{"id":4074873,"url":"https://alion.io/job/wood-projects-development-engineer","title":"Projects Development Engineer","company":{"id":98243,"name":"Wood","domain":"woodplc.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/wood-kss","size_band":"5000+","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Oracle","truth_index":{"grade":"B","score":77,"open_postings":115,"ghost_share":0,"stale_share":0.93,"repost_share":0,"time_to_fill_p50_days":34,"computed_at":"2026-11-12T10:38:37Z"}},"role":"Industrial Engineering","role_family":"Industrial Engineering","seniority":"senior","employment_type":null,"work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Basra, Iraq"],"countries":["IQ"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":8,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"Microsoft Office","optional":false}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-11-11T12:12:59Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-11-11","last_verified_at":"2026-11-12T17:14:56Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":1,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":1},"description":"Wood is recruiting for a Projects Development Engineer to join its Iraq business unit focusing on supporting the Opportunity & New Technology Development Section with identification, evaluation and maturation of brownfield modification and production enhancement opportunities across surface facilities.\nThis role is a full-time on-site role in Basra, Iraq.\nRotation: 5 days on 2 days off\n Wood is recruiting for a Projects Development Engineer to join its Iraq business unit focusing on supporting the Opportunity & New Technology Development Section with identification, evaluation and maturation of brownfield modification and production enhancement opportunities across surface facilities.\nThis role is a full-time on-site role in Basra, Iraq .\nRotation: 5 days on 2 days off\n#Wood #Iraq #Basra #Engineering\nThe role\nThis is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Projects Development Engineer to join our Iraq Business Unit.\nOur Clients and Projects\nDesigning the future. Transforming the world.\nWood is an integral part of operations in Iraq, and we are continuing to grow our footprint across the country. With a 90-year heritage, 10 major contracts and over 850 employees, we have the skills, expertise and asset knowledge to support clients to deliver energy security and decarbonisation ambitions.\nWood excels in supporting our clients to deliver complex upstream and midstream oil and gas projects in Iraq delivering maintenance, modifications and engineering solutions. We are committed to decarbonising existing assets, producing cleaner energy and developing a sustainable national workforce, ensuring the long-term growth of the region.\nWhat we can offer\nMeaningful and interesting projects Delivered to high profile clients and complex projects in Iraq \nCommitment 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 \nCompetitive salary with regular salary reviews to ensure we are rewarding at the right level in line with the market \nMedical Insurance: Ensures inpatient and outpatient medical care is available should you require treatment. \nCommitment to continued professional development; development plans that are tailored to your individual needs and interests \nGlobal connections: join experts around the world who are at the leading edge of our industry, shaping the standards of our profession \nLong 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 \nKey Accountabilities and Responsibilities:\nSupport the Opportunity & New Technology Development Section with identification, evaluation and maturation of brownfield modification and production enhancement opportunities across surface facilities. Assist opportunity development activities from initial concept screening through gated development stages, including technical evaluation inputs, business case drafting support, cost benefit assessment and stakeholder coordination. Contribute to ensuring opportunities are progressed in accordance with company processes and are prepared for subsequent hand over to project execution teams.\nOpportunity Identification & Development\nMaintain the projects register with status\nCoordinate the prioritization of project opportunities working with leadership\nWork in a multifunctional team to evaluate project development alternatives\nAssess and evaluate cost effective technologies\nSelect the concept and execution plan that best satisfy business objectives\nDevelop cost and schedule estimates\nAdvance the Projects through a gated process\nDefine the Project Objectives and Strategies\nDevelop the business justification\nDevelop Technical Basis\nSupport Projects to develop the Execution Basis\nWorks with Operations to develop the Operations Basis\nCoordinate with 3rd party engineering support, if required, to evaluate development opportunities\nMonitor and follow-up on approvals\nLead project development until handover to executing organization\nOversee the progression of projects to completion in some cases\n What makes you remarkable?\nAt 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.\nExpected:\nBachelor's degree in Oil & Gas Surface Engineering or related disciplines.\nMinimum 8 years of experience in oil and gas surface engineering, project development, opportunity assessment, or brownfield facility modification activities. supported by a minimum of 10 years of overall working experience.\nRelevant project management certification is preferred\nStrong knowledge of oilfield surface facilities, including oil processing and water treatment systems.\nExperience with project planning/execution\nExcellent academic background\nStrong Knowledge of oil and production facilities\nUnderstanding of the principles of cost estimating preferred\nGood teamwork and interpersonal skills\nGood organizational, coordination, planning, and interface skills\nStrong communication skills in English required\nStrong Time Management skills\nProficiency in Microsoft Office suite.","description_format":"text","description_chars":5561,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":8,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[{"language":"English","level":"All levels","optional":false}]},"benefits":["Health insurance","Professional development"],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"Iraq","iso":"IQ","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Petroleum & Mining Engineering","Oil & Gas","Engineering Services"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-11-11T15:03:54Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":63,"band":"ok","label":"Likely open","p_open":1,"p_active":0.632,"p_room":1,"age_days":0,"expected_fill_days":34,"reasons":["seen:0","stale_co","velocity","win:early","comp:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-11-12T10:38:37Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/wood-projects-development-engineer","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/wood-projects-development-engineer.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-11-13T00:26:41Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":1015,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-11-14T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.1,"usd":0.01,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":98243},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=98243"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fwood-projects-development-engineer"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"free","price":{"credits":0,"usd":0},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fwood-projects-development-engineer"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.1,"usd":0.01},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fwood-projects-development-engineer"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/wood-projects-development-engineer\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fwood-projects-development-engineer"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":4074873}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"woodplc.com","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":4074873},"note":"people open to offers who fit this vacancy"}],"note":"The same data through MCP tools: https://alion.io/mcp/open needs no sign-in (compact searches, postings, people); https://alion.io/mcp with an Alion account has everything. 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