Associate - Advisory Consulting

Worley; Sydney; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Worley is seeking an Associate to join its APAC Advisory team, supporting clients across mining, minerals and metals with strategic, commercial and investment advice to turn opportunity into execution.

As an Associate, you will lead workstreams, build relationships with senior stakeholders, contribute to business development, and deliver high-quality advisory outcomes using strong analytical and communication skills.

Qualifications

• Degree in Engineering, Economics, Business, Finance or related discipline.
• Around 10+ years' experience in consulting, strategy or mining/ metals/capital projects environments.
• Experience delivering advisory services, investment evaluations, business cases, within mining/minerals/metals sector.
• Strong commercial, financial and analytical skills, with understanding of mining project drivers and commodity markets.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement, communication and project management capabilities.
• Experience assessing project economics, development options, value, risk and capital allocation decisions across mining assets.

Responsibilities

• Lead and deliver advisory engagements across growth strategy, transaction due diligence and development planning for mining, minerals and metals customers.
• Develop business cases, investment assessments and development strategies for mining, processing, smelting, refining and associated project developments.
• Undertake techno-commercial analysis, including project economics, valuation, market assessments, commodity outlooks and investment screening.
• Structure complex problems and develop practical, commercially focused recommendations.
• Prepare high-quality reports, presentations and customer deliverables.
• Facilitate workshops, stakeholder interviews and customer engagement activities.
• Build and maintain strong customer relationships, including with senior stakeholders across mining companies, investors and government agencies.
• Support proposal development, account planning and business development initiatives across the mining, minerals and metals sector.
• Coach junior team members and contribute to capability development across the practice.
• Support the development of consulting methodologies, tools and intellectual property relevant to mining, minerals and metals advisory.

Skills

Stakeholder engagement

Analytical thinking

Commercial judgement

Multi-disciplinary teamwork

Education

Engineering, Economics, Business, Finance

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Analytics/AI tools

Job description

Associate - Advisory Consulting APAC

Worley Consulting is seeking an experienced Associate to join our Advisory team across APAC. This role supports customers across the mining, minerals and metals sector, delivering strategic, commercial and investment advice that helps turn opportunity into execution.

Worley Consulting is seeking an experienced Associate to join our Advisory team across APAC. This role supports customers across the mining, minerals and metals sector, delivering strategic, commercial and investment advice that helps turn opportunity into execution.

As an Associate, you will lead workstreams, support customer relationships, contribute to business development activities, and help deliver high-quality advisory outcomes. You will combine strong analytical capability with commercial judgement and stakeholder engagement skills to solve complex business challenges across the mining and metals value chain.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and deliver advisory engagements across growth strategy, transaction due diligence and development planning for mining, minerals and metals customers.
• Develop business cases, investment assessments and development strategies for mining, processing, smelting, refining and associated project developments.
• Undertake techno-commercial analysis, including project economics, valuation, market assessments, commodity outlooks and investment screening.
• Structure complex problems and develop practical, commercially focused recommendations.
• Prepare high-quality reports, presentations and customer deliverables.
• Facilitate workshops, stakeholder interviews and customer engagement activities.
• Build and maintain strong customer relationships, including with senior stakeholders across mining companies, investors and government agencies.
• Support proposal development, account planning and business development initiatives across the mining, minerals and metals sector.
• Coach junior team members and contribute to capability development across the practice.
• Support the development of consulting methodologies, tools and intellectual property relevant to mining, minerals and metals advisory.

What You Will Bring

• Degree in Engineering, Economics, Business, Finance or a related discipline.
• Around 10+ years' experience in consulting, strategy, investment advisory, mining, minerals and metals, or capital projects environments.
• Experience delivering advisory services, investment evaluations, business cases, strategic studies and development assessments within the mining, minerals and metals sector.
• Strong commercial, financial and analytical skills, with an understanding of mining project drivers and commodity markets.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement, communication and project management capabilities.
• Experience assessing project economics, development options, value, risk and capital allocation decisions across mining and processing assets.
• Knowledge of mining operations, mineral processing, metals production, critical minerals, or associated value chains would be highly regarded.
• Ability to lead workstreams and collaborate effectively across multidisciplinary teams.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint skills; exposure to analytics and AI-enabled tools is advantageous.

About Us

Worley is a global professional services company of energy, chemicals and resources experts. We partner with customers to deliver projects and create value over the life of their assets. We are bridging two worlds, moving towards more sustainable energy sources, while helping to provide the energy, chemicals and resources needed now.

At Worley, we value diversity and recognise the benefits a diverse workforce brings to our business, our customers and our communities. We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone feels respected, supported and empowered to achieve their potential.

Moving Forward Together

We're building a diverse, inclusive and respectful workplace where everyone feels they belong, can be themselves, and are heard. We know that diverse teams perform better, create stronger outcomes for our customers, and help us deliver a more sustainable world.