About this role
Join us in delivering a more sustainable world
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. 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.
Our purpose is delivering a more sustainable world. In Charleston, West Virginia, we're looking for a Department Manager, Mechanical Engineering to lead and grow our Mechanical Engineering team while supporting the successful delivery of projects for our customers across the energy, chemicals and resources sectors.
This role combines people leadership, technical excellence, project delivery oversight, operational management and business growth. You'll work closely with customers, project teams and office leadership to build team capability, drive engineering excellence and deliver successful outcomes.
Eligibility: This position is open only to individuals who are legally authorized to work in the United States. Employment visa sponsorship is not available for this role now or in the future.
What you'll do
Lead the mechanical engineering department
- Lead and develop the Mechanical Engineering team, creating an environment where people can grow, contribute and perform at their best
- Support departmental planning, resource forecasting and operational priorities
- Drive consistency in engineering execution, processes and quality standards
- Identify risks, opportunities and improvement initiatives and work with leadership to address them
- Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration and continuous improvement
- Support departmental communications and engagement activities
Develop and support our people
- Lead workforce planning and resource allocation activities
- Support recruitment, onboarding and succession planning initiatives
- Mentor, coach and develop engineers and designers across all career stages
- Support performance management, career development and recognition activities
- Encourage continuous learning and professional development
- Create a workplace where diverse perspectives are valued and inclusion is part of how we work
Support project delivery
- Partner with project managers and discipline leaders to deliver safe, high-quality outcomes
- Support management of project scope, schedule, budget and resources
- Monitor project performance and address issues that may affect successful delivery
- Support project risk identification, mitigation and escalation activities
- Review and approve technical deliverables as required
- Collaborate with project teams to meet customer expectations and business objectives
Drive technical excellence
- Champion sound engineering practice and technical excellence across the department
- Ensure compliance with applicable codes, standards, regulations and customer requirements
- Encourage consistency and standardization in engineering calculations, specifications, studies and reports
- Promote knowledge sharing and continuous improvement across project teams
- Support technical reviews, audits and quality initiatives
- Encourage adoption of digital engineering tools and data-centric ways of working
Promote quality, safety and wellbeing
- Demonstrate visible leadership in health, safety, environment and wellbeing initiatives
- Promote Worley's Life value and help create a culture where safety, health and wellbeing are priorities
- Support compliance with quality management systems and project governance requirements
- Contribute to continuous improvement in project delivery, quality and operational performance
Support business growth and customer relationships
- Support proposal development, estimates and business development activities
- Build and maintain strong relationships with customers, contractors, suppliers and industry partners
- Represent the discipline in customer, project and office leadership discussions
- Support growth of the Mechanical Engineering practice and broader business objectives
- Contribute technical expertise to project pursuits and strategic opportunities
What you'll bring
Required qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from an accredited institution
- Typically 15+ years of relevant engineering experience within energy, chemicals, resources, industrial, infrastructure or related sectors
- Demonstrated experience leading engineering teams, discipline groups or major project scopes
- Strong understanding of mechanical engineering principles, industry codes, standards and best practices
- Experience supporting multidisciplinary project delivery in consulting, EPC or EPCM environments
- Strong leadership, communication and relationship-building skills
- Proven ability to mentor and develop technical professionals
- Strong organizational, analytical and problem-solving capabilities
- Commercial awareness and experience supporting project budgets, staffing forecasts and delivery performance
- Proficiency with engineering and business software applications
Preferred qualifications
- Professional Engineer (PE) registration or equivalent professional licensure
- Previous experience in a department management, discipline management or engineering management role
- Experience supporting customer engagement, proposals and business development activities
- Familiarity with AI-enabled delivery, digital engineering and data-centric engineering environments
- Experience working across multidisciplinary engineering projects
- Active participation in professional engineering organizations
- Willingness to travel and support project or site assignments as needed
Moving forward together
We want our people to be energized and empowered to drive sustainable impact. That means fostering a values-inspired culture that unlocks brilliance through belonging, connection and innovation. We’re building a diverse, inclusive and respectful workplace—one where everyone feels they belong, can be themselves, and are heard.
If you're ready to lead a high-performing Mechanical Engineering team and help deliver projects that matter, we'd love to hear from you.
Our policy is to conduct background checks for all candidates who accept an offer of employment with us.
Please note: No agency representation or submissions will be recognized for this vacancy.