Business Development Director - Power & Transmission

Description Building on our past. Ready for the future

Worley is a global professional services company of energy, chemicals and resources experts headquartered in Australia.?

Right now, we’re bridging two worlds as we accelerate to more sustainable energy sources, while helping our customers provide the energy, chemicals and resources that society needs now.

We partner with our customers to deliver projects and create value over the life of their portfolio of assets. We solve complex problems by finding integrated data-centric solutions from the first stages of consulting and engineering to installation and commissioning, to the last stages of decommissioning and remediation. Join us and help drive innovation and sustainability in our projects.

Business Development Director - Power & Transmission Role Context:

The primary responsibility of the Director, Business Development is to identify, develop, negotiate, and close priority sales opportunities across the UK Power sector, with a focus in power generation, grid infrastructure and energy storage.

As part of a customer-centred Business Development function, the Director is accountable for developing and executing account strategies that secure new awards and drive profitable growth with a targeted portfolio of strategic clients.

The role actively collaborates with Operations and Inside Sales to position Worley as a differentiated delivery partner, leveraging deep sector expertise and full project delivery experience to win strategic projects and programs.

You'll be:
· Represent and promote Worley’s brand across the UK Power sector, developing differentiated, customer-focused solutions across:o   Generation
- Gas / hydrogen-ready thermal, Renewable (onshore/offshore wind, solar), Nuclearo   Networks
- Transmission & distribution, Substations, HVDC / interconnectors, Offshore transmission / grido   Flexibility & Storage - BESS, Long-duration storage, Ancillary services / system balancingo   Electrification & Demand
- Industrial electrification, Data centreso   Integrated Energy Systems
- Hydrogen / power-to-X, Microgrids / decentralised systems, Power + heat + storage integrationo   Digital & Smart Infrastructure
- Grid digitalisation / smart grids, optimisation platforms, system modelling / control

Leverage sector expertise and networks to identify and establish strong relationships with strategic customers, partners and supply chain.

Develop and implement targeted account strategies across key utilities, developers, and network operators, both assigned and newly identified.

Position Worley for full project delivery opportunities, including frameworks, Pre-FEED and FEED phases and EPC/ EPCM opportunities.

Negotiate and close significant project and program opportunities, ensuring strong alignment between commercial, delivery, and customer outcomes.

Demonstrate innovative, strategic, and technology-driven (including AI-enabled) approaches to business development.

Bring a delivery-led mindset (right to left thinking, schedule, cost certainty, constructability) into customer engagement, drawing on Worley’s large-scale, complex project heritage.

Uphold Worley’s values and support the development of others, particularly within Inside Sales and early-career resources.

Qualifications You'll have:
· Extensive experience in business development roles within large, multinational engineering or infrastructure organisations.
· Strong experience across the Power & Transmission sector in business development, operations and project delivery roles.
· Demonstrated experience growing a strong opportunity pipeline and customer / partner / contractor network.
· Proven track record in securing large-scale infrastructure or energy transition projects.
· Sales capability:
Demonstrated success leading proposal development and bid teams, and closing sales opportunities, commercial negotiations, and large infrastructure and full delivery (including FEED to EPC) project pursuits.

Qualities & Behaviors
· Innovative thinker, technology savvy and progressive
· Enthusiastic, proactive, open, service minded and spontaneous working attitude and communication style.
· Strong lateral/ informal…