Geoscience Practice Director North America

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Geoscience Practice Director North America

Location: Houston Texas

Purpose of the Role

The Geoscience Practice Director North America leads Worley Consultings Geoscience practice across the North American region reporting to the Service Line Vice President. The role functions as the discipline and practice lead accountable for people leadership delivery performance operational efficiency and financial contribution across the practice.

The position provides senior leadership across onshore and offshore geoscience delivery supporting projects throughout the full asset lifecycle across energy infrastructure environmental mining and water markets. The Practice Director ensures the delivery of safe technically robust and commercially effective geoscience solutions while maintaining strong alignment with Worleys strategy governance frameworks and business development objectives.

In addition to project delivery the role is responsible for strengthening geoscience capability across North America through operational leadership technical governance mentorship and workforce development ensuring the longterm sustainability of the practice.

This position is based in Houston Texas and follows a 3-day hybrid schedule at the Worley office. Remote work is not available.

Key Responsibilities

Practice Leadership & Regional Oversight

• Lead the Geoscience practice across North America encompassing both onshore and offshore delivery.
• Serve as the senior line leader and discipline lead for geoscience within the region.
• Provide strategic leadership and operational oversight to ensure consistent technical quality delivery excellence and financial performance across the practice.
• Accountable for practice utilization overhead (OH) cost discipline and delivery performance within established targets.
• Align North American geoscience capability with global practice standards service line strategy and regional business priorities.
• Partner with Service Line and regional leadership to support growth workforce planning and capability development across the United States and Canada.

Operations & Project Delivery

• Oversee project execution staffing and delivery quality across the geoscience portfolio.
• Collaborate closely with Project Managers Line Managers Focus Group Leads and key discipline SMEs to manage resource assignments utilization and chargeability ensuring balanced workloads delivery efficiency and alignment with financial targets.
• Provide senior governance and escalation support for complex highrisk or highvalue projects.
• Support Project Managers and Delivery Leads in resolving execution resourcing and client interface challenges.
• Partner with operations and commercial teams on forecasting AR/WIP management margin performance and delivery improvement initiatives.
• Ensure consistency and discipline in deployment of people and resources across the practice.

Technical & Delivery Governance

• Provide senior technical stewardship and oversight across geoscience disciplines without acting as the primary technical doer.
• Ensure appropriate technical authorities and subject matter experts are engaged for onshore and offshore scopes.
• Govern geoscience methodologies covering site characterization geohazards routing studies ground models and integrated interpretations.
• Ensure adherence to Worley technical standards governance requirements and quality expectations across all geoscience deliverables.

Client Strategy & Business Development

• Maintain strong client relationships and serve as a trusted senior advisor for geoscience delivery across multiple assets or regions.
• Support pursuit strategy and proposal development providing leadership on scope definition resourcing and execution approach.
• Drive client satisfaction and pullthrough by aligning technical solutions with client objectives regulatory requirements and commercial outcomes.
• Identify emerging opportunities across traditional energy energy transition infrastructure environmental and water markets.

People Leadership & Capability Development

• Provide direct leadership and performance management for geoscience staff across the practice.
• Directly accountable for people management outcomes including engagement performance differentiation capability development retention and succession planning in partnership with HR and Service Line leadership.
• Lead development of future line leaders and Practice Directors through mentoring and operational exposure.
• Foster a collaborative inclusive and highperformance culture aligned with Worley values.
• Champion knowledge sharing and continuous improvement across the regional and global geoscience community.

Systems Processes & Governance

• Maintain expert understanding of systems processes and tools used across the geoscience practice.
• Contribute to the development and continuous improvement of technical methodologies delivery processes and governance frameworks.
• Work closely with Service Line and Operations leadership on initiatives influencing delivery performance and overall business results.

Qualifications and Skill Set

Education & Experience

• Bachelors or Masters degree in Geology Geophysics Engineering Geology or a related discipline.
• Typically 15 years of relevant experience including senior leadership roles with operational accountability.
• Recognized as a functional expert capable of providing consultation and guidance across multidisciplinary teams.
• Demonstrated experience managing complex multidisciplinary project portfolios across onshore and offshore environments.

Technical Breadth & Sector Experience

• Demonstrated knowledge and relevant delivery experience across a range of Worleys core sectors including:
  • Conventional and unconventional hydrocarbons
  • LNG and gas processing facilities
  • Power generation and transmission infrastructure
  • Offshore wind and renewable energy
  • Ports terminals and coastal infrastructure
  • Chemicals and industrial facilities
  • Lowcarbon energy and broader energy transition initiatives
• Broad understanding of onshore and offshore geoscience delivery including:
  • Site characterization and ground model development
  • Geohazards and ground risk assessment
  • Routing corridor and rightofway studies
  • Integration of geoscience and geotechnical inputs into multidisciplinary projects
• Experience governing geoscience work across multiple asset types sectors and lifecycle stages from early feasibility through detailed execution and operational support.
• Ability to lead review and govern technical work undertaken by specialists ensuring quality consistency and fitness for purpose without requiring deep specialization in every technical domain.

Professional & Leadership Skills

• Strong operationsfocused leadership mindset with demonstrated ability to balance delivery quality cost discipline and client outcomes.
• Proven ability to communicate complex concepts clearly to senior clients leadership teams and multidisciplinary audiences.
• Effective decisionmaker with experience developing and implementing programs policies and governance frameworks.
• Participative leadership style with a collaborative teamoriented approach.

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