Ports & Marine Civil Engineering Group Manager

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.

Overall Responsibilities and Key Accountabilities:

Business Operations

• Assist in recruiting, coaching and performance management of the team (approximately 30 people).
• Active in business development.
• Identifying client leads.
• Following up with potential and existing clients for work.
• Leading and assisting in the preparation of proposals.
• Participate in budgeting activities and manage operations within the approved budget.
• Ensure discipline technical work and team activities meet all health, safety, environmental, and security requirements.

Team Leadership and Development

• Oversee programs for technical competency and quality and monitor technical competency of teams.
• Advise on all technical aspects of marine structural engineering work, such as development of design criteria, preparation of engineering calculations, analyses, and studies, development of layout design, and report writing.
• Review, confirm and assign appropriate staff to ensure engineering deliverables are complete, technically accurate, and in compliance with applicable codes, standards, and specifications.
• Ensure team member adherence to company processes, generally accepted engineering and design practices, regulatory requirements, and customer specifications.
• Provide feedback to the team through regular check-ins and scheduled performance evaluations. Work with personnel within the team on an action plan for growth and development.
• Promote safety of design and safety within the workplace.
• Reduce project costs by constantly exploring new approaches, developing creative solutions, making more effective designs and improving implementation
• Work with Project Managers to stay within project budgets.

Qualifications

• The ideal candidate will have a degree in civil/structural engineering from an accredited post-secondary institution.
• Registered or eligibility for registration with Engineers and Geoscientists British Columbia as a professional engineer.

Additional information:

• 15+ years of relevant discipline experience and 5+ years in project/team leadership
• Strong background in ports and marine civil/structural work. Experienced understanding of regulations, codes, and industry standard practices
• Experience leading a team, including recruitment, mentoring, coaching and performance management.
• Demonstrated experience in building and maintaining strong client relations.
• Ability to communicate effectively and to proactively respond to time-sensitive issues.
• Maintains strong relationships and works well with clients and contractors, establishes and maintains trust.
• Skilled in estimating project costs and proposal writing. Adept at budgeting and cost control.
• Experience in project management, risk management, quality, procurement, or construction execution.
• Works with self-initiated interaction with senior level management and self-initiated technical guidance. Receives administrative direction based on organizational policies and objectives.
• Effectively communicates and presents complex proposals and reports to senior level management and clients. Ability to persuade and influence others. Participative management style with a cooperative team approach.
• Act as a role-model and demonstrate a commitment to safety, personal well-being and a pro-active approach to continuously improving health, safety and environmental performance. Assumes hands-on management and implementation of all relevant company HSE requirements.
• Interpersonal: Builds appropriate, constructive, and effective business relationships throughout the organization; uses diplomacy and tact; accessible and approachable in relationships with others; 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 high calibre team with high visibility to senior stakeholders. Able to effectively work and liaise with multiple teams and stakeholders, capable of prioritizing workloads and helping colleagues 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. Obtain information and ideas from many sources and understand their importance and connectivity

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.