Construction and Commissioning Manager - Anchorage, AK

Construction and Commissioning Manager – Anchorage, AK (ANC
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Location:

USA – AK – Anchorage

Employment Type: Full-time, Employee

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.

Worley is seeking an experienced Construction & Commissioning Manager to lead our regional construction operations and deliver a portfolio of projects across the Alaska region. In this dual focus leadership role, you will provide direct oversight for multiple concurrent projects and hold functional responsibility for standardizing construction and commissioning workflows across the region. You will also support business development activities and senior customer engagement.

You will be responsible for the safe, timely, and effective preparation and execution of all the construction scope within the portfolio, ensuring full compliance with HSEQ targets, procedures, and standards, and scaling the regional team and supporting infrastructure to accommodate new work. You will also develop and implement regional construction and commissioning processes, “lessons learned” database, and standardized safety protocols for all Alaska projects and drive the integration of Worley procedures and tools across the business unit.

The position will directly support major project activity in the region, collaborating with delivery teams from across North America.

• Provide technical oversight for a portfolio of projects ensuring they stay on schedule and within budget.
• Collaborate with project teams to identify and deliver through application of construction best‑practices.
• Identify potential engineering hazards and implement appropriate risk mitigation measures.
• Provide input to project schedules and review contractor schedules for accuracy and feasibility.
• Ensure execution plan readiness and proactively identify and mitigate execution risks.
• Lead audits and reviews of construction processes, ensuring recommendations are implemented and best practices adopted.
• Interface with project management and client representatives on all construction-related matters, proactively escalating risks and issues.
• Ensure construction processes and procedures are fit for purpose and robust, including the management of all deployed resources.
• Manage a rotating pool of trade leadership specialists and subcontractors, ensuring the right talent is deployed across multiple project sites based on priority; focus on development of lower tier leadership positions and support functions.
• Demonstrate visible and proactive safety leadership, setting expectations through personal example and clear communication with all teams.
• Support incident investigations and safety audits across all regional project sites.
• Assess site working conditions and environments to ensure safe and effective operations.
• Promote and ensure compliance with environmental responsibilities and standards.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to speak or listen. The employee frequently is required to walk and sit.

The employee is occasionally required to stand. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Visual Acuity: must be adequate to perform all required Job Description tasks in a safe manner. The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters…