Group General Counsel, Global Operations

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Worley is a global professional services company of energy, chemicals and resources experts. We partner with customers to deliver projects and create value over the life of their assets. We're bridging two worlds, moving towards more sustainable energy sources, while helping to provide the energy, chemicals and resources needed now.

Serves as the senior legal executive responsible for day-to-day commercial legal support delivered across Worley's global operations, leading the regional legal teams that encounter and manage the full spectrum of legal issues arising in the ordinary course of business. The General Counsel, Global Operations provides enterprise leadership for Worley's legal operating model, ensuring that employment, governance, commercial, disputes, regulatory, and other operational legal matters are escalated and/or handled efficiently, consistently, and with strong commercial judgment.

Reporting to the Chief Legal Officer and serving as the business partner to Worley's Group President, Global Operations, this role has direct leadership responsibility for all Regional General Counsels and Strategic Portfolio General Counsels. The role acts as the primary point of escalation for complex or high‑risk matters and as a peer to Worley's Centers of Excellence leaders, determining which issues should be resolved by regional teams and which require subject matter expert involvement.

This role ensures seamless collaboration between operations‑facing legal teams and specialist experts, while maintaining clarity of accountability and speed of execution.

As Worley advances its Purpose of delivering a more sustainable world, the role of General Counsel, Global Operations is critical to enabling scalable, high‑quality legal support across the company's Major Projects and Global Operations. This role manages Worley's Regional General Counsels and Strategic Portfolio General Counsels (spanning EPC/Construction, Consulting, Supply Chain, Technology Solutions, and Commercial) and their Global regional legal teams, who act as the first point of contact with the business across all legal domains encountered in daily operations, including commercial contracting, employment and labor matters, governance, regulatory issues, disputes, and claims.

The GC, Global Operations ensures that legal issues are addressed at the right level, by the right capability, at the right time. By overseeing Regional GCs and Strategic Portfolio GCs and acting as the escalation interface to functional Centers of Excellence, this role creates a disciplined, efficient legal operating model that balances commercial agility, risk management, and specialist excellence.

Accountable for legal decision making across global operations, including determining escalation thresholds and routing matters between regional teams and Centers of Excellence. Exercises judgment on when issues should be handled locally by regional teams versus escalated to subject‑matter experts. Develops and implements global approaches to commercial legal risk that materially affect operational performance, financial outcomes, and long‑term value creation.

Reports to the Chief Legal Officer and operates with broad authority over global operational legal delivery. Work is guided by overall legal strategy, governance frameworks, and risk appetite, with a focus on execution quality, consistency, and strong business partnership.

Leads a large, multi‑layered global team of legal professionals. Accountable for selection, development, talent and performance management, and remuneration of Global Operations legal team. Helps set and implement vision, operating model, and long‑term capability roadmap for the organization.

Communicates complex legal and commercial issues clearly and pragmatically to executive leadership, regional presidents, and operational teams. Serves as the principal conduit between operations‑facing legal teams and specialist Centers of Excellence.…