About this role
About us
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.
About the Project
We are looking to enhance our Major Projects and Programme team to support a major project award due to start in November 2026. This is a PMC award for Master Planning (MP) and Project Management Consultant (PMC) services to develop a Green Energy, Fertilizer and Chemicals Complex (GEFCC) in India. The main Process U nits include, Green Hydrogen, Ammonia, MeOH, Urea, Biogas, Gasification, Syngas and CCU.
The project will be executed from our London Hub in Chiswick with likely travel to Europe / SE Asia and India.
About the job
We’re looking for a proven Construction Director who has demonstrated capability and experience to take on a major Construction Director PMC role.
As a Construction Director PMC, you will be responsible for establishing construction strategy, driving and overseeing the development of the Construction Execution Strategy and Construction Methodologies to deliver successful project construction outcomes at all project stages from FEED through to Client Handover.
What you’ll do
- Prioritize the safety, health, and wellbeing of ourselves and others. Influence a positive HSE culture promoting compliance from all involved.
- Demonstrate courage and resilience to lead the construction teams, coordinating with contractors to get things planned and done safely, meeting quality, on time, and to budget.
- Liaise with other stakeholders.
- Promote right to left thinking into the home office design and planning to help plan and deliver the construction phase scope through commissioning and handover.
- Oversee and contribute to the development of all home office and site construction execution procedures.
- Monitor contractor performance and instigate support and improvements where needed to maintain schedule and delivery.
- Contribute to managing the project construction risk and site construction HAZID reviews.
What you’ll have
- A degree in engineering or construction related subject, or industry equivalent experience.
- A leading HSE qualification.
- A strong understanding of construction forms of contract.
- International project delivery/project governance experience, including large scale projects $1bn+.
- Experience of successfully engaging with clients, senior management, and other key stakeholders.
- Proven HSE experience safely delivering project construction including application of leading and lagging HSE indicators, leading HSE inspections, overseeing SIMOPS and construction HAZID, and implementing, managing and monitoring safe systems of work.
- Good commercial acumen and experience in all commercial contracting models/risk profiles and project scopes/phases (FEL/EPC/EPCM/PMC & Lump Sum/Fixed Price/Target Price/Reimbursable, etc) and the ability to mitigate risks effectively through positive decision making.
- Motivational leadership style with very strong communication skills and the ability to develop high-performance culture.
- Proven experience in achieving results and targets, meeting timelines, pushing to achieve stretch goals, and demonstrating enthusiasm, persistence, and tenacity.
- Ability to deal with new concepts and complexity comfortably with a vision to the changes in technological advancements.
- Project schedules will be executed in a fast-paced environment with considerable variability in methods of delivery and demands to respond quickly. The successful candidate will need to have a flexible and adaptable approach to the project delivery.
- A multi-site project setup will require good planning and coordination skills with ability to manage travel and working hours across different time zones.
Moving forward together
We want our people to be energized and empowered to drive sustainable impact. So, our focus is on a values-inspired culture that unlocks brilliance through belonging, connection and innovation. We're building a diverse, inclusive and respectful workplace. Creating a space where everyone feels they belong, can be themselves, and are heard.
And we're not just talking about it; we're doing it. We're reskilling our people, leveraging transferable skills, and supporting the transition of our workforce to become experts in today's low carbon energy infrastructure and technology. Whatever your ambition, there's a path for you here.
And there's no barrier to your potential career success. Join us to broaden your horizons, explore diverse opportunities, and be part of delivering sustainable change.