Senior Project Engineering Manager

Job Description - Senior Project Engineering Manager (CAL01TZ)Management Level:Director:

Senior Project Engineering Manager - Pipelines

Building on our past. Ready for the future.

Worley is a global professional services company of energy, chemicals and resources experts. We partner with customers to deliver projects and create value over the life of their assets. We’re bridging two worlds, moving towards more sustainable energy sources, while helping to provide the energy, chemicals and resources needed now.

Play an integral role in shaping and delivering complex engineering projects, ensuring excellence across safety, quality, cost, and schedule, while leading multi-discipline teams to achieve impactful results.

You will be responsible for establishing the project framework for engineering and design, coordinating cross-discipline teams, and driving project execution from start to finish. Your leadership ensures that engineering deliverables meet technical, regulatory, and client expectations while fostering innovation and efficiency throughout the project lifecycle. You will also bring hands-on expertise in onshore pipeline projects in cold weather environments, applying practical experience to anticipate and mitigate challenges associated with extreme climates.

Core Responsibilities

• Project Execution & Delivery: Lead the engineering plan, scope, cost, and schedule requirements for large or complex projects. Coordinate discipline teams to ensure successful project execution, progress monitoring, and quality outcomes. Implement innovative solutions to address challenges, including out-of-sequence work.
• Technical Oversight: Ensure adherence to engineering standards, customer specifications, and regulatory requirements. Promote technical excellence through peer reviews, checks, and feedback incorporation. Standardize equipment specifications, templates, and drawings where applicable.
• Cross-Discipline Leadership: Direct multi-discipline teams, including Lead Engineers and Designers, ensuring effective communication, coordination, and issue resolution. Mentor team members, support training, and foster knowledge sharing.
• Client & Stakeholder Engagement: Build strong relationships with customers, suppliers, and contractors. Support proposals by defining execution strategies, estimating hours and costs, reviewing content, and presenting solutions to clients.
• Business & Operational Support: Communicate resource needs to Discipline Managers, manage workload coverage, and ensure compliance with company processes and HSE requirements. Support budgeting, cost control, and performance review processes.

• Procurement & Site Support: Review and approve specifications, bid evaluations, and technical documentation. Collaborate with site personnel to address constructability, operability, and maintainability concerns. Provide on-site support for construction, commissioning, and turnover as required.

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What you’ll bring to the role

• Experience: 20+ years of relevant discipline experience, with 5+ years as a Project Engineering Manager overseeing large, complex projects. Hands-on experience in project setup, team management, cost estimating, proposal development, and project closeout. Significant experience in onshore pipeline projects, particularly in cold weather or arctic environments, is required.
• Qualifications & Training: Actively licensed engineer where required; trained in leadership, project execution, and ideally in risk management or quality.
• Technical & Systems Skills: Strong understanding of cross-discipline work, interfaces, and sequencing. Proficient in Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, Teams, PowerPoint, with familiarity in integrated engineering tools; Access and Visio knowledge desirable.
• Leadership & People Skills: Ability to build constructive relationships, communicate clearly, and lead multi-cultural teams. Strong action orientation, intellectual capacity to manage complexity, and accountability for high-quality deliverables.
• HSE Commitment: Hands-on application of Safe and Sustainable Engineering practices, promoting health, safety, and environmental excellence across teams.

Feel the energy at Worley with access to a range of benefits including:

Paid-time off, holiday pay (usually 8 per year in the US), and eligibility to participate in the medical, life, dental, and vision insurance plans, as well as the 401K plan.

Ready to make an impact?

If you’re an experienced engineering leader who thrives on complex projects, collaborative problem solving, and delivering results at scale—particularly with expertise in onshore pipeline work in cold climates—we want to hear from you. Join us and help shape the future of energy and resources.

About Us

Worley is a global professional services company with a strong focus on safety, sustainability, and delivering value for our customers. With a diverse, inclusive, and collaborative culture, we empower our people to innovate, grow, and make a difference across energy, chemicals, and resources projects worldwide.

Moving forward together

We’re committed to building a diverse, inclusive and respectful workplace where everyone feels they belong, can bring themselves, and are heard. We provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants and employees without regard to age, race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, disability status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status or any other basis as protected by law.

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.

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.

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