Facilities Surveillance Engineer
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Nov 10, 2026. First seen by Alion on Nov 9, 2026. Wood scores B on the Alion truth index.
Wood is recruiting for a Facilities Surveillance Engineer to join its Iraq business unit focusing on conducting daily production surveillance tasks of all production units at each Degassing Station, against approved KPIs on 5 days on 2 days off work schedule.
This role is a full-time on-site role in Basra, Iraq with travel requirement.
Wood is recruiting for a Facilities Surveillance Engineer to join its Iraq business unit focusing on conducting daily production surveillance tasks of all production units at each Degassing Station, against approved KPIs on 5 days on 2 days off work schedule.
This role is a full-time on-site role in Basra, Iraq with travel requirement.
#Wood #Iraq #Basra #Facilities Surveillance Engineer
The role
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Facilities Surveillance Engineer to join our Iraq Business Unit.
Our Clients and Projects
Designing the future. Transforming the world.
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
- 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’ services of our employees at 5-year service milestones
Job Objectives:
- Conduct daily production surveillance tasks of all production units at each Degassing Station, against approved KPIs.
- Monitor crude oil or effluent water treatment parameters to meet specifications.
- Work closely with Operations & Maintenance and ensure Reliability improvement plan is prioritized and implemented.
- Resolve process bottlenecks and technical challenges.
Operations Surveillance & Production Support
- Conduct routine facility and process monitoring at Degassing Stations (DSs).
- Support the achievement of daily crude oil production and water injection targets while minimizing unplanned downtime.
- Provide technical support for production troubleshooting and debottlenecking activities.
- Lead and support production enhancement and water injection optimization initiatives.
- Coordinate with relevant departments to ensure facility issues are addressed and resolved in a timely manner.
- Perform Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA) for production-related issues and prepare investigation reports.
Troubleshooting, RCFA & Debottlenecking
- Develop Scope of Work documents (SIFs) for facility modification projects and review contractors' technical submissions and project deliverables.
- Work closely with project teams to provide operational and production expertise for crude oil processing projects, ensuring project deliverables meet facility operational requirements.
- Update and redline engineering documents, including P&IDs and PFDs, based on field modifications and identified design discrepancies to ensure documentation accurately reflects actual plant conditions.
Process Safety & MOC
- Support the implementation of the Management of Change (MOC) process, assess the impact of facility modifications on process safety and operations, and provide recommendations to ensure safe and reliable execution of changes.
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 Oil & Gas Surface Engineering or related disciplines.
- Professional certificates recognized by the petroleum industry.
- 7+ years relevant experience in facilities/operations conducting process engineering/facilities surveillance /troubleshooting /debottlenecking/ opportunity identification.
- Individuals with lesser experience may apply but require exceptional academic background and skills, involvement of HAZOP, HAZID,SIL.
- Strong commitment to safety.
- Good teamwork, problem solving and interpersonal skills
- Good organizational, coordination, planning, and interface skills
- Knowledge of crude oil production facilities (separators, desalter, exchangers, etc.)
- Knowledge of industry standards that apply to onshore oil and gas processing.
- Familiarity with SCADA, PI System, production surveillance tools, and operational reporting systems.