Worley

Construction and Commissioning Manager - Anchorage, AK

Worley$100K — $130K *
Real Estate & Construction
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Degree in Construction Management, Engineering, or related discipline, or equivalent field experience
  • 10+ years of construction experience on large-scale infrastructure, energy, or resource projects
  • Experience in EPC/EPCm delivery models
  • Familiarity operating in remote, logistically constrained environments
  • Strong communication skills for engaging with diverse teams and clients
  • Experience with modular/skid-mounted construction shipped to Alaska
  • Proven leadership in remote field settings while prioritizing safety
  • Strong coordination capabilities with various project teams
  • Analytical problem-solving skills for complex construction challenges
  • Willingness to travel to remote sites in extreme weather.

Responsibilities

  • Provide technical oversight to ensure projects meet schedule and budget
  • Collaborate with teams to apply construction best practices
  • Identify engineering hazards and implement risk mitigation strategies
  • Review project schedules for accuracy and feasibility
  • Ensure readiness of execution plans and proactively manage risks
  • Lead audits of construction processes and recommend best practices
  • Interface with project management and escalate risks effectively
  • Manage resources and subcontractors across multiple sites
  • Demonstrate proactive safety leadership and communicate expectations
  • Support safety audits and investigations across project sites

Benefits

  • Opportunity to lead and standardize construction workflows in the Alaska region
  • Role combines technical oversight with business development opportunities
  • Engage in diverse project activities across North America
  • Focus on health, safety, environment, and quality compliance
  • Work in a dynamic and challenging field environment while developing lower-tier leadership talent
Full Job Description
Position Summary

Worley is seeking an experienced Construction & Commissioning Manager to lead our regional construction operations and deliver a portfolio of projects across the Alaska region. In this dual focus leadership role, you will provide direct oversight for multiple concurrent projects and hold functional responsibility for standardizing construction and commissioning workflows across the region. You will also support business development activities and senior customer engagement.

Purpose of the Role

You will be responsible for the safe, timely, and effective preparation and execution of all the construction scope within the portfolio, ensuring full compliance with HSEQ targets, procedures, and standards, and scaling the regional team and supporting infrastructure to accommodate new work.

You will also be responsible for developing and implementing regional construction and commissioning processes, "lessons learned" databases, and standardized safety protocols to be used across all Alaska projects and driving the integration of Worley procedures and tools across the business unit.

This position will also directly support major project activity in the region, which will involve collaboration with delivery team from across North America, and effectively leveraging the regional construction organization as major project construction efforts initiate.

Core Responsibilities

You will be responsible for:
  • Providing technical oversight for a portfolio of projects ensuring they stay on schedule and within budget.
  • Collaborating with project teams to identify and deliver through application of construction best-practices
  • Identifying potential engineering hazards and implementing appropriate risk mitigation measures.
  • Providing input to project schedules as required and reviewing contractor schedules for accuracy and feasibility.
  • Ensuring execution plan readiness and proactively identifying and mitigating execution risks.
  • Leading audits and reviews of construction processes, ensuring recommendations are implemented and best practices adopted.
  • Interfacing with project management and client representatives on all construction-related matters, proactively escalating risks and issues.
  • Ensuring construction processes and procedures are fit for purpose and robust. Including the management of all deployed resources.
  • Managing a rotating pool of trade leadership specialists and subcontractors, ensuring the right talent is deployed across multiple project sites based on priority. A heavy emphasis will be placed on development of lower tier leadership positions and support functions.
  • Demonstrating visible and proactive safety leadership, setting expectations through personal example and clear communication with all teams.
  • Supporting incident investigations and safety audits across all regional project sites.
  • Assessing site working conditions and environments to ensure safe and effective operations.
  • Promoting and ensuring compliance with environmental responsibilities and standards.

Physical Demand/Work Environment

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to speak or listen. The employee frequently is required to walk and sit. The employee is occasionally required to stand. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Visual Acuity: must be adequate to perform all required Job Description tasks in a safe manner. The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet. Work is usually done in an office setting and sometimes at a client facility or job site.

This job description is intended to describe the nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this position. It is not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities and duties required of the job incumbents.

What you will bring to the role

Key qualifications and capabilities include:
  • A degree in Construction Management, Engineering, or a related discipline, or equivalent field experience
  • 10+ years of construction experience supporting large-scale infrastructure, energy, or resource development projects
  • Experience of EPC/EPCm project delivery.
  • Experience working in remote logistically constrained environments.
  • Strong communications skills and the ability to effectively, and productively, engage with team members, clients and contractors.
  • Experience with modular/skid-mounted construction (built out-of-state and shipped to AK).
  • Proven ability to lead field teams in remote work environments while maintaining strong safety performance.
  • Strong coordination skills with engineering, logistics, environmental, and project controls teams
  • Applying analytical and logical thinking to resolve complex construction and project challenges to maintain schedule and safety performance
  • A deep level of understanding of project controls functions as they pertain to execution of construction projects is considered a strong preference
  • Willingness to travel to remote sites and work in extreme weather conditions (-40F).

About Worley

Worley is a global engineering and construction company that provides services to the energy, chemicals, and resources sectors. The company was founded in 2019 through the merger of WorleyParsons and Jacobs' Energy, Chemicals and Resources division. Worley has over 48,000 employees in 49 countries and provides a range of services including consulting, engineering, procurement, construction, and project management. The company is committed to sustainability and has set ambitious targets to reduce its carbon footprint and increase the use of renewable energy in its operations.
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47,700 employees
Industry
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