Repair Order Lead

Wood; Aberdeen City; On-site; GBP 70,000 - GBP 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global consulting firm in Scotland seeks a Senior Project Engineer to manage delivery scopes, build client relationships, and drive business growth. The role involves overseeing project delivery across various clients and ensuring compliance with safety and budget standards. Ideal candidates have strong project engineering experience in Oil & Gas, excellent communication skills, and a proven track record in business development. This role offers a competitive salary and flexible working arrangements.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Flexible working arrangements

Generous benefits package

Commitment to professional development

Qualifications

• Proven ability to build and maintain strong client relationships.
• Experience in securing new business opportunities and managing projects.
• Strong understanding of project engineering principles within Oil & Gas industries.

Responsibilities

• Lead client engagement and ensure exceptional project delivery.
• Drive business development initiatives and expand company portfolio.
• Oversee project execution to meet safety, schedule, and budget compliance.

Skills

Client relationship management

Business development

Project engineering

Excellent communication

Leadership capability

Education

Degree in Engineering or relevant field

Job description

Overview

Wood is seeking a Delivery Focal Point (Senior Project Engineer) to join The Hub in Aberdeen, playing a pivotal role in building strong client relationships, driving business growth within the Wood Upstream Business and delivering excellent scopes. This role will be based out of our Fabrication facility Craigshaw drive, Tullos, Aberdeen on a fixed term contract.

The Role

The Delivery Focal Point will be responsible for managing and delivering Tier 1 and Tier 2 scopes across multiple clients. This role centers on building strong, long-term partnerships, expanding our portfolio, and consistently providing exceptional service.

Beyond day-to-day delivery, you will play a key role in business development—identifying new opportunities, shaping future scopes, and driving the growth of our service offering. Acting as a trusted advisor, you will understand client needs, anticipate challenges, and propose value-adding solutions that strengthen relationships and increase our footprint across existing and emerging workstreams.

Job Objective

• Lead client and stakeholder engagement, fostering long-term relationships
• Drive business development initiatives to secure new work and grow existing accounts
• Oversee project delivery, ensuring safety, schedule, and budget compliance
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality solutions
• Manages delivery of Tier 1 & Tier 2 scopes across multiple clients through coordinating and delivering the engineering to the agreed schedule and cost and in accordance with applicable procedures, specifications, and standards
• Acting as the primary interface between clients and the company
• Coordinates the engineering / design and construction elements to support the timely issuing of engineering deliverables to meet project specifications
• Monitors and supports compliance with quality, HSE and assurance standards
• responsible for portfolio-level cost and schedule control, contract performance management, and for driving continuous improvement in repair order execution models
• Ensures accurate and timely delivery of work, to the satisfaction of both internal and external customers
• Alerts Client and project teams in the event of potential delays or change; supports implementation of approved changes
• Seek longer term continual improvements, smarter, quicker

Our Clients and Projects

Designing the future. Transforming the world

Wood is currently growing their project and modification portfolio of key EPCC opportunities spanning 3-5 years longevity. This will include projects in full lifecycles ranging from early Study / FEED into detail design which will cover sectors within the O&G, renewable energy, pharmaceutical and chemicals. Now is the time to join our dynamic and diverse team on a journey to a new way of working with new technologies helping with an added with fantastic career development opportunities across our business both UK based and globally.

What We Can Offer

• Meaningful and interesting projects delivered to leaders of industry across renewables and emerging energy sectors
• Flexible working arrangements that balance client, team and individual needs offering hybrid and remote working where relevant
• 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
• Flexible benefits package; inclusive of 33 days annual leave (including public holidays), generous contributory pension scheme, private medical cover, 4x base salary life insurance; all of these and more that can be adapted to suit your own lifestyle
• 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

Responsibilities

• Lead and inspire a cross-functional team spanning engineering, construction, project controls, and planning to deliver high-quality projects and solutions
• Act as the primary client interface, building strong relationships and ensuring exceptional service delivery
• Drive business development by identifying opportunities to expand Wood’s portfolio and secure new work streams
• Ensure delivery meets contractual requirements and exceeds client expectations through proactive performance management
• Own the achievement of internal and external KPIs, reporting on progress and implementing corrective actions where required
• Provide regular reviews of portfolio performance, identifying risks and developing recovery strategies where needed
• Oversee schedule preparation, forecasting, and delivery planning across multiple scopes and clients
• Champion continuous improvement, challenging existing processes and implementing innovative solutions
• Monitor Health, Safety, Environment and Security (HSES) compliance, ensuring standards are upheld across all activities
• Support proposal development and tendering activities to win new business and strengthen client partnerships

Qualifications

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

• Proven ability to build and maintain strong client and stakeholder relationships, acting as a trusted advisor
• Experience in business development, identifying and securing new opportunities to grow a portfolio of work
• Solid understanding of project engineering principles within Oil & Gas or Petrochemical industries, ideally with exposure to brownfield modifications or repair orders
• Strong commercial awareness, including familiarity with contractual and financial aspects of project delivery
• Excellent communication and influencing skills, with the ability to engage at all levels internally and externally
• Demonstrated leadership capability, able to motivate and guide cross-functional teams to deliver results
• Knowledge of engineering standards, procedures, and work practices, with a commitment to accuracy and timely delivery
• Ability to challenge the status quo and drive continuous improvement in processes and performance
• Understanding of HSES principles and commitment to maintaining high safety standards

About Us

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.