Project Construction Director - Power Projects

Overview

Project Construction Director – Power Projects (HOU04DP) for Worley. Lead construction execution on a major power generation project, acting as Worley’s senior field representative and on-site senior construction leader. Drive safe, predictable delivery, and excellence across multidisciplinary teams, engaging with customers and stakeholders to ensure alignment with project objectives and contractual commitments.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the senior on-site Worley representative and primary interface with the project team, customer leadership, contractors, and key stakeholders.
• Provide overall leadership, governance, and direction for all construction activities across a complex power generation project.
• Lead construction execution strategies to deliver large-scale power facilities, including cogeneration and other advanced power technologies.
• Establish and maintain relationships with customer executives, project leadership, contractors, regulatory agencies, and external stakeholders.
• Ensure projects are delivered safely, on schedule, within budget, and in compliance with contractual requirements and company standards.
• Develop and implement integrated construction execution plans, site management strategies, and delivery methodologies aligned with project and customer objectives.
• Lead multiple Construction Managers, Area Managers, Superintendents, and discipline leaders to ensure consistent execution across all project work fronts.
• Drive alignment between project strategy, engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and operational readiness activities.
• Provide leadership across all field construction disciplines (civil, structural, mechanical, electrical, instrumentation, and commissioning support).
• Lead workforce planning, contractor management, talent deployment, and succession planning across the project site.
• Monitor project performance, productivity, quality, safety, schedule, and cost metrics; drive corrective and preventive actions as needed.
• Identify, manage, and mitigate execution risks that could impact project outcomes.
• Lead complex problem-solving involving technical, operational, commercial, and stakeholder challenges.
• Support contract execution strategies through effective risk management, change management, and commercial objectives.
• Participate in executive-level project reviews and provide strategic recommendations on performance, recovery, and execution improvements.
• Foster a culture of operational excellence through innovation, productivity improvements, and continuous learning.
• Ensure compliance with health, safety, environmental, quality, and regulatory requirements; reinforce a safety-first culture on the project.
• Manage critical stakeholder communications during major milestones and significant events.
• Champion sustainability initiatives and responsible construction practices aligned with Worley’s commitments.
• Support development and implementation of construction best practices, systems, tools, and delivery frameworks to improve project outcomes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or a related discipline; or an equivalent combination of education and industry experience.
• Typically 20+ years of progressive construction leadership experience in power generation, energy infrastructure, industrial construction, or major capital projects.
• Extensive experience leading the construction execution of large-scale power generation projects, including cogeneration facilities.
• Proven experience as the senior construction leader on major EPC or EPCM projects with significant capital value and complex stakeholder environments.
• Experience leading large construction organizations through Construction Managers, Area Managers, Superintendents, contractors, and multidisciplinary project teams.
• Strong strategic leadership to translate business objectives into executable construction strategies.
• Deep understanding of power generation construction methodologies, project delivery models, commissioning interfaces, and field execution best practices.
• Strong focus on safety, quality, productivity, schedule, cost, and customer satisfaction.
• Commercial and contractual knowledge including risk management, forecasting, change management, claims avoidance, and cost control.
• Ability to make independent, high-impact decisions influencing project strategy and outcomes.
• Experience building trusted customer relationships and advising customer leadership and executives.
• Strong communication, negotiation, and influencing skills with experience presenting to executive leadership and customer decision-makers.
• Proven leadership to build high-performing teams and foster accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Advanced understanding of construction management systems, project controls, scheduling methodologies, productivity tools, and digital construction technologies.
• Commitment to operational excellence, innovation, sustainability, workforce development, and customer success.
• Typically requires the ability to reside or travel as needed to meet project demands.

About us

Worley is a global company of energy, chemicals and resources experts headquartered in Australia. We partner with customers to deliver projects and create value across the asset lifecycle, offering services from consulting to engineering, procurement and construction, with operations and decommissioning support. We leverage extensive experience and AI-enabled delivery to navigate complexity and drive sustainable solutions.

Benefits

Benefits include paid time off, holiday pay, and eligibility to participate in medical, life, dental, and vision insurance plans, as well as a 401K plan.

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If you are an accomplished construction executive who thrives in complex project environments and has a proven history of delivering major capital projects safely and successfully, apply to join Worley and lead critical power infrastructure that supports communities and the energy transition.

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