Project Director

WorleyParsons; Muscat; On-site; OMR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Worley Oman is seeking an experienced project director to lead the delivery of major EPC/EPCM mega projects for a strategic account. You will oversee safety, schedule, budget, and governance while guiding multi-disciplinary teams across the project lifecycle.

Role requires 20+ years in engineering and 15+ years in project leadership, with a track record delivering large energy, chemicals, or resources ventures in multicultural environments. Oman exposure preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or a related field.
• Minimum 20 years of industry experience.
• Minimum 15 years in project management leadership roles.
• Experience leading large or mega projects in energy, chemicals, or resources.
• Strong knowledge of project delivery processes, governance requirements, and HSSE expectations.

Responsibilities

• Provide overall leadership and accountability for the execution of large-scale EPCM, EPC, and integrated project delivery contracts.
• Lead project teams through all phases from concept to start-up, ensuring safety, schedule and budget compliance.
• Act as primary senior interface between Worley and customer leadership teams; maintain stakeholder engagement and oversight.
• Maintain accountability for project profit and loss, forecasts, controls, and change management.
• Mentor and develop project managers and build a high-performance, diverse team.

Skills

Project leadership

Client relationship management

Commercial acumen

HSSE knowledge

Governance

Multinational teamwork

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Job description

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.

Role purpose

We are seeking an experienced project director to lead the delivery of major projects for a strategic account in Oman. The successful candidate will be responsible for the safe, profitable, and successful execution of large- and mega-scale projects, ensuring alignment with technical, operational, HSSE, and project governance requirements.

The project director will serve as the primary leadership interface, providing overall direction to multidisciplinary project teams while maintaining the highest standards of safety, quality, commercial performance, and stakeholder engagement.

Key responsibilities

Project leadership and delivery

• Provide overall leadership and accountability for the execution of large-scale EPCM, EPC, and integrated project delivery contracts.
• Lead project teams through all phases, including concept, FEED, detailed design, procurement, construction support, commissioning, and start-up.
• Ensure projects are delivered safely, on schedule, within budget, and in accordance with contractual obligations.
• Drive project performance through effective planning, governance, risk management, and execution strategies.
• Champion a strong safety culture and ensure full compliance with customer HSSE requirements and life-saving rules.

Client and stakeholder management

• Act as the primary senior interface between Worley and customer leadership teams.
• Build and maintain trusted relationships with customer stakeholders across technical, project, and commercial functions.
• Lead executive-level project reviews, steering committee meetings, and performance discussions.
• Ensure client satisfaction through proactive communication, transparency, and effective issue resolution.

Commercial and financial management

• Maintain full accountability for project profit and loss performance.
• Manage forecasts, project controls, change management, and commercial negotiations.
• Ensure robust management of risks, opportunities, and contract obligations.
• Drive successful delivery of lump-sum, reimbursable, and mixed-contracting projects.

People leadership

• Lead and develop multidisciplinary project teams in a diverse, multinational environment.
• Mentor and develop project managers and future project directors.
• Build a collaborative, high-performance culture focused on accountability, delivery excellence, and employee engagement.
• Support strategic workforce planning and resource optimization.

Operational excellence

• Drive continuous improvement and lessons learned across the project lifecycle.
• Ensure quality, technical integrity, and compliance throughout project execution.
• Support business development activities and future opportunities within Oman and the wider region.

Experience and qualifications required

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or a related discipline.
• Minimum of 20 years of industry experience.
• Minimum of 15 years in project management leadership roles.
• Demonstrated experience leading large or mega projects in the energy, chemicals, or resources sectors.
• Strong knowledge of project delivery processes, governance requirements, and HSSE expectations.
• Experience managing EPCM and EPC projects.
• Experience in multicultural and multinational project environments.
• Strong commercial acumen with proven success in project financial management.

Moving forward together

We want our people to be energized and empowered to drive sustainable impact. 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—a space where everyone feels they belong, can be themselves, and is 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.

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.

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.