Senior Project Engineer

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 todays needs and transition to more sustainable solutions. 

Job Purpose

Coordinate multi-discipline engineering delivery for critical infrastructure projects in line with Worley procedures, contractual requirements and customer objectives. Act as the technical interface between the Project Manager, Engineering Manager and discipline teams, ensuring plans, deliverables, schedules, bills of materials and forecasts are accurate, coordinated and delivered safely
Lead day-to-day engineering coordination across utilities, water, power, transport, ports, marine, industrial infrastructure, resilience upgrades and brownfield modifications. Translate contract requirements into scope, deliverables, work plans, resource plans, schedules and controls for safe, sustainable and predictable delivery.

Key Responsibilities

Discipline Leadership    
Define and coordinate the engineering team, set clear delivery objectives, assign work through discipline leads, provide technical guidance, monitor performance and close gaps affecting safety, quality, cost, schedule or productivity.

Business Development Support    
Support proposals for small to medium infrastructure opportunities by developing execution strategies, discipline scopes, schedules, resource plans, deliverables, risks, assumptions and technical differentiators aligned with customer drivers. Apply strong commercial acumen by validating scope boundaries, change assumptions, delivery risks and pricing inputs to support competitive, executable and margin-protective bids.

Critical Infrastructure Delivery    
Drive technically robust infrastructure solutions across studies, design development, detailed engineering and delivery support. Ensure designs address safety, sustainability, resilience, constructability, maintainability, operational continuity, stakeholder constraints, permitting requirements and whole-life asset performance.

Project Coordination & Administration    
Coordinate project plans, contractual arrangements, schedules, milestones, deliverable registers and progress inputs. Review schedules, bills of materials, forecasts and controls for accuracy, completeness and alignment with delivery commitments, while maintaining disciplined scope control, change awareness and clear traceability between contract requirements, approved deliverables and execution performance.

Stakeholders & Interfaces    
Coordinate with project managers, engineering managers, other discipline leads, authorities, customers, contractors, vendors, operations and site teams. Resolve inter-discipline issues, manage review cycles, incorporate comments and maintain clear technical interfaces, responsibilities and escalation paths.

Execution Controls    
Plan and control engineering execution through work plans, deliverable registers, schedules, progress measurement, quality plans, change control, risk registers, resource forecasts and project reports. Monitor commercial performance indicators, including MOPC, CPI and WPI, to identify trends, protect margin, support timely corrective action and maintain alignment between approved scope, budget, schedule and delivery commitments.
Technical & Team Leadership    Ensure adherence to accepted engineering practices, statutory requirements, customer specifications, local and global standards, checking procedures and peer review requirements. Mentor engineers and designers, promote consistency of deliverables and support data-centric and digital engineering methods where beneficial.

Essential    

• Engineering degree or equivalent technical experience, with professional registration or eligibility preferred.
• Typically 12+ years’ engineering experience, including 10+ years in project engineering, supervision, project management or technical coordination.
• Experience delivering E, EP, EPCM or EPC scopes across critical infrastructure, utilities, transport, water, power, ports, industrial, sustaining capital or brownfield projects.
• Proven ability to coordinate multi-discipline, multi-location teams; review technical work; resolve interfaces; and support scope, change, risk, cost and schedule control.

Desirable    

• Local professional registration; recognized project management training; EPCM/EPC exposure; site, procurement, construction or commissioning support; and familiarity with digital delivery, data-centric engineering and asset management.

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. Were building a diverse, inclusive and respectful workplace. Creating a space where everyone feels they belong, can be themselves, and are heard.

And were not just talking about it; were doing it. Were reskilling our people, leveraging transferable skills, and supporting the transition of our workforce to become experts in todays low carbon energy infrastructure and technology. Whatever your ambition, theres a path for you here.

And theres no barrier to your potential career success. Join us to broaden your horizons, explore diverse opportunities, and be part of delivering sustainable change.