Director, Project Management
About The Position
Worley is a global company of energy, chemicals and resources experts headquartered in Australia. We partner with our customers to deliver projects and create value across the life of their assets. We specialize in consulting, engineering, procurement and construction across the project lifecycle, with services extending through to operations and decommissioning. Leveraging extensive experience and AI-enabled delivery, we support customers in navigating complexity as they meet today's needs and transition to more sustainable solutions. The Project Execution Director is accountable for the end-to-end delivery of a major capital project or program, overseeing all phases from FEED through execution, commissioning, and handover. This role provides strategic leadership across engineering, procurement, construction, and project controls, ensuring safe, predictable, and commercially successful project outcomes. The Director leads large, multi-disciplinary teams and interfaces directly with executive stakeholders, joint venture partners, and clients.
Requirements
- Extensive senior leadership experience delivering large-scale (> $1B) capital projects within mining, energy, or infrastructure sectors.
- Demonstrated experience leading projects from FEED through full execution and commissioning.
- Strong technical background in engineering, construction, or project management.
- Proven experience managing EPC/EPCM contracts and complex stakeholder environments.
- Degree in Engineering or related field; P.Eng. or equivalent preferred.
Responsibilities
- Provide executive oversight of project development, ensuring technical robustness, constructability, and execution readiness.
- Lead integrated project teams to define scope, execution strategy, contracting approach, and delivery model.
- Oversee cost estimates, schedules, and risk assessments to support investment decisions.
- Ensure alignment between engineering design, procurement strategy, and construction planning.
- Lead overall project execution strategy, ensuring delivery against safety, cost, schedule, and quality targets.
- Provide visible leadership to site and project teams, fostering a high-performance, safety-first culture.
- Manage interfaces across EPC/EPCM contractors, suppliers, and stakeholders.
- Maintain executive-level oversight of project controls including schedule, cost, forecasting, and reporting.
- Drive proactive risk and issue management across the full project lifecycle.
- Act as the primary executive interface with clients and senior stakeholders.
- Lead governance forums, steering committees, and executive reporting.
- Build and maintain strong relationships across joint venture partners and suppliers.
- Provide strategic guidance to senior project leaders and functional managers.
- Champion Worley’s Zero Harm culture across all project activities.
- Ensure compliance with regulatory, contractual, and corporate requirements.
- Drive continuous improvement in project delivery performance.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
