost, and schedule parameters.


• Provide technical leadership on allocated projects, ensuring compliance with customer, regulatory, and contractual technical requirements.


• Review and understand P&IDs, control narratives, logic diagrams, engineering drawings, and project documentation.


• Develop project-specific standards, templates, and typicals as needed.

Project Execution Support

• Ensure group work complies with all quality and safety procedures.


• Support development of cost estimates, schedules, procurement documentation, and technical specifications.


• Participate in design reviews, HAZID, HAZOP, LOPA, and model review sessions to proactively identify risks and propose mitigations.

Stakeholder Engagement

• Serve as a technical liaison between engineering teams, clients, third‑party vendors, and contractors.


• Provide support to proposal and sales teams during project pursuit phases.

Project Monitoring & Problem Resolution

• Monitor engineering progress and ensure transitions from design to implementation stages are smooth and aligned with project goals.


• Address engineering challenges, provide troubleshooting support to operations/maintenance teams, and ensure issues are resolved efficiently.

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.

Expected:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Chemical, etc.) or related discipline.


• Professional Engineering (PE) or equivalent registration/certification is preferred (e.g., APEGA, PMP).


• Typically, 15-20 years of project engineering experience, including leading multi‑discipline engineering teams.


• Strong understanding of engineering design processes, technical standards, and industry best practices.

Skills & Competencies

• Strong leadership and team coordination skills.


• Proficiency with engineering design tools, project planning software, and data analysis tools.


• Knowledge of Lean, TQM, TPM, 6σ, and other engineering/process improvement methodologies is often desirable.


• Excellent communication, problem‑solving, and stakeholder‑management abilities.

Core Competencies

• Technical leadership


• Safety and quality focus


• Risk assessment and mitigation


• Multi‑discipline collaboration


• Strong analytical and organizational skills