Worley · 3 hours ago
Senior Functional Safety Technical Lead, Autonomous Operations
USA-TX-Houston
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
10+ years expWorley 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. The Technical Lead for Functional Safety O&M will manage a team of technical resources and be responsible for leading aspects of Autonomous Operations, ensuring project delivery excellence and fostering client relationships.
ChemicalEnergyMineralMiningOil and GasPrecious Metals
Responsibilities
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
Qualification
Required
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
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%
Benefits
Excellent remuneration & benefits package
Friendly, professional, dynamic and flexible work environment
Opportunity to develop your career prospects locally and internationally
Company
Worley
Worley is a leading global provider of professional project and asset services in the energy, chemicals and resources sectors.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$362.1MKey Investors
Phoenix Group
2025-08-18Debt Financing· $101.73M
2025-05-06Debt Financing· $260.16M
2017-02-28Private Equity
Leadership Team
Chris Ashton
Chief Executive Officer
Anna Joubert
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