Principal Scientist Jobs in Louisiana

About us

Worley is a global company of energy, chemicals and resources experts headquartered in Australia. We partner with our customers to deliver projects and create value across the life of their assets. We specialize in consulting, engineering, procurement and construction across the project lifecycle, with services extending through to operations and decommissioning. Leveraging extensive experience and AI-enabled delivery, we support customers in navigating complexity as they meet today's needs and transition to more sustainable solutions.

Purpose

Leads the coordination and integration of project plans, schedules, contractual deliverables, engineering activities, and execution milestones in accordance with Worley systems, processes, and customer requirements. Oversees multi-discipline engineering coordination, ensures alignment to project objectives, and drives delivery performance across schedule, cost, and technical scope. Typically functions as a senior project coordination lead supporting the Project Manager and Project Engineering Manager on complex or multi-discipline projects.

Responsibilities:

• Lead coordination of engineering deliverables across multiple disciplines ensuring alignment with schedule, scope, and budget.
• Oversee development and maintenance of project execution plans, master schedules, and engineering registers.
• Drive integration between engineering, procurement, and construction phases to maintain execution continuity.
• Serve as primary coordination interface with client counterparts, vendors, and internal stakeholders.
• Monitor project performance metrics including cost, schedule, and deliverable status and drive corrective actions.
• Ensure compliance with Worley processes, systems, and governance requirements.
• Support change management processes and ensure impacts to scope, cost, and schedule are assessed and communicated.
• Facilitate coordination meetings, reporting cycles, and communication of project status and risks.
• Support proposal development and execution planning for new opportunities.

Core Competencies:

• Strong leadership and coordination across multi-discipline engineering teams.
• Advanced understanding of engineering project delivery lifecycle (FEL through execution).
• Ability to manage interfaces between stakeholders, vendors, and project teams.
• Strong financial and schedule awareness with ability to forecast trends and impacts.
• Effective communication and stakeholder engagement at client and project team level.
• Proactive risk identification and mitigation planning.

What you will bring

Technical/Industry Experience and Qualifications Requirements:

• Extensive experience in engineering project coordination, typically 10+ years.
• Experience in EP, EPC, or EPCM project environments.

Education – Qualifications, Accreditation, Training:

Required:

• University Degree or equivalent in a relevant discipline or significant equivalent experience.

Preferred:

• Demonstrated experience supporting or leading multi-discipline engineering teams.

Moving forward together

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. We're building a diverse, inclusive and respectful workplace. Creating a space where everyone feels they belong, can be themselves, and are heard.

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.