Production Engineer Jobs in UAE

We're Hiring: Production Engineering Manager Location: United Arab Emirates (Remote) Employment Type: Full-Time Experience Level: Mid-Level to Senior Work Arrangement: Fully Remote About UsWe are a globally focused organization committed to improving manufacturing performance, production reliability, engineering excellence, and operational efficiency across diverse markets. Our teams combine engineering, manufacturing, operations, quality, maintenance, supply chain, technology, and commercial expertise to build safe, scalable, and high-performing production environments. The Role We are seeking an experienced Production Engineering Manager to lead production engineering strategy, process optimization, manufacturing performance, equipment reliability, capacity improvement, and continuous improvement initiatives. The ideal candidate will bridge engineering and production operations, ensuring manufacturing processes are efficient, reliable, scalable, safe, cost-effective, and capable of consistently meeting quality and customer requirements. Key Responsibilities Develop and implement production engineering strategies aligned with manufacturing and business objectives. Lead production engineering activities across manufacturing lines, facilities, equipment, and production processes. Analyze production processes to identify bottlenecks, inefficiencies, capacity constraints, and improvement opportunities. Develop and optimize manufacturing processes, work methods, layouts, equipment configurations, and production flows. Provide engineering support for daily production operations and technical problem resolution. Lead root-cause analysis for recurring production, equipment, process, and quality issues. Develop corrective and preventive actions to improve production performance and reliability. Improve production capacity, throughput, cycle times, yield, productivity, and equipment utilization. Evaluate production requirements and determine appropriate equipment, tooling, automation, and process technologies. Lead engineering studies, feasibility assessments, trials, prototypes, and production validation activities. Manage production engineering projects from concept and design through implementation, commissioning, and stabilization. Coordinate with Manufacturing, Maintenance, Quality, Supply Chain, Procurement, Safety, IT, and Product Development teams. Develop production layouts, process flows, equipment specifications, line-balancing models, and technical documentation. Conduct capacity analysis and develop plans to support production growth and changing demand. Lead manufacturing line expansions, relocations, modifications, upgrades, and new line installations. Support new product introduction and ensure products can be manufactured efficiently and consistently. Review product designs for manufacturability, assembly, materials, tolerances, tooling, and production requirements. Implement Design for Manufacturing and Design for Assembly principles where applicable. Develop and validate manufacturing processes, standard work instructions, operating parameters, and process controls. Establish production engineering standards, specifications, procedures, and engineering change controls. Manage engineering changes and assess their impact on production, quality, cost, capacity, and delivery. Coordinate equipment installation, commissioning, qualification, testing, and production acceptance. Establish preventive maintenance requirements in collaboration with Maintenance and Reliability teams. Monitor equipment performance, downtime, failure patterns, and technical reliability. Support automation initiatives including robotics, machine vision, controls, sensors, and digitally enabled production systems. Evaluate opportunities for process automation, mechanization, and advanced manufacturing technologies. Develop and maintain process capability studies, production standards, and technical performance requirements. Monitor process variation and implement improvements to increase stability and repeatability. Work closely with Quality teams to reduce defects, scrap, rework, and customer complaints. Support statistical process control, process capability analysis, and quality improvement programs. Develop engineering solutions to improve material utilization, energy efficiency, labor productivity, and operating costs. Evaluate capital investment proposals for production equipment, tooling, automation, and facility improvements. Develop business cases covering capital expenditure, operating costs, productivity gains, capacity benefits, and ROI. Manage production engineering budgets, resources, contractors, and external technical service providers. Monitor engineering project schedules, costs, risks, technical deliverables, and implementation quality. Ensure production processes comply with applicable safety, environmental, quality, regulatory, and engineering requirements. Participate in production risk assessments, process hazard reviews, and operational safety initiatives. Develop contingency plans for critical equipment failures, capacity constraints, and production disruptions. Maintain engineering documentation, equipment records, drawings, specifications, process parameters, and change histories. Use manufacturing data, production analytics, MES, ERP, SCADA, and other digital tools to identify improvement opportunities. Develop production dashboards covering throughput, efficiency, downtime, yield, quality, and engineering performance. Identify emerging manufacturing technologies and assess their potential operational and commercial value. Lead Lean, Six Sigma, Kaizen, value-stream improvement, and other continuous improvement initiatives. Train and develop production engineers, technical specialists, and manufacturing personnel. Establish engineering competency requirements, technical training plans, and knowledge-sharing practices. Provide management with regular reports covering production performance, engineering projects, technical risks, costs, capacity, and improvement opportunities. Key Performance Indicators Production throughput Production capacity utilization Overall equipment effectiveness Equipment availability Equipment downtime Mean time between failures Mean time to repair Production cycle time Process cycle-time reduction Production yield First-pass yield Scrap rate Rework rate Process capability Defect rate Labor productivity Units produced per labor hour Production cost per unit Material utilization Energy consumption per unit Line utilization Changeover time Engineering project delivery Engineering project budget adherence Capital project ROINew product introduction performance Production ramp-up performance Preventive maintenance completion Engineering change cycle time Automation utilization Continuous improvement savings Safety and compliance performance Customer quality performance Ideal Candidate The successful candidate should have strong experience in production engineering, manufacturing engineering, process engineering, industrial engineering, operations engineering, or factory engineering, preferably within manufacturing, automotive, electronics, industrial equipment, consumer products, energy, aerospace, or other engineering-intensive environments. The candidate should demonstrate:Strong understanding of manufacturing processes, production systems, equipment, and industrial engineering principles. Experience leading production engineering teams and manufacturing improvement programs. Strong knowledge of process optimization, line balancing, capacity planning, and productivity improvement. Experience with equipment commissioning, process validation, troubleshooting, and production ramp-up. Strong understanding of Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, Kaizen, and continuous improvement methodologies. Experience supporting new product introduction and Design for Manufacturing. Knowledge of automation, robotics, controls, sensors, and modern manufacturing technologies. Strong analytical and root-cause-analysis capabilities. Experience using production data and engineering metrics to drive decisions. Strong understanding of quality systems, process controls, and manufacturing standards. Experience managing capital projects, engineering budgets, vendors, and technical contractors. Strong project-management and stakeholder-management capabilities. Excellent communication and technical presentation skills. Ability to manage multiple engineering projects, production priorities, and operational risks. Familiarity with ERP, MES, SCADA, CAD, maintenance, and manufacturing analytics systems. Strong understanding of workplace safety and engineering compliance. Experience working with international and distributed teams. A practical, data-driven, and continuous-improvement mindset.

Job Description<br><br>Job Overview:<br><br>The Senior Project Engineer uses best practices and knowledge of internal or external issues to improve the Project Engineering discipline within McDermott. They will act as a resource for colleagues with less experience and share their conceptual and practical expertise related to the Project Engineering discipline. The Senior Project Engineer solves complex problems and uses their discipline-specific knowledge to improve their products or services. The Senior Project Engineer impacts a range of customer, operational, project, or service activities with the Project Engineering team and other related teams and ensures that they are working within the appropriate guidelines and policies.<br><br>Responsibilities<br><br>Key Tasks and Responsibilities:<br><br>Coordinate and review inputs from the various Engineering disciplines, functional departments, and out-house contractors contributing to the execution of the Engineering portion of a project Coordinate and ensure the generation of deliverables, reports, and procedures required for the Engineering portion of the project Support management of the Engineering portion of the project as directed by the Project Engineering Manager Use discipline expertise and project experience to solve complex problems; take a broad perspective to identify innovative solutions Manage own time to meet objectives; forecast and plan resource requirements Assist the Project Engineering Manager in planning, organizing, coordinating, and controlling small projects or the Engineering portion of a larger project in accordance with established policies, procedures, systems, and requirements Act as a liaison between the Customer and Project Engineering Manager and Engineering Team, including third-party agencies and subcontractors Assist in the preparation and implementation of the Engineering Project Execution Plan (PEP) Assist in the preparation of the worksharing Interface Plan & Scope Split Matrix Ensure all scopes of work are addressed, handover points are understood and agreed upon, and there are no scope gaps or overlaps between the work sharing offices and any subcontractors Review the Project Plan along with the project planner and prepare subcontract scope packages for any work that is required to be subcontracted Attend Engineering Project Readiness reviews (as required) Coordinate and become familiar with all inputs and changes to the Engineering Project Plan, scope of work, drawings, and specifications Facilitate logging and evaluating impacts of all changes in the Desk Top Change Management System (DTCMS) Review any scope of work documents produced by the respective functional departments and identify changes impacting Engineering, update the Engineering Scope of Work documents as required/agreed, and assist in the preparation of change orders Coordinate information between Engineering and other functions (such as Fabrication, Marine, etc.) to ensure timely receipt and delivery of necessary design inputs Ensure that registers of all documents received by Engineering as well as sent are maintained and updated in accordance with Document Control inclusive of timely distribution to all concerned personnel, departments, other entities, and subcontractor(s) as necessary Document substantive communications (communications that result in significant decisions or assignment of actions), and forward copies to Engineering Project Manager Facilitate the development and monitor closeout of technical queries to obtain missing information, clarify work scope, and maintain preferred McDermott procedures, specifications, standards, practices, and operational requirement Coordinate and progress site queries related to subcontracted works Review project schedule and fabrication schedule in relation to construction sequence, milestones, and engineering scope, checking for alignment Attend Weekly Progress Meetings (internal as well as with Customer) and prepare the Minutes of Meetings Monitor worksharing team meetings, attending as necessary Coordinate and ensure that Engineering and associated Design work, including weight control information and necessary updates, are carried out by the respective discipline personnel in accordance with the specifications and schedule Ensure all procedures and calculations are submitted to the Customer for review and approval in accordance with the contract Monitor their approvals with the Customer Coordinate with the Project Quality Manager to ensure that the Engineering work is being performed per the Quality plans and that all necessary inspection and certification are available for the final documentation package Coordinate with the Project Procurement Manager/Coordinator to ensure that specifications, TBEs, vendor data expediting, and vendor data approvals required to be provided by Engineering are delivered per schedule, resolving technical queries as required Coordinate with senior production engineers and offshore operations engineers frequently to understand the progress of work activities on the project, identifying constraints related to Engineering deliverables and facilitating solutions Keep the Project Engineering Manager apprised of all activities and concerns, technical, budgetary, and manpower related Monitor work in progress and compile weekly/monthly reports on the status of each activity Gather and assemble inputs for actual, planning, and forecasting progress reports including associated productivity Monitor KPI measurement results, and alert Discipline Leads as necessary to take timely corrective action to avoid negative consequences to the project Participate in HAZAN, HAZID, HAZOP, and other safety I operability/ reliability studies and workshops, as necessary Participate in 3D model reviews, as necessary Coordinate and participate in Constructability reviews, as necessary Travel as necessary to attend Customer and project meetings and to facilitate the resolution of Engineering interface issues, including traveling to other Engineering offices, Fabrication Yard, and Offshore Attend Technical Quality Audit reviews, as necessary Facilitate project Discipline Lead Engineers' and Designers' reviews of previous projects' lessons learned, and ensure that lessons learned on the project are entered into MDR's Lessons Learned system progressively as they are identified<br><br>Reports to:<br><br>Project: Project Engineering Manager<br><br>Functional: Engineer Manager or Director<br><br>Liaise with: Project Team members plus all functional departments based on the specific functions allotted for a project,<br><br>subcontractors and vendors, and Customer; including Procurement, Fabrication, Marine, Quality, HSES, Completions, and<br><br>Welding Technology<br><br>Supervises: Assist the Project Engineering Manager in managing Lead Engineers and Lead Designers<br><br>Qualifications<br><br>Essential Qualifications and Education:<br><br>Degree in an Engineering discipline 8-15 years of experience in oil and gas with a major contractor or consultant predominantly performing detail design of offshore facilities Good working knowledge of discipline design techniques, analysis methods, and general workflow General knowledge of the theory, content, and application of statutory codes and guidelines as applicable<br><br>Preferred Qualifications and Education:<br><br> Preferably Registered Professional Engineer or member of a professional engineering 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