Senior Functional Safety Technical Lead, Autonomous Operations

Senior Functional Safety Technical Lead, Autonomous Operations
Worley Consulting Group
Americas

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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.

We evaluate options and identify opportunities and risks to support our customers' decision making. We assist with asset strategy and selection, business case preparation, concept and feasibility studies, technology evaluation, energy strategies and asset operational excellence.

Purpose

The Technical Lead for Functional Safety O&M within the Autonomous Operations Business will report to the Technical Director of Functional Safety, Autonomous Operations, AMERICAS and is responsible for leading aspects of the Autonomous Operations within the focused industries and specific discipline areas. This includes managing a team of technical resources with Functional Safety expertise within autonomous operations and automated projects with an Operations and Maintenance (O&M) focus throughout the Americas. The Technical Lead will be responsible for the management and execution of projects successfully within operational area, and leading appropriately skilled delivery teams, while creating a culture of continuous improvement.

Strong technical expertise and excellence in project delivery, with a client-centric approach to drive increased sales, while collaborating with wider Worley Consulting and Base Business to develop integrated offerings will be required. This role covers Canada, US and LATAM business.

This is a full-time hybrid position based in Houston, Texas, or Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Overall Responsibilities and Key Accountabilities

• Support the Regional leadership and Digital COE to adopt and deploy our Functional Safety vision and strategy in key markets.

• Play an integral role in the development of a Functional Safety Center of Excellence within the marketplace by building and marketing best practices, gaining recognition in the industry and striving to build key customer partnerships.

• Manage a team with a focus on strong technical expertise and quality for project delivery excellence
• Strong Doer / Seller focus is critical to the growth and success of our team and business.
• Collaborate and develop integrated offerings with Worley Consulting, particularly in O&M.
• Delivering short to mid-term complex digital customer engagements, typically of multiple weeks duration, that may involve identification of user requirements, solutioning, implementation, change management, value realization and the potential involvement of other digital practices and/or other Worley Consulting practices.
• Responsible for leading and managing teams of varying sizes depending on scope, including a mix of full-time employees, contractors and global workshare team to successfully execute projects.
• Responsible for navigating the client decision-making process, involving and interacting with decision-makers and influencers, and overseeing and preparing proposals and contracts.
• Always looking for opportunities to meet customer needs and improve Worley's financial position.
• Responsible for assisting with sales pursuits, including, but not limited to, sales meetings attendance, assisting in responses to RFP, and conducting short engagements designed to frame a client's problem statement, plan and sell an engagement, develop client relationships, and demonstrate credibility.
• Strive for continuous improvement in all aspects and actively looking for opportunities to digitally enable how the practice operates.

Qualifications

• Must have 10+ years of experience in delivery of projects involving application of Advanced Automation technologies in Functional Safety and develop and integrate multi-technology solutions as mentioned above.
• Exida (CFSE), TUV or similar Functional Safety certification preferred
• Recognized Bachelor's degree or Master's degree in Engineering, Electrical, Chemical, Electronics, or Mechanical or related field from an accredited College or University.
• Project management experience, with a focus on performance improvement and operations strongly preferred.
• Facilitating workshops, client discovery meetings, strategic advisory / consulting with client is expected for successful work execution. Alarm Rationalization/Management experience is highly preferred.
• Driven, high energy, presence/gravitas, intelligent but practical, people person.
• Demonstrable experience with selling through networking.
• Excellent analytical and research skills, attention to detail, intellectual rigor.
• Excellent communication and listening skills.
• Able to interact at any level of a client organization, including Executives and Staff.
• Able to think outside of the box; innovative; flexible and decisive.
• Keeps informed on ongoing technological developments with a keen sense of when evolving technology is ready to be implemented at scale.
• Willing to travel an average of 35-50%.

Worley Consulting offers an excellent remuneration & benefits package, a friendly, professional, dynamic and flexible work environment along with the opportunity to develop your career prospects locally and internationally.

We strive to be an industry leader in health, safety and environmental performance. Our vision is to achieve zero harm to people and assets, and zero environmental incidents. We select people who share our values, beliefs and commitment to this vision and who demonstrate the expected behaviors, competencies and performance associated with their prospective roles within the company.

We're committed to building a diverse, inclusive and respectful workplace where everyone feels they belong, can bring themselves, and are heard. We provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants and employees without regard to age, race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, disability status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status or any other basis as protected by federal, state, or local law.

Our policy is to conduct background checks for all candidates who accept an offer of employment with us.

We thank all candidates for their interest; however, only those selected for interviews will be contacted. Worley Group is an equal opportunity employer.