Shape the Future of Engineering Excellence

At Clough, a Webuild Company, we deliver some of the world's most complex and iconic infrastructure, energy, resources and industrial projects. Clough a Webuild Group Company is seeking an Executive Vice President for the Australian/NZ operation, we combine international expertise, technical innovation and local delivery capability to create sustainable solutions that leave a lasting legacy.

We are seeking an accomplished and visionary Executive Vice President, Engineering to lead and transform our regional engineering organisation. Reporting directly to the executive leadership team, this role represents a unique opportunity to influence strategic direction, drive engineering excellence and position Clough as the partner of choice across our markets.

This is a career-defining leadership prospect for an engineering executive with a proven track record delivering complex, large-scale projects and building high-performing engineering organisations.

The Opportunity

As Executive Vice President, Engineering, you will provide strategic leadership and operational oversight of Clough's regional engineering function. You will lead the ongoing development and execution of the engineering strategy, ensuring the function delivers exceptional technical outcomes, supports project success and drives commercial value across the business.

You will be responsible for:

- Providing high-quality engineering and design capability across Clough projects, ensuring technical excellence, governance, compliance and innovation.
- Delivering engineering and design services to both internal and external clients.
- Supporting business development, tendering, project delivery and operational teams throughout the project lifecycle.
- Providing executive oversight and leadership of external engineering and design partners.
- Leading the management of project quantities, estimating methodologies and associated cost controls.
- Overseeing technical planning activities to enhance project performance and delivery outcomes.




- Building and maintaining a culture of engineering excellence, innovation and continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Leadership

- Develop and execute engineering strategies aligned with business objectives, market opportunities and long-term growth plans.
- Partner with executive leadership to strengthen organisational capability and competitive advantage.
- Drive innovation, process optimisation and the adoption of emerging technologies across the engineering function.

Engineering Excellence & Governance

- Champion engineering standards, technical assurance, quality management and regulatory compliance.
- Provide expert leadership on engineering practices, methodologies, technologies and industry developments.
- Ensure consistency and excellence in engineering delivery across all disciplines and project phases.

Project & Operational Leadership

- Provide executive oversight of complex engineering and EPC project portfolios.
- Ensure projects are delivered safely, on schedule, within budget and to the highest quality standards.
- Oversee resource planning, workforce capability and engineering productivity.
- Lead engineering budget development and financial performance management.
- Drive profitability through effective cost control, resource optimisation and commercial decision-making.
- Provide oversight of quantities, estimates and technical planning activities to support successful project outcomes.
- Lead, inspire and mentor multidisciplinary engineering teams.
- Build leadership capability and succession pipelines across the organisation.
- Be proactive in championing, supporting and promoting the company's diversity strategies including our gender diversity strategies and our RAP commitments.
- Foster a high-performance culture centred on collaboration, accountability and innovation.

Stakeholder & Client Engagement

- Develop trusted relationships with clients, joint venture partners, regulatory agencies and key industry stakeholders.
- Act as a senior ambassador for Clough and Webuild within the engineering and construction sectors.
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📌 Executive Vice President Engineering (Sydney)
🏢 Webuild
📍 Sydney