Job Opportunities at Worley

 

FIXED TERM CONTRACT 

Key Accountabilities

• Assists business development activities by maintaining an up to date personal profile and resume. Builds positive working relationships with external parties such as the customer, suppliers, and contractors.
• Supports proposals by advising on the project execution strategy, estimating costs, writing proposal content, and presenting to customers.
• May be called upon to lead all or part of the technical proposal.
• Supports the business by communicating team resource loading and skill requirements to a direct supervisor or the Discipline Design Chief. Ensures the project work is covered for vacation and unplanned absences. Mentors/trains and supports the delivery of training. Assists in the employee performance review process. Facilitates coverage of activities when people leave the team. Encourages knowledge of and compliance with requirements and processes. Works to resolve inter-discipline, vendor, and customer issues. Ensures discipline technical work and team activities meet all health, safety, environmental, and security requirements.
• Ensures team member adherence to generally accepted engineering and design practices, regulatory requirements, and customer specifications. Supports the standardization of equipment specifications, drawings, and document templates. Contributes to the understanding of technical knowledge, legal requirements, and customer specifications whenever viable and lawful. Uses local/global standards to support technical excellence. Supports checking, peer reviews, and incorporation of comments and findings.
• May participate in project execution strategy and planning. Knows the project and discipline scope/cost/time requirements, assists the team to meet expectations, and coordinates with other disciplines to ensure project success. Implements innovative solutions, technology advances, and methods to effectively deal with working out of sequence. Supports management of project change and progressing for the discipline and works with the Project Management Team to take corrective actions regarding any issues, staffing requirements, scope changes, progressing, or other events that could affect project completion and/or profitability. Plans discipline quality, monitors quality activities, drives and participates in squad checking, recommends improvements, and takes action where required.
• Gathers data from multiple sources and prepares analyses, calculations, etc. Assists with recommendations and helps create final documentation. Determines technical issues, defines alternate solutions, establishes pros/cons for multiple solutions, and makes recommendations to support official project documents such as technical queries, technical
• deviations, etc. Creates final documentation incorporating all relevant information and pursues internal authorization. May review similar documentation to assist others and reviews/authorizes work done by direct reports.
• May incorporate information from multiple sources into equipment/material specifications, data sheets, testing requirements, and material requisitions. May participate in bid clarifications, bid evaluations, inter-discipline vendor information review and approval, and other certification activities. Reviews similar documentation to assist others and reviews/authorizes work done by direct reports.
• Seeks input from knowledgeable sources, participates in constructability, operability, and maintainability reviews, and incorporates requirements into design. May work with site personnel to resolve issues. May create plans or documents that supports construction, testing, commissioning, operations, maintenance, or decommissioning. May provide or lead on-site support for construction, commissioning, or turn over.

Qualification Years Experience

• Responsible for performing difficult and complex work assignments involving independent judgment to determine a course of action consistent with established functional and organization's policies and goals. Ability to lead and/or train lesser seasoned individuals.
• Awarded a 2 or 3 year technical diploma with discipline specific training or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience. Trained in leadership and project execution. Will be actively licensed with a local governing body where required by law.

Qualifications, Accreditation

• Training (Desirable) Training in risk management or quality.

Job Specific Knowledge 

Experience (Essential)

• Experience working in project leadership. Specialized expertise in one or more areas of regulations, codes, manufacturing standards, and industry standard practices.
• Decision Making Empowered to make responsible decisions. Difficult, complex or unusual decisions are usually referred to more senior discipline members.
• Works independently with scope for planning and organization of work methods on assigned projects. Receives assignments in terms of specific objectives and priorities. Work is reviewed for accuracy, completeness and accomplishment of objectives. May receive supervised / self-training in more advanced discipline work practices / applications.
• Supervision Authority Typically up to 6 direct reports consisting of less senior designers within the same discipline.
• Communication Strong ability to inform and persuade on complex matters through preparation and delivery of proposals, presentations and reports, as well as collaboration with stakeholders and management.
• Competent in Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, and Teams. Can navigate intranet pages, conduct searches, and retrieve information. Can organize information from many sources and retain as per the prescribed format and policies. Will be fully proficient in specialty design tools, analytics and modeling, and cross-discipline data centric methods.
• Systems & Tools (Desirable) Competent in Microsoft Access and PowerPoint. Able to touch type.
• HSE Capability Use the modified text from the sample Postion Description (Senior Engineer).
• Interpersonal: Builds appropriate, constructive, and effective business relationships throughout the organization; uses diplomacy and tact; is approachable; communicates clearly, accurately, and consistently both verbally and in written matters. Employs the principles of active listening and encourages feedback from others.
• Teamwork: Enjoys working in a small high calibre team with high visibility to senior stakeholders. Able to work and liaise with multiple teams and stakeholders, able to prioritise workloads and help other team members to achieve team goals.
• People Skills Action Orientation: Achieves results set by self and others, meets timelines, pushes to achieve stretch goals, and demonstrates enthusiasm, persistence and tenacity. Breaks down work into executable tasks. Acts accountable for work produced and ensures it is "right the first time.”
• Intellectual Capacity: Deals with new concepts and complexity comfortably. Examines problems carefully and thoroughly and understands their interdependencies. Can pull information and ideas from many sources and see the importance of many factors.

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Main Purpose Of Job

• To create Project budgets and analyse variances between budgeted Project costs and actual costs.
• To be responsible for analysing and controlling Project costs and advise Project Delivery teams appropriately.
• Manage financial risk and contain time and cost overruns on projects.

Key Performance Areas

B2.

• Indicate Key Performance Areas and the estimated percentage of time spent in each area.

KPA
% of Time

• Coordinate the overall cost analysis activities on one or more major projects / a portfolio of projects.
• Assume responsibility for preparation, quality and accuracy of project cost reports.
• Establish liaison with project management and clients on all matters relating to cost control.
• Assign and review work of subordinate cost analysis staff.
• Interface with Project stakeholders, including finance and accounting, to prepare written schedule and cost analysis and report on timely and accurate forecast of project cost
• Interface with stakeholders for stringent implementation of MoPC

30%
20%
20%
5%
5%
10%

• Interface with the PM and Finance to prepare monthly internal reports (PCS, FCS, WPR)

5%

• Project Close out and benchmarking

5%

Key Responsibilities

• State the key responsibilities under each Key Performance Area.
• If there are more than 10 key responsibilities, some of the similar functions may be grouped together.
• Please indicate which responsibilities are considered “essential” to the successful performance of the job in that particular KPA.

No.
Key Performance Areas (major Activities / Responsibilities)
Input (methods used)
Output (expected results)
% Time
Coordinate the overall cost analysis activities on one or more major projects / a portfolio of projects.

• Provide Cost Control support to the Discipline Manager on one or more major projects / a portfolio of projects at any given time.
• Participate in the interpretation and definition of client requirements with particular reference to estimates and cost controls in one or more major / complex and strategic projects.
• Develop and maintain the project cost control system, including forecasting, monitoring.
• Develop a project-specific cost control system in accordance with the Project Execution Plan for inclusion in the Project Instructions Manual.
• Convert the Project Estimate to the Project Cost Control System.
• Develop and maintain a quantities database for forecasted and actual quantities and forecasts costs at completion based on the bill of quantities.
• Establish and maintain a project cost trends system and assist with the development of change orders.
• Monitor, analyze, and report on project cash flow / Cost Spreads.
• Assist the Project Controls Manager in the analysis of subcontract bids.
• Implement Safety, Quality, Ethical Standards, Lessons Learned, and Performance Management
• Establish and maintain a project Specific Dashboard reporting measure to assist project Managers and Project Controls Manager with project(s) trends and use it as a reporting tool for upper management.
• Coordinate interface between cost control, Finance and Quantity Surveying and Estimation.

Refer to PCP-0001-COR-EN Project Breakdown and Coding Structures Standard
Refer to PCP-0042-COR-EN Cost Management Standard
Refer to INF-1300-COR-EN Project Start Up Checklist
Progress measurement and Cost / Revenue Recognition Updates
Project Cost Reporting
Internal Management reporting
Monthly invoicing
Assume responsibility for preparation, quality and accuracy of project cost reports.

• Analyze project costs
• Gather necessary information from the project team and others to support timely and accurate cost reporting and forecasting.
• Monitor and control expenses within allotted project budget.
• Ensure that cost codes and contract numbers are used correctly in the accounting and contract administration systems.
• Maintain, analyse, and update the Project Cost Report, including accurate presentation and documentation of budgets, budget transfers, committed costs, forecasted trends, and contingencies.
• Coordinate with the project team to gather information needed to maintain the Project Cost Report.
• Monitor, analyze, and report on engineering and construction man-hours and expense expenditures against budget.
• Process invoices in a timely manner and prepare monthly accruals.

Cost reporting as per Project Reporting Plan
Cost Performance Analysis and Monthly Forecasts
In accordance with the EMS standards; WPMP and contract requirements.
Cost control objectives are met throughout project life-cycle stages.
High level of input quality and usefulness of documents produced.
Establish liaison with project management and clients on all matters relating to cost control.

• Establish liaison with Project Management and the client (s) on all matters relating to cost control.
• Coordinate with project team to maintain an accurate man-hour forecast.
• Work with finance team in maintaining project accounting, budgeting and capital planning systems.

Effective mitigation of financial risk, and efficiency.
Maintain MoPC Variation Register.
Efficiency and seamless work-flow.
Compliance with Internal Controls, Authority Levels and Signing Powers.
Assign and review work of subordinate cost analysis staff.

• Assign and review work of junior cost control staff.

Evidence of collaborative work relationships on projects and QS input.
Zero Harm is maintained
Interface with the PM and Finance to prepare monthly internal reports (PCS, FCS, WPR)

• Obtain “As-sold” Margins from Pursuit team and input to Project Control Statement (PCS) in Accenta.
• Provide input into WPR in Accenta
• Assist to prepare and implement Recovery Plan
• Work with finance team in maintaining project accounting, budgeting and capital planning systems.

Monthly PCS and WPR reports
Review Status of Recovery Plan during MPR Meeting, if applicable
Follow-up Actions and Close-out
Project Close out and benchmarking

• Input to Project Close Out and Historical Data Collection

Refer to Project Close-Out Business Process Map CLB-0001-COR-EN
Requirements Of The Job
State the minimum educational, qualifications and experience that are required to perform the job competently:

Minimum Qualifications:

• Degree or Diploma in Quantity Surveying or Cost and Management Accounting or similar accredited qualification.
• Certification and membership by AACE (Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineers) or PMI (PMP) or similar accredited project management institute.
• Willing to undergo rigorous in-house Worley project controls and quality training
• Membership of AACE (Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineers).

Experience:

• A minimum of 8 years post qualification engineering / Project cost accounting experience in large construction / EPCM projects.
• Personal Qualities
• Interest in project accounting.
• Focus and belief that Zero Harm is achievable.
• Action Orientation
• Commitment.
• Customer Focus.
• Drive for Results.
• Integrity and Trust.
• Analytical.
• Initiative.

Competencies Of The Job

• Capable of Building Effective Business Relationships.
• Dealing with Change.
• Drive for Results.
• Integrity and Trust.
• Leadership Skills including Strategic Ability.
• Planning & organizing, with strong project management skills.
• Can operate in environment of complexity.
• Ability to work in a matrix structure
• Managing Vision & Purpose, Command Skills, and Global Business Knowledge.

Physical Requirements Of The Job

• In the performance of the duties of this role, the employee is regularly required to sit and stand; talk and hear, both in person and by telephone; use hands to finger, handle, feel or operate standard office equipment; and reach with hands and arms. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, colour vision and the ability to adjust focus.
• While performing the duties of this class, the incumbent is regularly required to use written and oral communication skills; read and interpret data, information and documents; analyse and solve complex problems; use math and mathematical reasoning; perform highly detailed work under changing, intensive deadlines, on multiple concurrent tasks; work with constant interruptions; and interact with officials and the public.

SPECIAL CONDITIONS ATTACHED TO THE JOB: (Specify)

• Travelling / posting to project sites is inherent in the nature of this role.
• Cost analysts usually work alone, but they also work with Project Managers to explain financial issues and provide other co-workers with any needed training.

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General Purpose of Role

• Under broad direction, completes portions of assignments through the application of basic engineering theories, techniques, and practices. Has basic knowledge of relevant regulations, codes, manufacturing standards, and industry standard practices for the control, development, and application of deliverables.

Typically Reports To

• Discipline Manager

Example Global Titles

• [Discipline] Engineer I

Alternative Location Titles

• Typically uses the title of [Discipline] Engineer or [Discipline] Technical Professional.

Key Accountabilities

Business Development Support

• Assists business development activities by maintaining an up to date personal profile and resume. Builds positive working relationships with external parties such as the customer, suppliers, and contractors.

Business Operations

• May support the business by communicating team resource loading and skill requirements to a direct supervisor. Ensures the project work is covered for vacation and unplanned absences. Mentors/trains and supports the delivery of training. Assists in the employee performance review process. Facilitates coverage of activities when people leave the team. Encourages knowledge of and compliance with requirements and processes. Works to resolve inter-discipline, vendor, and customer issues. Ensures discipline technical work and team activities meet all health, safety, environmental, and security requirements.

Technical Competency

• Supports adherence to generally accepted engineering and design practices, regulatory requirements, and customer specifications. Supports the standardization of equipment specifications, drawings, and document templates. Contributes to the understanding of technical knowledge, legal requirements, and customer specifications whenever viable and lawful. Uses local/global standards to support technical excellence. Supports the processes for checking, peer reviews, and incorporation of comments and findings.

Project Execution

• Knows the discipline scope/cost/time requirements, assists the team to meet expectations, and coordinates with other disciplines to ensure project success. Implements innovative solutions, technology advances, and methods to effectively deal with working out of sequence. May support management of project change and progressing for the discipline and works with the Project Management Team to take corrective actions regarding any issues, staffing requirements, scope changes, progressing, or other events that could affect project completion and/or profitability. Plans discipline quality, monitors quality activities, squad checking, drives and participates in squad checking, recommends improvements, and takes action where required.

Project Deliverables

• Gathers data from multiple sources and prepares engineering studies, analyses, calculations, etc. Crafts recommendations and creates final documentation. Determines technical issues, defines alternate solutions, establishes pros/cons for multiple solutions, and makes recommendations through official project documents such as technical queries, technical deviations, etc. Creates final documentation incorporating all relevant information and pursues customer approval. May review similar documentation to assist others and reviews/authorizes work done by direct reports.

Procurement Support

• Incorporates information from multiple sources into equipment/material specifications, data sheets, testing requirements, and material requisitions. Participates in bid clarifications, conducts bid evaluations, completes inter-discipline vendor information review and approval, and finalizes other certification activities. May review similar documentation to assist others and reviews/authorizes work done by direct reports.

Site Support

• Seeks input from knowledgeable sources, may participate in constructability, operability, and maintainability reviews, and incorporates requirements into engineering/design. Works with site personnel to resolve issues. May create plans or documents that supports construction, testing, commissioning, operations, maintenance, or decommissioning. May provide on-site support for construction, commissioning, or turn over.

Global Level Summary

• Intermediate level position following defined processes and precedents to complete assigned tasks with increasing independence specific to area of specialty. Normally regarded as a continuing portion of a design engineer's training and development

Qualifications, Accreditation, Training (Essential)

• Awarded a 4 or 5 year technical degree in science or engineering. Will be actively licensed with a local engineering governing body where required by law.

Qualifications, Accreditation, Training (Desirable)

• Training in leadership, project execution, risk management, or quality.

Job Specific Knowledge / Experience (Essential)

• Typically has 3+ years of relevant discipline experience. Has an intermediate understanding of regulations, codes, manufacturing standards, and industry standard practices.

Job Specific Knowledge / Experience (Desirable)

• Experience working in a related industry such as environmental, operations, maintenance, fabrication, or construction. Skilled in estimating project costs and writing proposal content.

Decision Making

• Recommendations are limited to the solution of the problems rather than the end result. Refers unusual decisions to more senior discipline members.

Supervision Received

• Works under broad direction and technical guidance with regular weekly interaction with supervisor. Broad duties assigned weekly to monthly. Work is reviewed for accuracy, adequacy, and conformance with prescribed procedures.

Supervision Authority

• Typically up to 2 direct reports consisting of less senior engineers and designers within the same discipline, but has no authority for performance evaluations impacting pay.

Communication

• Proficiently communicate ideas and concepts, developing the ability to persuade and influence others as needed.

Systems & Tools (Essential)

• An intermediate knowledge of Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, and Teams. Can navigate intranet pages, conduct searches, and retrieve information. Can organize information from many sources and retain as per the prescribed format and policies.

Systems & Tools (Desirable)

• Competent in Microsoft Access and PowerPoint. Able to touch type. Proficient in specialty engineering or design tools, analytics and modeling, and cross-discipline data centric methods.

HSE Capability

• Assume hands-on management and implementation of all relevant company HSE requirements. Drive Safe and Sustainable engineering outcomes throughout the asset lifecycle via the application of SEAL. Role-model a commitment to personal well-being and a pro-active approach to continuously improving health, safety and environmental performance.

People Skills

• Interpersonal: Builds appropriate, constructive, and effective business relationships throughout the organization; uses diplomacy and tact; is approachable; communicates clearly, accurately, and consistently both verbally and in written matters. Employs the principles of active listening and encourages feedback from others.
• Teamwork: Enjoys working in a small high calibre team with high visibility to senior stakeholders. Able to work and liaise with multiple teams and stakeholders, able to prioritise workloads and help other team members to achieve team goals.
• Action Orientation: Achieves results set by self and others, meets timelines, pushes to achieve stretch goals, and demonstrates enthusiasm, persistence and tenacity. Breaks down work into executable tasks. Acts accountable for work produced and ensures it is "right the first time.”
• Intellectual Capacity: Deals with new concepts and complexity comfortably. Examines problems carefully and thoroughly and understands their interdependencies. Can pull information and ideas from many sources and see the importance of many factors.

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Main Purpose Of Job

Reporting to the Manager Supply Chain and the appointed Project Manager(s) and Director of Project Services. The following forms part of the main purpose of the Prime Contracts Manager’s role:

• Comply with Worley corporate governance requirements and fulfil all Primary Contract Management requirements as per assigned contracts portfolio.
• Provide expertise in Contracts Management and Administration relating to Prime Contract requirements and obligations to support the Project Management Team.

Assist Business Development in highlighting contract risk and opportunity during the Tender process in response to RFQ from prospective Clients and prepare commercial inputs.

• Liaise with company Legal and Risk with respect to contract liability, insurance requirements, performance guarantees and administer bonds and project specific insurances.
• Liaise with company Legal and Risk with respect to notices of breach, termination etc.
• Engage with appointed Risk Managers to pro-actively address project and contract risks and co-ordinate implementation of mitigation strategies.
• Provide support to the Project Management Team to ensure contract deliverables, billing and other obligations comply with Prime Contract requirements.
• Communicate as appropriate with the Client’s Project Team.
• Establish contract specific procedures, particularly w.r.t. change management and notices.
• Establish contract specific commissioning and/or completion procedures to ensure Worley obligations are met and liabilities limited.
• Attend to Primary Contract close-out actions, co-ordinate contract close-out with various disciplines and prepare commercial contract close-out files.

Key Performance Areas

B2.

• Indicate Key Performance Areas and the estimated percentage of time spent in each area.

KPA
%

• Strategic alignment to the requirements of the contract and that of Worley to mitigate risk and liability.

25

• Contribute to business development efforts w.r.t. contracting risk and obligation;
• Perform Primary Contract Management through-out the contract lifecycle;
• Provide Contract Management support to the Project Management Team;
• Manage and co-ordinate Contract Obligations.

45

• Stakeholder Management.

25

• Commitment to ongoing learning and development.

5

Key Responsibilities
No.
Key Performance Areas (major Activities / Responsibilities)
Input (methods used)
Output (expected results)
% Time

• Strategic alignment to the requirements of the contract and that of Worley
• Ensure contract documentation, communication etc. are issued/received and actioned to meet contract obligations and performance expectations.
• Maintainance and management of documents and records pertaining to contract terms ensuring governance is maintained.

25

• Ensure compliance with Worley policies and procedures, and act within limits of authority.
• Compliance with Internal Controls framework and Delegation of Authority.

2

• Contribute to business development efforts w.r.t. contracting risk and obligation;
• Perform Primary Contract Management through-out the contract lifecycle;
• Provide Contract Management support to the Project Management Team;
• Manage and co-ordinate Contract Obligations.

Collaborate with Business Development on the formulation of tender inputs w.r.t. commercial and contractual requirements.
Application in terms of the Worley Knowledge System.
45

• Monitor and evaluate contract compliance in conjunction with the Project Management Team and other relevant key stakeholders.
• Implement contract compliance criteria and reporting as and when required in line contract requirements.
• In collaboration with the Project Management Team oversee and support change management requirements and efforts. i.e. notices, claims.
• Change management and prevention of scope creep.
• Management of contracts through its life-cycle.
• Successful management of the Contract Process.
• Implement and administer a management system to maintain contract files, communications, etc.
• Record of documents, key decisions and actions to support asset integrity management
• Co-ordinate Contract Close-Outs and prepare contracts discipline specific close-out documents.
• As per Contract and Worley requiremnts.
• Identify and highlight contractual risks and co-ordinate with Risk Managers
• Mitigation of risk and liability.
• Assist with drafting contractual correspondence and notices relating to contractual terms.
• In compliance with contractual terms
• Responsible for advising the Project Management Team of contractual terms and obligations.
• In compliance with contractual terms

Stakeholder Management

• Identify stakehlders and build (internal or external) stakeholder relationships, through timely response to stakeholder interactions measured by on time delivery of requests for information/support.
• Cordial business relations maintained with suppliers and contractors.

25%

• Manage / respond to / address queries in a timely manner, in line with contractual requirements and timelines.
• Maintain the Single-Point-of-Contact Principle on contractual matters associated with the Project.
• Provide supporting documentation to responsible parties, as and when required, i.e. monthly reports and dispute documentation.
• As per agreed schedules.
• Commitment to ongoing learning and development
• Commitment to learning at work including corporate training requirements, including training as deemed compulsory by Worley.
• Personal Growth and development.

5%

• Affiliation or registration with professional bodies.

Annually

• Commitment to studying at a tertiary institution, e.g. business school, university, etc.

Annually

• Commitment to continued professional development by attending day courses and seminars relevant to the procurement/contract management function

Annually
Review Of Key Performance Areas
B4.
360 Review Scorecard

• Poor
• Needs Improvement
• Mostly Achieved
• Meets Expectations
• Exceeds Expectations

KPA
%
360 review

• Final
• Employee
• Line Manager
• Functional Manager
• Strategic alignment to the requirements of the contract and that of Worley

25

• Contribute to business development efforts w.r.t. contracting risk and obligation;
• Perform Primary Contract Management through-out the contract lifecycle;
• Provide Contract Management support to the Project Management Team;
• Manage and co-ordinate Contract Obligations.

45

• Stakeholder Management.

25

• Commitment to ongoing learning and development.

5
SECTION C: JOB SPECIFICATION
Requirements Of The Job
The minimum educational, qualifications and experience that are required to perform the job competently:

Minimum Qualifications:

• Matric (with Maths and / or Accounting and English) or

Tertiary Qualification – NQF Level 6 or Higher

• Recognised degree in Quantity Surveying, LLB, Engineering or Supply Chain or similar
• Preferred affiliation or registration with a professional body.

Experience:

• 10+ years’ experience in a commercial environment within a multi-disciplinary EPCM engineering/construction industry.
• Contract Management of a high value and or level of complexity experience an advantage
• In-depth knowledge industry forms of contract and an ability to interpret Bespoke Conditions of Contract
• Project Management an advantage
• Dispute Management
• Personal Qualities
• Upholding and demonstrating the values of the company.
• Understands and appreciates corporate governance requirements
• Commitment to customer service
• Builds and maintains strong relationships with all stakeholders.
• Professional, thorough and factual
• Problem solving skills
• Self-motivated and self -disciplined
• Works well under pressure, deadline driven
• Confident
• Analytical

Competencies Of The JobPhysical Requirements Of The JobSpecial Conditions Attached To The Job

• Sound knowledge of contractual risk and contract law
• Business acumen.
• Excellent written, verbal communication and report writing skills
• Must be adept in the use reporting systems such as Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Outlook
• Able to understand profit and loss calculations and basic business finance
• Interpersonal and mentorship skills.
• Capable of identifying and meeting customer needs.
• Negotiation capability.
• Inferred capability to understand and apply principles of zero harm.
• A sound understanding of relevant statutes, legislation and ability to interpret commercial law.
• Ability to operate in a professional services and matrix organisational structure
• Some understanding of engineering concepts.
• Good understanding of national, industry codes and standards and customer specifications
• Planning and organising, with strong management skills
• Ability to adapt to different project environments.
• Able to consistently deliver quality, accurate and timely work to Worley and its stakeholders
• A sound working knowledge of the fundamental requirements of the discipline, and the basic requirements of other disciplines
• Demanding environment: physical and mental fitness to perform the work.
• Possible travel.

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Customer Advocacy

• Assist with customer relationships and demonstration of the Worley value add in assurance. Be proactive in engaging with customers to ensure that customer assurance expectations and requirements are met. Build and maintain relationships with customer operations and assurance personnel.
• Support pursuit efforts and assist with development of proposals, and where applicable delivery of pitch presentations, for regional/ business line must win opportunities.
• Act as Location assurance customer relationship lead for appointed customers.
• Shared responsibility with management.

5%

2

Project Performance

• Provide support, advice and oversight for the successful set up and mobilisation of large and high risk projects in the region. Assist with the identification and appointment of key project Quality resource positions for these projects.
• Intervene and troubleshoot on projects where performance indicates this is required, or as requested by regional/ business line leadership. Help build and deploy intervention plans and provide short-term ‘hands on’ support for projects and allocate resourcing as needed.
• Facilitate implementation of QA/QC processes and tools by actively visiting work locations and sites to assess the risk and effectiveness of assurance practices in place. This includes conducting regular safety conversations, assurance leadership interactions, assurance talks, training sessions, implementation of assurance measures, promotion of safe work practices and ensuring interest & awareness of assurance is maintained at all levels.
• Actively promote, coach, influence, motivate and empower others with regards to QA and QC and the achievement of Worley strategic objectives. Understand and communicate the QA and QC performance, strengths and weaknesses of any project visited to the Project Manager and make recommendations and offer advice.
• Shared responsibility with management. Ultimate responsibility for demonstrating personal leadership.

40%

3

Insight and Influencing Action

• Communicate relevant and timely QA/QC information to the right stakeholders. Contribute to continual improvement and achievement of stated performance objectives by raising awareness of trends, risks and emerging themes. Understand the QA/QC strengths and weaknesses, and the culture within the business and drive action. Make recommendations, offer advice, liaise with and influence personnel, including regional leadership, operations, business development and delivery, on a continuing basis regarding assurance.
• Stay abreast of emerging assurance issues and legislation. Keep the business updated with relevant requirements.
• Ultimate responsibility

10%

4

Risk

• Monitor the effectiveness of risk management activities within the region, particularly for any significant changes or major decisions, and provide advice and support.
• Facilitate functional and strategic risk workshops, reviews and discussions as needed and assist with development and achievement of risk profile and risk mitigation plans.
• Support any interface needs with R3 Regional Directors on crisis avoidance planning, security and emergency management and business continuity. Support R3 planning, preparation, drills and other activities as required.
• Shared responsibility with management

15%

5

Assessment Planning and Deployment

• Establish risk based assurance plans on projects that is in line with the business strategy, growth plans and Assurance strategy. Contribute to and participate in Regional Assurance Plan and Assessments.
• Resource with assessors of suitable competency and experience and draw on subject matter experts from operations and other functions to encourage cross-business assessing. Personally lead a project milestone review each quarter.
• Ensure start up reviews are held for all large, high risk and strategically important projects.
• Promote use of self-assessment and surveillance tools within support functions, offices and projects.
• Check for effective implementation of non-conformance, corrective action, and preventive action management processes.
• Monitor Key Performance Indicators and ensure that assessment activities add value and support continuous improvement.
• Shared responsibility with management. Ultimate responsibility to deliver plan.

10%

6

Reporting and Analysis

• Support the Assurance Analyst in reporting regularly to all stakeholders the progress of QA / QC performance and action plans within the location.
• Ensure bespoke reporting and analysis efforts are minimised to critical external needs and internal direction of action. Take responsibility to check the accuracy and completeness of data reported.
• Benchmark and gather data on the effectiveness of existing tools and processes for evaluation and improvement.
• Ultimate responsibility

5%

7

Team Development

• Build and sustain QA / QC capability and capacity tailored to business needs and localisation requirements.
• Lead the development of personnel and provide coaching and mentoring to encourage professional growth.
• In conjunction with the appropriate management, assist in the recruitment and allocate assurance resources to ensure that the business and projects are adequately resourced.
• Support the implementation of new company systems and processes.
• Shared responsibility with Business Partners as applicable

10%

8

Networks

• Collaborate globally to share best practice, lessons learnt and improve knowledge management. Contribute to the success of relevant internal and external networks. Participate as needed in global and cross regional/ business line project assurance activities.
• Lead assurance matters by example and provide leadership, feedback and assistance to others. Role model a commitment to quality, personal wellbeing and a proactive approach to continuously striving for zero harm.
• Ultimate responsibility to contribute

5%

Job Specific Knowledge

Knowledge / Experience / Competencies Required

• Strong customer relationship skills, with experience pitching to customers and managing customer relationships
• Good level of knowledge of Risk, Quality and HSE business and project processes and field practices
• Understanding of commercial and strategic business drivers, including how the business delivers value to shareholders, what drives profitability and what increases growth
• Strong stakeholder management and leadership skills
• Able to quickly understand core control problems and influence within own region
• Good presentation, training and communication skills to both internal and external stakeholders
• Skilled in workshop facilitation, problem solving and conflict resolution
• Strong time management skills including ability to meet deadlines and manage priorities
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English
• Ability to maintain confidential information
• Experience with Engineering design processes and practices
• Experience with project delivery processes including construction

Industry Specific Experience

• 15+ years of experience, including field experience on large or complex projects involving engineering, procurement and contractor management
• Experience in a wide range of industries, including Hydrocarbons, Minerals, Metals and Chemicals and Infrastructure.
• Experience working as a member of a management team, and demonstrable contributions to customer pursuit and pitch efforts

Education – Qualifications, Accreditation, Training

• A recognised Bachelor’s Degree in and Engineering Field and equivalent qualification/experience.
• Quality Management System’s Internal Auditor Qualification
• Proven experience in Management System Auditing against ISO 9001.

HSE Capability

• Demonstrate behaviour and business practices commensurate with a culture of world’s best health, safety, and environmental performance
• Exhibit leadership and commitment to meet the Worley vision of Zero harm
• Understand and champion the expectations of OneWay

IT Skills

• Advanced user in MS Office applications and MS SharePoint
• Knowledge of systems (assurance systems)
• Analytical problem solving skills

People Skills

• Excellent customer focus, commitment to understand and meet customer needs
• Ability to lead and influence. Excellent interpersonal and people management skills such as leadership, team, coaching, mentoring and supervisory skills. Must be able to build, motivate, develop and manage an effective team.
• Understands Worley’ vision and purpose, translates it into team goals and objectives, and gains team commitment to achieving those goals and objectives.
• Effectively manages and resolves conflict between individuals and/or groups.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to convey information and ideas to individuals and groups, and make presentations when required.
• Effectively manages change to work tasks and the work environment, and assists others with adapting to change.
• Act in the best interests of Worley at all times.

Other

• Travel as required, including travel related to projects and to support other Worley offices
• Short term mobility may be required to support troubled projects

Authority / Freedom To Act / Decision Making (Including Budgetary Responsibility)

Extent Of Guidance Or Control

• Authority is also given to cease unsafe work.

Impact Of Decisions On Results

• Decisions directly impact assurance outcomes on projects and assist pursuit efforts

Position Significance Relative To Total Organisation

• Position part of business line leadership team