Director, Subcontracts

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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.

Play an integral role in shaping how we engage, negotiate, and manage the partnerships that deliver some of the world's most complex energy, chemicals, and resource projects.

As Director, Subcontracts, you lead the strategy, governance, and execution of subcontracting across major projects or defined business areas. You operate at a level where commercial insight, contractual rigor, and leadership alignment directly influence project performance and long-term business outcomes.

You will be responsible for ensuring that subcontracting practices protect Worley's interests, preserve client rights and remedies, and enable safe, efficient, and compliant project delivery.

Worley is entering a period where disciplined commercial leadership is essential. We are executing complex capital programs, managing evolving risk landscapes, and partnering closely with clients to deliver sustainable outcomes. In this role, you create clarity, structure, and strategic direction within the subcontracting function-aligning commercial execution with enterprise objectives.

Purpose of the role

The Director, Subcontracts completes and oversees contract assignments across all phases of contractual undertakings, typically handling highly complex agreements with significant commercial exposure.

You establish the purpose and vision for the subcontracting function within your area of responsibility. You develop and implement strategic programs, policies, and procedures that support both current and future operational goals. Your leadership ensures that subcontractor selection, negotiation, administration, and performance management are executed with rigor and consistency.

Where Worley manages contracts on behalf of a client, you collaborate closely with designated client representatives to ensure alignment, transparency, and disciplined contract governance.

Core Responsibilities

You will be responsible for:

• Leading the identification, solicitation, and selection of qualified contractors to provide consulting, specialty, and construction services that support project execution.
• Negotiating complex commercial terms and conditions with a thorough understanding of risk allocation, liability structures, and commercial frameworks.
• Preparing and executing subcontracts in alignment with project strategy, company policies, and client requirements.
• Managing post-award contract administration, including change management, variations, and formal correspondence.
• Analyzing and responding to contractor communications in a manner that preserves contractual rights and remedies.
• Developing and implementing claims defense strategies in collaboration with Legal and project leadership when disputes arise.
• Monitoring contractor performance to ensure compliance with scope, schedule, cost, safety, and quality expectations.
• Reviewing and approving supporting documentation for subcontractor invoices to confirm delivery of required services.
• Providing strategic commercial guidance to project teams and senior leadership.
• Establishing objectives, policies, and procedures for the subcontracting function that align with organizational direction.
• Leading, mentoring, and developing subcontract professionals, including decisions related to selection, training, performance management, and remuneration.
• Driving cross-functional collaboration across project management, engineering, construction, finance, legal, and supply chain teams.
• Contributing to the development and refinement of systems, processes, and tools that strengthen subcontract governance and operational efficiency.

You operate with broad management authority, making independent decisions that impact long-range planning, coordination, and technical direction. Your decisions influence regional or project-level business results.

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What you'll bring to the role

You bring depth, judgment, and composure to complex commercial environments.

You typically hold a university degree in a related discipline or demonstrate equivalent professional experience. You offer 20+ years of relevant experience, including significant supervisory and leadership responsibility within contract or commercial management.

You demonstrate:

• Advanced knowledge of contract law principles and commercial risk management.
• Proven expertise negotiating high-value and complex subcontracts within engineering, construction, or energy environments.
• Strong command of post-award contract management, including claims mitigation and defense strategy.
• Experience managing contracts on behalf of clients while maintaining strict governance and professional objectivity.
• Strategic thinking capability with the ability to translate organizational objectives into actionable commercial frameworks.
• Confidence in making independent decisions with broad organizational impact.
• Demonstrated success leading multiple complex projects through high-performing teams.
• The ability to communicate and present complex commercial proposals to senior management with clarity and credibility.
• A participative leadership style that builds cooperation, accountability, and alignment.
• Deep familiarity with systems, tools, and governance frameworks that support subcontract administration, along with the ability to mentor others in their application.

You are pragmatic. You balance commercial protection with project delivery realities. You are collaborative, working effectively across disciplines and with external partners. You understand that disciplined subcontract management is not administrative-it is strategic.

Feel the energy at Worley with access to a range of benefits including: paid-time off, holiday pay (usually 8 per year in the US), and eligibility to participate in the medical, life, dental, and vision insurance plans, as well as 401K plan.

If you are ready to influence how complex projects are delivered and want to shape subcontracting strategy at a senior leadership level, we encourage you to apply. Join us and play a defining role in how Worley manages risk, builds partnerships, and delivers lasting value.

About Us

At Worley, we are committed to delivering sustainable change. We work across energy, chemicals, and resources to solve complex challenges in a rapidly evolving global landscape. Our teams combine technical excellence with commercial discipline and a collaborative mindset.

We build long-term partnerships with our customers and with each other. If you value accountability, integrity, and purposeful leadership, you will find meaningful opportunity here.

Moving forward together

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 law.

We want our people to be energized and empowered to drive sustainable impact. So, our focus is on a values-inspired culture that unlocks brilliance through belonging, connection and innovation.

And we're not just talking about it; we're doing it. We're reskilling our people, leveraging transferable skills, and supporting the transition of our workforce to become experts in today's low carbon energy infrastructure and technology.

Whatever your ambition, there's a path for you here. And there's no barrier to your potential career success. Join us to broaden your horizons, explore diverse opportunities, and be part of delivering sustainable change.

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