Project Manager
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.
Responsibilities
- Plans, directs, supervises, and controls the execution of all business, technical, fiscal, and administrative functions of the assigned program, project, or subtask. Acts as the Company representative with the customer and selected suppliers during the program execution. Negotiates changes to the scope of work with the customer. Assists business development in understanding customer issues and business plans in order to market and secure new/additional work.
- Establishes the program requirements for all areas of the program, and monitors the draft and final deliverables for adherence to these criteria. Assigns responsibility to executing project plans for key subordinates and assesses how to utilize their qualifications and strengths.
- Provides input to performance reviews and development plans for subordinates. Promotes technical excellence as well as the improvement of the Quality Improvement Process. Mobilizes Company resources, through effective liaison with support departments, other offices, or subsidiaries, to create project teams capable of completing effective, quality work. Works with individual lead discipline engineer to develop budgets, schedules and plans for the various elements of a project. Ensures that the project meets or exceeds goals established in these plans.
- Monitors and reports to management on the progress of all project activity within the program, including significant milestones, and any conditions which would affect project cost or schedule. Works with individual lead discipline to devise and execute action plans to rectify potential cost overruns or delays, or to accommodate significant changes to the scope of work. Advises the customer and Company management of any such changes.
- Oversees establishment of Work Plan, Health and Safety Plan, Quality Assurance/Quality Control Plan and other documents for hazardous waste work. May participate in negotiations with regulatory agencies and in public meetings in support of customers. Completes other responsibilities associated with the position as may be appropriate
HSE Management
- Work with project manager(s) and other team members to visibly support and comply to the One-Way program and ensure that HSE requirements are followed by all project participants
Customer Relationships
- Establish and maintain good working relationships throughout the project and post completion
- Identify, document and communicate the customer requirements
- Ensure effective management of multiple stakeholders
Commercial Management
- Ensure effective management of WorleyParsons/Customer contract, including delivery of the budget gross margin.
Scope Management
- Ensure effective handover from Business Development Group
- Ensure a clear definition of scope
- Ensure compliance with requirements of the contract
- Apply an effective change control process
- Manage and monitor project performance on an ongoing basis to identify issues and opportunities early and take pre-emptive action.
- Effectively manage project interfaces, including use of High Value Engineering centres
Time Management
- Manage the planning of all scope elements of the project.
- Develop resource & financial requirements from the project plan.
- Manage the design, procurement and construction activities to meet the project schedule.
- Monitor the key reports and the development of corrective action plans.
- Ensure timely and effective documentation turnover and project close-out.
Cost Control
- Ensure that all estimates which are prepared for the project are accurate project estimates.
- Ensure that all proper and accurate cost reports are provided for control of the project.
- Monitor and control all cost aspects of the project to forecast costs, obtain approvals, identify trends and take action to avoid cost overruns and take advantage of opportunities.
Quality Management
- Ensure the project quality requirements are properly defined and fully implemented.
- Ensure the right systems are in place and that these are applied on the project.
- Ensure compliance with WorleyParsons policies and procedures.
- Implement as part of the project a lessons learned program on the project consistent with WP requirements.
Team Management
- Define roles and responsibilities and provide clear and focussed leadership for the project team to create a vision for project success and a strategy to fit that vision
Communications Management
- Ensure effective communications with the project team.
- Document communication requirements.
- Ensure accurate, timely & effective progress reporting to the Customer and internally to WorleyParsons management.
- Ensure ongoing monitoring of the communication network between project staff, the customer and third parties and introduction of changes where required.
Risk Management
- Identify project risks and opportunities.
- Monitor closure of all identified risks and opportunities.
- Maintain the risk management focus throughout the project duration
Design Management
- Set clear objectives for the design team.
- Ensure design team are aware of, and are complying with, customer's Basis of Design and applicable regulations and codes.
- Monitor design activities, inter-discipline data flow and communications
Procurement/Subcontracts Management
- Set clear objectives for the procurement and subcontracts team.
- Assess procurement process throughout the project to ensure goods meet specification and are delivered on time and are within budget.
Construction Management
- Set clear objectives for the Construction team.
- Monitor the Construction Management function to ensure safe delivery of the project within cost and schedule objectives
Qualifications
- P.E or Equivalent preferred
- PMP Certification preferred
- Manages work directly or indirectly through Managers. Typically manages multiple, complex projects or programs. This includes minor or major projects. Ability to visualize and design new concepts and ideas related to technical/functional projects; Broad knowledge of business operations and ability to implement and sometimes lead organizational change effectively within project scope; Solutions are derived from interpreted and applied general information and consultation with other individuals. Typically manages work directly through project leads or other project managers.
- Ability to visualize and oversee the design of new concepts and ideas related to the broader organization as well as functional area of expertise and ; Broad knowledge of business operations and ability to implement and lead organizational change effectively; Solutions are derived from interpreted and applied general information and consultation with other individuals. The ability to effectively communicate and present complex program proposals and reports to executive level management and/or the Board is critical. Participative management style with a cooperative team approach. Proven leadership skills in multi-cultural and possibly multi-national environments.
- Commitment to customer service and ability to work in a team-oriented environment.
- Generally characterized as a manager with expert level technical knowledge. Manages and directs through mid-level and senior level managers or first level directors.
- Typically will interface with lower level personnel, executive management, customers, and outside vendors.
- Contacts- relationships: Builds constructive relationships internal and external. The candidate uses variety of skills and behaviors to build trust and gain trust with customers and his project team.
- Customer Impact/ value added: The candidate is required to have the ability to know and negotiate customers’ expectations and align the resources needed to meet those expectations. More advanced competency is anticipating customer needs and expectations even before customer knows about them. This behavior involves being creative and innovated with products and services.
- Commercial and contract savvy: Uses written contract with customer as primary means to understand obligations, risks, and delivery requirements.
- Standing Alone: Standing alone involves being comfortable with conflict inherent with being a leader.
- Drive for results: The candidate produce results consistently by pushing himself and other to meet stretch goal.
- General attributes required of all WorleyParsons employees involved in leadership include: Zero Harm, Action Orientation, Building Effective Business Relationships, Commitment, Customer Focus, Dealing with Change, Drive for Results, Integrity and Trust, and Leadership Skills including Strategic Ability, Managing Vision & Purpose, Command Skills, and Global Business Knowledge.
Knowledge
- Understand and uses basic business principles. Familiar with company and customer portfolios, practices, financial reports and strategy
- Aware of how strategies and tactics work in the marketplace and that company/client politics are a necessary part of business. Tracks trends and new technologies
Written Communication & Influence
- Uses authority and charisma to motivate others and foster a winning team environment
- Builds teams and support groups who have high sense of urgency and desire to high service levels
Contracts & Relationships
- Has known reputation outside the organization for quality, safety, integrity. and service
- Has influence and relationships with key business partners
People Management
- Maintains dialogue up down and sideways in the organization. Is above reproach and demonstrates through actions and behaviors what is desired from others
- Brings out the best in people and shows mutual trust
- Willingness to support the business through domestic and international business travel, short and long term assignments
- Willingness to support the business through domestic and international business travel, short and long term assignments
Financial Management
- Identifies changes to work on an ongoing basis and receives approval in advance of engaging in the work
- Submits valid change requests to Customers before performing the work and receives Contract changes to allow billing for the work.
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.