Senior Principal Process Engineer

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're looking for a highly experienced Senior Principal Process Engineer to provide strategic technical leadership and process engineering team oversight for one large or several smaller specialty chemicals and chemicals projects. In this role, you will direct project execution activities and process engineering deliverable development while serving as a subject matter expert and technical authority across multiple projects and engineering teams.

Accountable for the safe, sustainable, quality, cost, and schedule delivery of process engineering work, you will provide technical support, mentorship, quality oversight, and professional development for junior and mid-level engineers while ensuring successful project outcomes for Worley and its customers.

• Develop process engineering scopes of work, proposals, and professional services estimates for assigned projects.
• Support proposals by developing process engineering execution strategies, estimating costs, writing proposal content, and presenting to customers.
• Maintain an up-to-date professional profile and build positive working relationships with customers, suppliers, and contractors.
• Help strengthen Worley's reputation as a trusted chemicals project partner.

• Communicate project resource plans, loading requirements, and skill needs to the Process Engineering Manager.
• Seek and obtain resources with the assistance of the Process Engineering Manager.
• Ensure project work is adequately covered during vacation periods and unplanned absences.
• Provide technical oversight, assign tasks, monitor progress, and mentor junior and mid-level engineers.
• Contribute to team knowledge sharing, training, mentoring, and professional development activities.
• Assist in employee performance review processes.
• Facilitate continuity of work when personnel transition from the team.
• Encourage compliance with Worley processes, standards, and requirements.
• Participate in office, process engineering team meetings, and team-building activities.
• Work to resolve inter-discipline, vendor, customer, and project issues.
• Ensure all process engineering activities meet health, safety, environmental, and security requirements.

• Deliver process engineering services that meet Worley, customer, statutory, and regulatory requirements on time and within budget.
• Ensure adherence to generally accepted engineering principles, regulatory requirements, customer specifications, and industry standards.
• Apply knowledge of chemical reaction engineering, thermodynamics, separations, and material balances to develop safe and efficient process solutions.
• Incorporate environmental, health, and safety (EHS) considerations into designs, including OSHA, EPA, international regulations, and applicable regulatory requirements.
• Maintain a sound knowledge of local and international standards and statutory requirements.
• Ensure proper checking, peer reviews, and incorporation of comments and findings.
• Utilize local and global standards to support technical excellence.
• Support standardization of specifications, calculations, process deliverables, and engineering documentation.
• Keep current with developments in chemical process technologies, technical innovations, and industry best practices.

• Participate in project execution strategy and planning for chemicals projects, including revamps, expansions, debottlenecking, and grassroots facilities.
• Own process engineering scope, cost, schedule, and quality requirements.
• Effectively communicate project budget, schedule, and progress updates to stakeholders and the Process Engineering Manager.
• Initiate, manage, and supervise process engineering project requirements as required.
• Ensure project scope is clearly defined and changes comply with project change management processes.
• Own management of change for the discipline and maintain Management of Change (MoC) logs.
• Obtain client…