EPCM Project Director

Wood; Brisbane; On-site; AUD 200,000 - 280,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Meaningful projects

Flexible working arrangements

Diversity and Inclusion

Competitive remuneration

Flexible benefits

Professional development

Global connections

Job summary

Wood is seeking a driven and hands-on Project Director based in Brisbane to lead a major gas project through FEED and EPCM. You will have direct delivery responsibilities and lead a multidisciplinary team to ensure successful outcomes.

Qualifications include a Bachelor’s in engineering and 20+ years of project management experience, with strong leadership and procurement strategy skills. Full work rights in Australia are required.

Qualifications

• Proven track record directly managing large-scale greenfield projects.
• Extensive FEED and EPC phases leadership experience.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and collaboration across disciplines.

Responsibilities

• Pro-actively build relationships and trust with the client.
• Bottom line P&L responsibility for financial and technical success.
• Lead multi-discipline engineering and construction teams to deliver large projects.
• Oversee project through FEED and Execute phase.
• Approve scopes of work and develop resource programs.
• Develop procurement strategies and contracting approaches.

Skills

Project management

FEED & EPCM leadership

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Budget control

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in engineering

Job description

Job Description

Wood is an inclusive and diverse global community of inquisitive minds and recognised industry innovators, partnering to create new possibilities.

Join a culture of innovation, pushing the boundaries of what is possible to seek the best solutions for our clients.

Wood is currently seeking a driven and hands‑on Project Director to be based in our Brisbane office to lead a major project through FEED and EPCM.

This role will have direct delivery and contractual responsibilities and will also take a hands‑on role leading a team to deliver a major gas project.

What We Can Offer

• Meaningful and interesting projects
• Flexible working arrangements
• Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
• Competitive remuneration package
• Flexible benefits
• Commitment to continued professional development
• Global connections

Responsibilities

• Pro-actively build new relationships and trust within the client and ultimately delight the client.
• Bottom line profit and loss responsibility for the financial and technical success of the project
• Manage and lead a multi-discipline engineering and construction team to estimate and deliver a large downstream project
• Be responsible for the project through FEED and Execute Phase
• Responsible for approving Scopes of work developed by Project Engineers.
• Estimate Resources and Develop Programmes for Projects.
• Is accountable for the appropriate procurement strategy for the project including the type of business arrangement with respective suppliers.
• Providing appropriate contracting strategy for contracts types and that self performing elements are appropriate to Wood and the scope application
• Responsible for ensuring the correct balances of competency throughout the project in consultation with the organisation engineering function.
• Responsible for ensuring an appropriate procurement supply chain system is in place which is adequate to provide the appropriate support. Solicitation, TBE and CBE, Award, Expediting and Delivery.
• Responsible for ensuring an appropriate risk management framework is in place for the project or for the programme of projects.
• Accountable for ensuring risk mitigation steps are being adequately tracked and managed.
• Accountable for ensuring R&R's are clearly understood for the entire project or programme including interfaces with functional departments and services.
• Accountable for the performance of direct reports and is able to provide constructive feedback and accountability.
• Accountable for the performance of the projects.
• Implementation of the company safety & quality management systems for the project

Qualifications

What makes you remarkable?

At Wood, we are committed to equal opportunities and welcome all talented individuals to consider joining our team. So even if you don't match every statement below but feel you have some of the experience, knowledge or skills needed for this role, we encourage you to apply. It will take all of us working together to deliver solutions to the world’s most critical challenges.

• Proven track record in directly project managing large-scale greenfield projects with 20+ years of direct project management experience.
• Extensive experience leading Front End Engineering Design (FEED), and EPC (Engineering, Procurement, and Construction) phases
• Stakeholder Management: Strong ability to engage and coordinate with various stakeholders
• Excellent leadership skills to guide multidisciplinary teams and foster a collaborative working environment
• Ability to anticipate and address challenges proactively, ensuring project milestones are met on time and within budget
• Bachelor’s Degree in engineering

Candidates must have full work rights in Australia to be considered for this role.

If you’re an energetic and hands‑on Project Director ready for your next challenge with a great company, then we are keen to hear from you today.

About Us

Wood is a global leader in consulting, engineering and operations for the energy and materials sectors. With 33,000 people in around 50 countries, Wood supports clients across the full asset lifecycle, delivering safe, predictable outcomes while enabling resilient operations and a lower carbon future. Wood forms the Energy & Materials pillar of Sidara - a global partnership uniting leading multidisciplinary engineering, design, and project management companies. www.woodgroup.com

Diversity Statement

We are an equal opportunity employer that recognises the value of a diverse workforce. All suitably qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective criteria and without regard to the following (which is a non-exhaustive list): race, colour, age, religion, gender, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or other characteristics in accordance with the relevant governing laws.