Principal Weight Control Engineer

Staines, Middlesex
Wood
Overview / Responsibilities

Wood’s Projects business unit specialises in delivering predictable and consistent results in high complexity projects that include new technology, challenging construction logistics and, or sheer scale. Just like the nature and expansiveness of our sectors, so is our Projects business, in its solutions, abilities and global track record. Across any major capital project lifecycle, we provide a full suite of solutions from programme and project management, to engineering and design, procurement, construction and project delivery.

As part of our Offshore/Upstream Centre of Excellence, we deliver some of the most critical projects in the Energy Security and Energy Transition sectors, including:

• Upstream Oil & Gas (offshore and Onshore)
• Carbon Capture and Storage
• Offshore Wind

We are recruiting for a Principal Weight Control Engineer on a staff basis to work in our Staines office.

Responsibilities

• To provide and support weight control engineering activities to Wood projects.
• Acting as Principal Weight Control Engineer.
• Ensuring applicable Wood Procedures are adhered to.
• Carrying out weight control activities on behalf of the project.
• Acting as discipline originator for all weight control and weight estimating reports and procedures as defined by the project Document Register and in accordance with the project schedule.
• Coordinates with all disciplines as necessary in the preparation and development of weight report and ensuring that disciplines’ input weights are complete and checked.
• Review relevant Client-provided data for weight implications and requirements.
• Protects the budget and NTE weights against unauthorized weight growth or CoG shifts.
• Coordinates and validates weight data from the engineering disciplines concerned.
• Updates and maintain the project weight and centre of gravity database, ensuring that correct allowances and loading condition codes are applied to items input into the database.
• Review all third-party weight data for weight implications and requirements.
• Responsible for interface with Client and external Third Parties such as Installation Contractor, Fabrication and Verification Contractors. Coordinates meetings and handles responses arising from these interfaces.
• Reports to Lead Engineer or Engineering Manager on work status/problem areas/needs.
• Liaison and reporting to Lead Engineer and Project Management.
• The Principal Weight Control Engineer is responsible for the technical integrity of his deliverables. He shall strive to be aware of the cost and time implications of his decisions and raise any queries or concerns with the Lead Weight Control Engineer, Engineering Manager or Department Manager.

Skills / Qualifications

• UK bachelor’s degree or (depending on experience) HNC/HND qualification in appropriate engineering subject

Company Overview

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.

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.