Wood is currently recruiting for a Flow Assurance Engineer to join our Consulting team. This role offers an excellent opportunity to work on diverse and challenging projects while developing your skills and gaining valuable industry experience. Due to the nature of the projects and client expectation, the position will be based full time at our office in Abu Dhabi.
The Role
This is an exciting opportunity for Flow Assurance Engineer, this this role offers an excellent opportunity to work on diverse and challenging projects while developing your skills and gaining valuable industry experience.
Our Clients and Projects
Designing the future. Transforming the world.
Across EMEA, our teams are providing solutions and expertise to support our growing client base, focused on combining maintenance and operations with asset management, modifications and engineering services across the energy and materials markets.
We are focused on growth and our strategy is centered around building partnerships with our clients across the three regions: UK, Norway and the Middle East and Africa.
What we can offer
- Meaningful and interesting projects: Delivered to high profile clients across the Energy Sector
- Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion: We are an organisation actively committed to diversity and inclusion across our business
- Competitive renumeration package: With regular 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
- Group Life and Personal Accident Insurance: The company provides Life Assurance cover
- End of Service Gratuity: In line with UAE Labor Law, all employees are eligible for an End of Service benefit
- The Employee Share Plan: Gives you the opportunity to purchase Wood shares and receive a match from the company
- Long Service Award: Wood values the commitment and loyalty of our people. Celebrating Long Service provides an opportunity for the business to demonstrate their appreciation of the hard work, dedication and many years’ service of our employees at 5-year service milestones
- 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
- Energy Transition Academy: Join a community of experts sharing your knowledge and gaining more exposure to a variety of existing and emerging energy systems – delivered by experts in their field
The key objectives for this role are:
- Ensure the safe, reliable, and uninterrupted flow of hydrocarbons from reservoir to processing facilities throughout the asset life cycle.
- Identify, analyze, and mitigate flow assurance risks such as hydrates, wax, asphaltenes, scale, corrosion, erosion, and slugging.
- Support the design and operation of production systems (pipelines, subsea systems, wells, and facilities) to maintain flow under expected operating conditions.
- Apply steady‑state and transient flow assurance analysis to evaluate operating scenarios, start‑up, shutdown, and upset conditions.
- Contribute to the development of flow assurance strategies, including insulation, heating, chemical injection, pigging, and operational controls.
- Ensure compliance with applicable industry standards, company specifications, and regulatory requirements related to flow assurance.
- Provide technical input to project teams during concept selection, FEED, detailed design, and operational support phases.
- Assist in optimizing designs to achieve cost‑effective and operable solutions while maintaining safety and system integrity.
- Prepare and review flow assurance reports, calculations, and technical documentation with clarity and accuracy.
- Collaborate effectively with multidisciplinary teams (process, subsea, operations, facilities, and integrity) to support integrated engineering solutions.
- Support operational teams by providing troubleshooting and performance‑improvement recommendations based on flow assurance analysis.
- Continuously develop technical competence and stay aware of industry best practices and emerging flow assurance technologies.
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 45 countries, employing around 25,000 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.
Responsibilities:
Key Accountabilities and Responsibilities:
- Support the identification, assessment, and mitigation of flow assurance risks including hydrates, wax, asphaltenes, scale, corrosion, erosion, and slugging across the production system.
- Assist in performing steady‑state and transient flow assurance analyses for pipelines, wells, subsea systems, and surface facilities under various operating scenarios.
- Apply engineering fundamentals and flow assurance theory to support design and operational decisions under the guidance of senior engineers.
- Contribute to the development and evaluation of flow assurance strategies, such as insulation, heating, chemical injection, pigging, and operational controls.
- Provide technical input during concept selection, FEED, detailed design, and operational support phases of projects.
- Interpret and review P&IDs, process data, operating envelopes, and design documentation to identify potential flow risks and operability issues.
- Support compliance with applicable industry codes, standards, company specifications, and regulatory requirements relevant to flow assurance.
- Assist in preparing technical reports, calculations, study summaries, and presentations that are accurate, clear, and suitable for review.
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams including process, subsea, production, integrity, and operations to deliver integrated engineering solutions.
- Support troubleshooting activities by analyzing operational data and contributing to performance improvement and issue‑resolution recommendations.
- Demonstrate awareness of company policies, procedures, and HSE requirements affecting engineering and operational activities.
- Maintain and progressively develop competence in flow assurance and engineering software tools (e.g., OLGA, PIPESIM, HYSYS, Aspen, or similar).
- Stay informed of industry best practices, emerging technologies, and lessons learned relevant to flow assurance engineering.
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:
- Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Petroleum Engineering, or a closely related engineering discipline.
- 2–5 years of relevant industry experience in flow assurance, production engineering, process engineering, or related oil & gas engineering roles within projects and/or operations environments.
- Sound practical knowledge of flow assurance principles, including multiphase flow behavior, fluid properties, hydrate risk management, wax and asphaltene deposition, flow regime identification, corrosion, erosion, and thermal‑hydraulic analysis.
- Good working understanding of oil and gas production systems, including wells, pipelines, subsea systems, topsides facilities, and associated operating philosophies.
- Demonstrated experience applying industry standards and recommended practices (e.g., API, ISO, ASME, DNV) relevant to flow assurance and offshore/onshore hydrocarbon developments.
- Working knowledge of regulatory and HSE requirements applicable to engineering design, project execution, and operational activities within the energy sector.
- Hands‑on experience with flow assurance and process simulation tools such as OLGA, PIPESIM, HYSYS, Aspen, MATLAB, or equivalent, with the ability to perform and interpret engineering analyses.
- Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills, with the ability to apply engineering fundamentals to independently resolve routine flow assurance challenges and support more complex studies under guidance.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications (Excel, Word, PowerPoint) for engineering calculations, data analysis, reporting, and presentations.
- Effective written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to clearly communicate technical information to multidisciplinary teams and stakeholders.
- Proven ability to work effectively in multidisciplinary and multicultural teams, demonstrating initiative, accountability, and continuous professional development.
