Principal Consultant - Upstream/Midstream

Job description / Role

Building on our past. Ready for the future

Worley Consulting, the independent consulting business of Worley, has approximately 2,500 people in 25 countries around the globe, integrating strategy, management, and technical consulting expertise. We provide solutions for clients in the energy, chemical and resource sectors including power, renewables, water, hydrocarbons, minerals & metals, chemicals, and infrastructure industries.

We continue to push boundaries and extend our capabilities globally. We are a company that prides itself on providing safe and high-quality services that exceed our customer's expectations. Our aim is to recruit, develop, and most importantly, retain the people who share our vision and strategy.

The regional (EMEA) Worley Consulting team is expanding again this year, building on a successful strategy update and targeted hiring in the past year. Individuals with non-traditional backgrounds are welcome but must have a consulting mindset to support business growth into new energy-related areas and to help existing clients navigate the energy transition. This role concentrates on supporting upstream, midstream and LNG clients focusing on integrated gas, decarbonisation and high-end consulting support.

Role and Responsibilities

Senior role within our EMEA consulting practice reporting through the Upstream, Midstream & LNG (UMLNG) business line to the Regional Director. The candidate(s) will be a member of the team providing strategic consulting services supporting traditional hydrocarbons operators and investors.

Career path following a technical or business management route with international placements encouraged.

The opportunity to grow your own team or business within the wider regional setup leveraging the 50,000 strong Worley group.

The opportunity to set your direction and to focus on consulting engagements that energise you and make a difference in the areas you are passionate about. This job description is intentionally broad to enable new ideas and experience to have an impact in this relatively traditional industry.

• Own key client accounts and develop new opportunities
• Line management of 4-6 people
• Own delivery of projects with responsibility for safe execution, scope delivery, legal compliance, and financial performance
• Stand-in for the Regional Director internally and externally
• Lead client engagements and project execution covering subject areas such as:
• Traditional greenfield and brownfield upstream and midstream (including terminals, shipping, and pipelines) developments specializing in low carbon fuels (including LNG) and renewables
• Technical and commercial due diligence on behalf of financial institutions and owners
• Re-purposing of assets for low carbon and renewable energy vectors
• Identification of decarbonization pathways for customers
• Asset and portfolio optimization to reduce carbon footprint
• Develop future talent through on-the-job development and mentoring
• Support the growth of the consulting business and assist with commercial and strategic development activities

Qualities & Experience

• 15 years of relevant experience but open to be challenged
• Demonstrable senior level leadership experience
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills when engaging with internal and external stakeholders
• Operate in technical and commercial decision-making discussions with confidence to work at all levels of a client organization
• Be familiar with a consulting business commercial approach (high margin, lower billability)

Preferred Qualifications and Requirements

• Relevant technical or business degree (i.e. engineering)
• Advanced degrees viewed favourably
• Must be based in EMEA. Major Worley hub locations are preferred (London, Dammam, The Hague, Abu Dhabi)
• English language skills and preferably a second language
• Willing to travel on semi-frequent short-duration international business trips
• We are open to considering part-time and flexible working arrangements. Job shares, for example, is something we would be happy to explore.

Worley Consulting offers an excellent remuneration & benefits package, a friendly, professional, dynamic and flexible work environment along with the opportunity to develop your career prospects globally.

We strive to be an industry leader in health, safety and environmental performance. Our vision is to achieve zero harm to people and assets, and zero environmental incidents. We select people who share our values, beliefs and commitment to this vision and who demonstrate the expected behaviors, competencies and performance associated with their prospective roles within the company.

About the Company

Worley is a leading global provider of professional services in the energy, chemicals and resources sectors. We partner with our customers to address their most critical challenges at every stage of their projects: from initial concepts to sustaining and enhancing their assets. And we provide smarter, bolder solutions while delivering on our own sustainability commitments.

We are 51,000 bright minds across 46 countries all driven by a common purpose – delivering a more sustainable world. While working to fulfill our ambition to be recognized globally as the leader in sustainability solutions.