Director, Business Portfolio

Worley•Long Beach, CA

4d•$183,872 - $270,400

About The Position

The Senior Project Manager/Project Director is accountable for the overall direction, governance, and successful delivery of portfolio, mid-cap, or large-cap Chemicals & Fuels projects, including refining, petrochemical, fuels, terminals, and related industrial facilities. Projects are typically brownfield, based at operating facilities, or regulatory-driven, and require strong leadership in safety, risk management, constructability, operability, and stakeholder alignment. The role provides executive-level leadership to deliver projects safely, compliantly, and profitably in alignment with contractual commitments, customer expectations, regulatory requirements, and Worley’s strategic objectives. The Project Director establishes the execution framework, leads senior project leadership, and fosters a high-performance, safety-focused culture across all project phases.

Requirements

University degree or equivalent qualification in Engineering or a related technical discipline.
Typically 15 or more years of experience in project management, engineering, or technical leadership roles within the energy or power sectors.
Demonstrated success delivering large and mega-scale Chemicals & Fuels projects, including EPCM and EPC delivery models.
Strong experience with brownfield and operating-facility projects, including regulatory-driven capital work.
Proven leadership in refining, petrochemical, fuels, terminals, or related industrial sectors.
Experience across project lifecycle phases including Pre-FEED, FEED, detailed engineering, construction, commissioning, and startup.
Deep understanding of EPC project delivery, cost build-up, and risk-based contingency management.
Strong knowledge of constructability, operability, maintainability, and process safety expectations.
Experience managing complex commercial arrangements, subcontractors, and joint ventures.
Familiarity with regulatory and permitting frameworks relevant to Chemicals & Fuels projects, particularly in highly regulated environments such as California.
Ability to lead and influence large, multidisciplinary, multi-location teams.
Strong mentoring and talent-development capabilities.
Exceptional decision-making, problem-solving, and risk-management skills.
Excellent communication and stakeholder-management skills, including the ability to engage senior customer leadership.

Responsibilities

Provide overall leadership and strategic direction for large and mega-scale Chemicals & Fuels projects.
Establish project objectives, success criteria, and execution strategies aligned with contract, customer, and Worley requirements.
Establish project governance, decision-making frameworks, and accountability across engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and startup.
Lead and mentor Project Managers, Engineering Managers, and Project Engineers.
Champion a strong health, safety, and environmental culture, particularly process safety in operating facilities.
Ensure compliance with regulatory, permitting, and owner/operator requirements, including Safety by Design principles.
Oversee identification, assessment, and mitigation of project risks using Worley risk management procedures; ensure risk registers inform contingency, execution strategy, and decisions.
Approve and oversee integrated project execution plans, schedules, and resource strategies.
Ensure engineering deliverables are fit for construction, commissioning, and operations, particularly in brownfield environments.
Drive constructability, operability, and maintainability into project planning and execution.
Monitor cost, schedule, quality, and productivity performance and initiate corrective actions as needed.
Ensure effective multi-office and global workshare execution models.
Maintain accountability for project financial performance, including budget, cost control, forecasting, margin, and cash flow.
Provide leadership on contract interpretation, commercial strategy, and change management.
Oversee subcontractors, suppliers, and joint venture partners where applicable.
Balance technical, commercial, and schedule considerations to optimize project outcomes.
Serve as senior-level interface with customer leadership, technical authorities, and key stakeholders.
Build and maintain relationships with owner/operator engineering, operations, maintenance, and reliability teams.
Communicate project status, risks, and issues transparently and proactively.
Align internal and external stakeholders on project priorities and execution strategies.
Ensure Worley methodologies, systems, and tools are consistently applied.
Promote value creation, sustainability, and innovation in Chemicals & Fuels project delivery.
Contribute technical and execution expertise to proposals and strategic business-development pursuits.
Develop and retain high-performing project leadership talent.