Project Engineering Manager (Onshore)

About the Company

Worley is a leading global professional services firm specializing in energy, chemicals, and resources sectors. We collaborate with our clients to deliver projects and maximize asset value throughout their lifecycle, while transitioning towards sustainable energy solutions, alongside supporting current energy, chemical, and resource demands.

Main Purpose

The Project Engineering Manager will establish and oversee the engineering framework that guides project execution, ensuring efficient delivery of multi-disciplinary engineering and design activities for onshore projects within the energy and hydrocarbon industries.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and implement the engineering execution framework, including procedures, workflows, deliverables, and interface management.
• Lead and coordinate multidisciplinary engineering teams during feasibility, concept, front-end engineering design (FEED), and detailed design phases.
• Ensure engineering deliverables meet quality standards, adhere to project scope, and align with timelines.
• Deliver design outputs that comply with client specifications, regulatory requirements, and industry best practices.
• Review and approve engineering strategies, project structures, and discipline roles.
• Implement the project Engineering Management Plan, including discipline-specific scheduling and budgeting that integrates safety and sustainability across the asset lifecycle.
• Manage technical value improvement initiatives such as technology selection, value engineering, energy optimization, and reliability, availability, and maintainability (RAM) analysis.
• Coordinate cross-disciplinary engineering integration, ensuring seamless sequencing and effective interface management among teams, licensors, contractors, and stakeholders.
• Oversee interfaces between engineering, procurement, construction, and third parties, ensuring timely resolution of technical issues and interdisciplinary conflicts.
• Maintain engineering compliance with Worley standards, international codes, and customer specifications, overseeing quality assurance processes including document control and approval cycles.
• Lead design reviews, safety assessments, technical assurance, and ensure scheduling and budgeting of Technical Peer Reviews, involving senior management as required.
• Serve as the primary technical liaison with customer management throughout project phases supporting safe, timely, and budget-compliant engineering delivery.
• Monitor progress versus schedule, budget, and deliverables, identifying risks and launching mitigation actions.
• Provide technical and commercial recommendations to optimize designs and manage project risks, ensuring alignment with cost, schedule, and procurement controls.
• Maintain comprehensive engineering registers covering assumptions, holds, queries, deviations, document changes, and decisions.
• Champion health, safety, security, environment, and quality (HSSEQ) culture within engineering practices, ensuring designs incorporate safe and environmentally compliant solutions aligned with local and international regulations.
• Lead, mentor, and develop diverse, multi-location engineering teams with appropriate resource allocation and competency alignment, fostering collaboration and continuous improvement based on lessons learned.

Qualifications and Credentials

• Bachelor’s degree in any engineering discipline from an accredited institution.
• Chartered Professional Engineer (CPEng) certification or progress towards it is advantageous.
• Mandatory accreditation with the Ministry of Municipality and Environment (MME); candidates must obtain this within the probation period if not already accredited.

Experience and Competencies

• Extensive experience in the oil & gas, petrochemical, or energy sectors.
• Proven track record as Project or Engineering Manager managing Pre-FEED, FEED, and Detailed Engineering projects over the past five years.
• Strong expertise in managing multi-disciplinary and globally distributed engineering teams.
• In-depth knowledge of engineering governance, execution planning, and design assurance.
• Comprehensive understanding of cross-disciplinary integration, interface management, and sequencing.
• Familiarity with engineering deliverables, specifications, design review processes, and project lifecycle stages (Pre-FEED through EPC).
• Experience with risk and change management, and technical decision-making.

Leadership and Behavioral Skills

• Demonstrated leadership in managing diverse, multi-location teams.
• Effective communicator capable of influencing technical and commercial decisions.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities within complex and competing priorities.
• Highly organized with firm planning and execution discipline.
• Able to thrive in fast-paced, multi-project environments.

Diversity and Inclusion

Worley is dedicated to fostering an inclusive workplace where every individual feels valued, respected, and empowered to contribute. We provide equal opportunity employment free from discrimination on any legally protected basis and support the development and transition of our workforce towards low-carbon energy technologies and sustainable solutions.