Department Manager Structural Engineering at Worley in Houston, TX

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 today's needs and transition to more sustainable solutions.

Purpose

Provide functional, technical, and people leadership for the Civil / Structural / Architectural Department. The Department Manager is responsible for maintaining a capable, engaged, and appropriately resourced organization that delivers safe, high-quality, commercially effective engineering and design services to Worley and its customers.

The role is accountable for people leadership, technical capability, workforce planning, project support, execution excellence, and continuous improvement across the department.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage Civil, Structural, and Architectural engineers, designers, technical specialists, and discipline leads.
• Recruit, retain, develop, and engage personnel to meet current and forecast business needs.
• Set clear performance expectations and provide regular performance, career development, and Individual Development Plan discussions.
• Maintain succession and development plans for key technical and leadership positions.
• Maintain department capability through competency assessment, training, mentoring, knowledge sharing, and appropriate work assignments.
• Ensure projects are appropriately staffed with personnel who have the required competency and experience.
• Work with Project Managers, Project Engineering Managers, Lead Engineers, and other Department Managers to support effective project planning and execution.
• Monitor resource, technical, quality, schedule, and execution risks and support timely corrective action.
• Ensure work complies with Worley, customer, statutory, regulatory, professional engineering, and quality requirements.
• Promote consistent application of engineering standards, specifications, work processes, checking practices, and lessons learned.
• Promote safety in design, technical assurance, constructability, sustainability, and appropriate professional engineering oversight.
• Support preparation of engineering estimates, schedules, staffing plans, execution plans, proposals, and technical qualifications.
• Maintain visibility of workload, utilization, staffing requirements, and forecast resource demand, and take appropriate action to address gaps.
• Collaborate across locations and regions to balance workload, access specialist capability, and effectively utilize Worley's broader engineering resources.
• Promote standardization, digital engineering, automation, data-centric delivery, and appropriate use of AI-enabled tools to improve quality, productivity, and predictability.
• Support customer engagement, business development, proposals, and presentations where Civil, Structural, or Architectural leadership is required.
• Foster an inclusive, collaborative, and accountable work environment focused on safety, quality, employee development, continuous improvement, and customer outcomes.

What You Will Bring

Technical / Industry Experience and Qualifications

Required

• Minimum 15 years of relevant Civil, Structural, Architectural, or multidisciplinary engineering experience, including significant experience on complex engineering projects.
• Minimum 5 years of engineering management, discipline leadership, department management, or comparable people-leadership experience.
• Demonstrated experience leading engineers, designers, and technical professionals.
• Strong understanding of Civil, Structural, and Architectural engineering and design practices and multidisciplinary project execution.
• Working knowledge of applicable engineering codes, standards, statutory and regulatory requirements, quality processes, and technical assurance practices.
• Demonstrated experience in workforce planning, resource forecasting, project staffing, and personnel development.
• Experience supporting engineering estimates, schedules, execution plans, and project delivery.
• Strong leadership, communication, collaboration, and decision-making skills.
• Ability to work effectively with customers, project teams, functional leaders, and geographically distributed teams.
• Commercial awareness and understanding of the relationship between engineering performance, project performance, and customer outcomes.

Preferred Experience

• Experience in the energy, chemicals, refining, petrochemical, resources, infrastructure, power, or related industries.
• EPC experience and experience across multiple project phases, including front-end engineering, detailed engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning.
• Experience leading multi-office, workshare, or globally distributed teams.
• Experience supporting proposals, estimating, customer engagement, and business development.
• Experience managing departmental utilization, resource forecasts, budgets, and performance objectives.
• Experience implementing standardized work processes, digital engineering, automation, data-centric delivery, or AI-enabled engineering tools.
• Experience with professional engineering governance, Responsible Charge, and engineering sealing requirements.

Education, Qualifications, Accreditation and Training

Required

• Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, Architecture, or a related engineering discipline from an accredited institution.

Preferred

• Professional Engineer (PE) license or Registered Architect (RA) credential in an applicable U.S. jurisdiction.
• Master's degree in engineering, architecture, engineering management, business administration, or a related field.
• Formal training or certification in leadership, people management, project management, or commercial management.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification or equivalent project management qualification.

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

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.