Senior Director, Operations (Location Director)

Job Description - Senior Director, Operations (Location Director) (MEX00UU)

Company: Worley

Primary Location

Mexico

Job

Operations Management

Schedule

Full-time

Employment Type: Employee

Job Level: Executive

Job Posting

Apr 9, 2025

Unposting Date

Ongoing

Building on our past. Ready for the future

Worley is a global professional services company of energy, chemicals and resources experts headquartered in Australia.

Right now, we’re bridging two worlds as we accelerate to more sustainable energy sources, while helping our customers provide the energy, chemicals and resources that society needs now.

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced leader to collaborate across and shape several cutting-edge international projects within the energy and sustainability space. Under your strategic guidance, you will help shape the future of energy at Worley, collaborate with some of the best individuals in the industry, and support us on our journey to a Net Zero by 2050 goal!

The Location Director at Worley is a key leadership position across Mexico (Latam – Americas), responsible for planning and directing the activities, policies, objectives, and initiatives for the operations in this country. This role plays a vital part in guiding the strategic development, growth of diversity and inclusion within Worley, business planning and goal setting for the country, aligning with Worley's commitment to delivering a more sustainable world.

You will do:

Leadership and Strategic Planning:

• Manage a large and complex location with various interests across multiple geographical areas, aligning with Worley's tagline; "Delivering Sustainable Change."
• Develop policies and set objectives for the assigned area of responsibility, contributing to the company's target of deriving 75 percent of revenue from sustainability-related projects by FY26.
• Participate in broader strategy development with senior leadership, emphasizing Worley's journey marked by change, adaptation, and growth.
• Actively participate in team selection/appointment of key resources and drive diversity and talent development.
• Effectively communicate and present complex proposals and reports to executive-level management and/or the Board, ensuring alignment with Worley's purpose, goals, and promise.
• Provide strong commercial acumen and experience in all commercial contracting models/risk profiles and project scopes/phases (FEL/EPC/EPCM).

Decision-Making and Problem Solving:

• Make high-impact choices based on the broader impact on the organization and its commitment to sustainability.
• Assimilate information from multiple sources to derive answers and solve complex questions, demonstrating a commitment to innovative and sustainable solutions mitigating risk.

Organizational Leadership:

• Provide organizational leadership with location/regional authority, emphasizing Worley's role as a prominent engineering partner in energy, chemicals, and resources.
• Translate corporate goals into operational goals, overseeing integration across the organization in a manner consistent with Worley's promise to be the straight-talking partner for sustainable transformation.
• Mentor and develop senior and high-potential team members across the region.
• Manage and direct Operations Leadership team as Line Manager, and Support Functional Leadership Team, dotted line.
• Network of high-level key client contacts and industry bodies and ability to enhance customer relationships.

Strategic Development and Commercial Acumen:

• Demonstrate a strong understanding of broader systems, processes, and tools related to the field, emphasizing Worley's evolution and growth over the past 50 years.
• Direct and guide the strategic development of new systems, processes, and tools, reflecting Worley's commitment to delivering sustainable change.
• Exhibit strong commercial acumen with experience in various commercial contracting models, risk profiles, and project scopes/phases.

What you will bring - Requirements:

• +20 years’ leadership of relevant experience with significant broad management experience or equivalent relevant experience.
• Comfortable presenting at all levels within an organization from workforce on-site to group executive level; this is a full bilingual role (English/Spanish). Portuguese as a third language is a plus.
• P&L ownership experience for a Country, BU, or Portfolio, with consistent experience working and thriving in matrix org structures.
• A network of high-level key client contacts and credibility/ability to enhance customer relationships.
• Motivational, collaborative, and visible presence in leadership style with good communication skills and the ability to develop a high-performance culture.
• Effective communication skills and the ability to share information with employees in a clear, transparent, and visionary manner.
• Good understanding of the Local Labor Law including Labor Relations; Unions Management is nice to have.
• Experience of successfully engaging with client executives, senior management, and other key stakeholders.
• Essential experience in large projects or alliance program environments from engineering through to construction and commissioning.

If you need any accessibility adjustments, please make sure to mention it in your application.

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.

Whatever your ambition, there’s a path for you here. Join us to broaden your horizons, explore diverse opportunities, and be part of delivering sustainable change.