Summary
Wood is recruiting a PMC Materials Management Specialist for a major ADNOC Offshore project based offshore in Abu Dhabi on a 6/3 rotation. The role oversees materials control, storage, preservation, inventory, logistics and coordination with EPC contractors and offshore teams. Applicants need a relevant bachelor’s degree, at least 15 years of relevant oil and gas experience, including offshore and PMC experience, and at least 5 years in a similar role. Working experience with SPEL and strong spoken and written English are required; ADNOC experience is desired.
The posting
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Wood is currently recruiting for a PMC Material Management Specialist to support a major ADNOC Offshore project in Abu Dhabi, UAE. This role will be based on an offshore rotation and will be responsible for overseeing materials management activities across offshore construction operations, ensuring the timely availability, control, handling, storage, and movement of materials to support safe and efficient project execution.
Due to the nature of the projects and client expectation, the position will be based at offshore Abu Dhabi-UAE, rotation (6/3).
Responsibilities
- Provide PMC leadership and oversight of materials management activities for offshore construction, ensuring alignment with project specifications, schedules, and contractual requirements.
- Act as the PMC focal point for offshore materials control, ensuring timely availability of materials, equipment, and consumables to support uninterrupted offshore execution.
- Ensure materials handling, storage, preservation, and movements comply with HSE standards, company procedures, and regulatory requirements.
- Oversee EPC contractors’ materials management plans, logistics strategies, warehousing arrangements, and offshore supply chains.
- Monitor and control offshore material status, inventory levels, shortages, surpluses, and critical items, proactively identifying risks and mitigation actions.
- Coordinate closely with procurement, expediting, logistics, construction, and project controls teams to ensure material readiness aligns with offshore schedules.
- Review and endorse contractor deliverables related to materials management, including material control procedures, logistics plans, preservation plans, and offshore load‑out schedules.
- Ensure effective interface management between onshore warehouses, yards, marine logistics, and offshore installations.
- Track and report material movements, offshore inventory, consumption, and forecasts, ensuring accuracy and transparency.
- Support offshore construction teams by resolving material‑related issues that could impact productivity or schedule.
- Ensure proper receipt, inspection, tagging, storage, preservation, and traceability of offshore materials and equipment.
- Monitor compliance with material certification, documentation, and quality requirements, including MRBs and NCRs related to materials.
- Participate in constructability reviews, offshore readiness reviews, SIMOPS reviews, and risk assessments from a materials and logistics perspective.
- Act as the offshore liaison with EPC contractors, logistics providers, vessel operators, and client representatives on materials‑related matters.
- Support audits, inspections, and compliance reviews related to materials management and logistics activities.
- Promote continuous improvement, best practices, and lessons learned in offshore materials management and logistics execution.
- Provide guidance and support to offshore materials coordinators and contractor personnel, fostering strong coordination and accountability.
- Ensure accurate documentation, reporting, and close‑out of materials records, including surplus management, return to stock, and final handover documentation.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in mechanical, civil engineering or equivalent from an accredited university with a minimum of fifteen (15) years of relevant experience in the Offshore/Onshore Oil & Gas industry, including minimum (5) years (preferred) in GCC region
- Must have at least five (5) years of experience in similar position in a mega Oil & Gas or Petrochemical projects. Managing team of Specialists, Senior Engineers and Engineers.
- Offshore experience is must, whilst ADNOC experience is desired
- PMC experience is required
- Fully coherent in all international codes and standards
- Excellent command of both spoken and written English is required
- Enthusiastic, conscientious and keen to learn / Flexible with a can-do attitude
- Working hands on Experience on SPEL
- Must have working knowledge and experience of electrical discipline relevant offshore/onshore oil and gas industry codes, specifications and practices
- Previous experience of working in the Middle East would be an advantage