Principal Structural Designer

About Us

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.

We are currently recruiting for a Principal Structural Designer. Our team includes world class experts and dynamic go-getters. This is a full-time position based in Calgary, Alberta.

As a Principal Structural Designer, you will serve as a senior technical authority and design leader for structural design activities across complex, large-scale, and high-value projects. You will be accountable for the overall technical quality, constructability, and consistency of structural design deliverables, while providing expert-level guidance to designers, engineers, and project teams.

The Principal Structural Designer role requires a high level of structural design subject matter expertise. The Principal Structural Designer is a trusted technical advisor to project leadership and clients, and a key contributor to the development of best practices, standards, and continuous improvement within the structural design discipline. The position plays a critical role in delivering safe, constructible, and cost-effective structural solutions across multidisciplinary engineering projects in the energy, chemicals, mining, and infrastructure sectors.

• Act as the principal technical authority for structural design on large and complex projects, providing expert guidance on layout, constructability, and integration with civil, mechanical, piping, and electrical disciplines.
• Lead the development and oversight of complex structural design deliverables, including:
• Structural general arrangements and layouts.
• Steel and concrete detailed design drawings.
• 3D model development and model governance.
• Foundations, equipment supports, and pipe rack structures.
• Access platforms, stairs, handrails, and secondary steel.
• Establish and uphold structural design philosophies, standards, and best practices across projects and portfolios.
• Provide advanced technical input into design challenges related to constructability, access, maintainability, modularization, transportation, lifting, and erection methodologies.
• Serve as the escalation point for complex structural design issues and high-risk technical decisions.

• Ensure structural design deliverables meet required quality standards, project specifications, and applicable codes and standards (e.g., CSA, AISC, ACI, building codes, and client standards).
• Perform senior-level technical reviews and assurance checks on critical structural design deliverables and 3D models.
• Support the development and continuous improvement of structural design procedures, workflows, templates, and technical guidelines.
• Champion digital design excellence, model governance, and consistency in the application of design tools, data standards, and drawing practices.

• Provide technical leadership and strategic input to project management teams during project planning, execution, and delivery.
• Act as a senior structural design interface with clients, supporting technical alignment, design reviews, and resolution of high-level design issues.
• Collaborate closely with Structural Engineers, Civil Engineers, and other discipline leads to ensure integrated, coordinated, and constructible design solutions.
• Support constructability reviews and interface with construction, fabrication, procurement, and commissioning teams as required.

• Mentor and coach Lead and Senior Structural Designers, providing technical guidance and supporting professional development.
• Contribute to discipline capability development, succession planning,…