Mining Technical Director, Autonomous Operations

Overview

Worley Consulting Group, Americas. Worley is a professional services company of energy, chemicals and resources experts helping our customers shift their operations towards a more sustainable future. Worley Consulting is a core brand of Worley, 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. Worley Consulting is a global group of consultants, scientists, engineers, and digital experts dedicated to solving the world’s critical infrastructure, environmental, energy, and resource challenges. We partner with our customers to find solutions that create value over the life of their assets.

We implement new technologies to run assets more efficiently, secure and safeguard social license, support local communities, and accelerate the energy transition.

Summary

The Mining Technical Director for Autonomous Operations will report to the Director Autonomous Operations, Americas and is responsible for leading and overseeing all aspects of the Autonomous Operations within the focused industries of Mining or specific discipline areas. This includes aligning the strategic direction for the business, pursuing and winning work, managing resources, managing a team of technical resources with expertise in all aspects of autonomous and automated projects throughout the Americas.

The Technical Director will be responsible for vertical P&L through successful project delivery and operational area, building regional multi-discipline, and appropriately skilled delivery teams, and creating a culture of continuous improvement. Strong profit management and growth, Operational Excellence, team capacity and talent development, client and market focus to drive increased sales, collaborating with wider Worley Consulting and Base Business to develop integrated offerings will be required.

This role covers Canada, US and LATAM business.

• Work with the Regional leadership and Digital COE to adopt and deploy vision and strategy in key markets.
• Manage a team with a focus on profit growth targets, talent development, and capability growth.
• Drive customer and market focus towards increased sales with growth targets. Strong Doer / Seller is critical to the growth and success of your team.
• Collaborate and develop integrated offerings with Worley Consulting.
• Provide regional reporting to support pipeline growth and operational performance.
• Delivering short to mid-term complex digital customer engagements, typically of multiple weeks duration, involving user requirements, solutioning, implementation, change management, value realization and potential involvement of other digital practices and/or other Worley Consulting practices.
• Lead and manage teams of varying size, including a mix of full-time employees, contractors and global workshare teams to achieve targets.
• Close deals resulting from customer engagements, navigate client decision-making processes, interact with decision-makers and influencers, and oversee proposals and contracts.
• Accountable for specific success metrics, including sales targets, sales and project process compliance and practice profit targets. Propose alternative commercial models to meet customer needs and improve Worley’s financial position.
• Assist with sales pursuits, including attending sales meetings, responding to RFPs, and conducting short engagements to frame client problems, plan and sell engagements, develop initial client relationships, and demonstrate credibility.
• Strive for continuous improvement and digitally enable how the practice operates.
• Attract, retain and develop talent.

Technical and Industry

Experience:

• Industry experience with process or mine automation as an owner, vendor, or system integrator in mining (underground, open pit, processing, etc.) is required.
• Experience with process automation (DCS / SCADA / PLC) of mining and/or processing plant infrastructure AND one or more of the…