Manager, People Operations

About Worley

Worley is an international leader in energy, chemicals, and resources expertise headquartered in Australia. We collaborate closely with clients to deliver projects and add value throughout asset lifecycles. Our offerings span consulting, engineering, procurement, construction, operations, and decommissioning. Leveraging deep industry knowledge alongside AI-powered delivery methods, we help customers navigate complexities and transition toward sustainable solutions.

Position Overview

We are seeking a seasoned Manager for People Operations to lead the HR function in Qatar. This role blends strategic partnership with operational mastery to provide the workforce, leadership, and organizational support needed to meet business targets. The successful candidate will influence culture, enhance organizational effectiveness, develop leadership capabilities, and foster a remarkable employee experience.

Key Responsibilities

• Oversee the complete range of People Operations activities in Qatar, ensuring HR services are compliant, high quality, commercially oriented, and aligned with business and project goals.
• Collaborate with business leaders to assess workforce priorities, organizational challenges, and capability needs, crafting practical HR solutions to enable growth and efficiency.
• Implement and advance Worley’s people strategy locally, ensuring coordination between local operations, regional initiatives, and enterprise-wide HR programs.
• Provide trusted advice and coaching to leaders on organizational effectiveness, workforce planning, leadership development, employee relations, performance management, succession, and change management.
• Manage local initiatives that boost employee experience, organizational capacity, workforce productivity, and support sustainable growth.
• Partner with Centres of Expertise (e.g., Talent Acquisition, Reward, Talent Management, Mobility) to deliver seamless HR solutions and ensure proper execution of organizational programs.
• Handle employee relations, workplace accountability, and people risk management to guarantee fair, consistent, and lawful outcomes.
• Lead workforce planning and talent discussions to secure essential capabilities, succession pipelines, and talent strategies to fulfill operational requirements.
• Drive employee engagement, diversity and inclusion, wellbeing, culture-building, and retention to reinforce Worley’s employer value proposition and nurture a high-performance environment.
• Ensure compliance with local employment laws, visa and immigration policies, professional registrations, business licensing, and governance mandates.
• Use analytics and business insights from workforce data to identify risks and opportunities, influencing strategic decisions and supporting business objectives.
• Collaborate with Shared Services and COEs to enhance processes, service quality, employee experience, governance, and operational efficiency.
• Guide change initiatives with effective stakeholder engagement, communication, readiness, and adoption.
• Foster a culture emphasizing accountability, collaboration, continuous improvement, and embedding Worley’s core values in leadership and HR practices.

Desired Qualifications and Experience

• A Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Social Sciences, or a related field.
• At least 10 years of progressive HR experience, including significant exposure to senior leadership partnership and multi-disciplinary HR generalist functions.
• Demonstrated leadership within People Operations in complex, project-driven, engineering, professional services, or industrial contexts.
• Comprehensive understanding of workforce planning, talent acquisition, talent management, succession, performance management, employee relations, organizational development, and change management.
• Proven track record translating business strategies into effective HR plans that enhance organizational capability and performance.
• Ability to partner with senior leaders in addressing organizational challenges, managing workforce risk, and facilitating business transformation.
• Strong knowledge of Qatar employment laws, labor practices, immigration rules, and governance, with beneficial knowledge of broader GCC employment contexts.
• Exceptional stakeholder relations skills, capable of influencing decisions within matrixed organizations.
• Experience managing complex employee relations cases, workplace investigations, change programs, and mission-critical HR projects.
• Successful collaboration with Centres of Expertise and Shared Services to deliver integrated HR solutions and enterprise programs.
• Analytical mindset with commercial acumen to interpret workforce data, detect trends, evaluate risks, and provide evidence-based recommendations.
• Excellent skills in coaching, consulting, facilitation, influencing, and problem solving.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills to engage effectively at all organizational levels.
• Ability to juggle multiple priorities and deliver high-quality results in dynamic, changing environments.
• Commitment to cultivating an inclusive, high-performing culture aligned with Worley’s values and employee value proposition.

Preferred Attributes

• Professional human resources accreditation such as Chartered CIPD.
• Experience working in large-scale projects or companies in the engineering, energy, chemical, or resources sectors.
• Expertise in organizational design, restructuring, workforce transformation, or culture change initiatives.

Our Commitment

We endeavor to empower and energize our people to generate sustainable impact through a values-inspired culture that promotes connection, belonging, and innovation. We are building an inclusive and respectful work environment where individuals feel valued and heard.

We actively invest in reskilling and support career growth, enabling our workforce to become leaders in low carbon energy infrastructure and technology. Whatever your career goals, there are numerous opportunities to explore and grow here in a barrier-free environment.