Buildings & Master Planning, Technical Consultant

Reporting Manager Title: Master Planning Practice Lead • Advisian, Engineering, Planning

Building on our past. Ready for the future.

Worley is a global professional services company of energy, chemicals and resources experts headquartered in Australia. Right now, we’re bridging two worlds as we accelerate to more sustainable energy sources while helping our customers provide the energy, chemicals and resources that society needs now.

We partner with our customers to deliver projects and create value over the life of their portfolio of assets. We solve complex problems by finding integrated data-centric solutions from the first stages of consulting and engineering to installation and commissioning, to the last stages of decommissioning and remediation. Join us and help drive innovation and sustainability in our projects.

Technical Consultant I, Buildings & Master Planning

Role Context:

We are seeking a creative master planner with around 3-7 years’ experience who has a passion for developing their architectural master planning skills within an industrial context. As an industrial master planner, you will contribute to developing the next generation of lower carbon industrial projects worldwide, bringing together sustainable design principles, smart city technology integration, and world-class user experiences to create amazing places to work.

You will support senior master planners and project managers in the ideation and project creation process to ensure our customers and people receive cutting-edge development strategy and spatial planning across industrial-related facilities located within the Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) region.

You will ideally have experience in development infrastructure and master planning, having contributed towards architectural delivery of complex development projects across EMEA. Industrial master planning experience is highly beneficial and advantageous.

In your role as an Industrial Master Planner, you will be based in Madrid, Spain while working remotely across the world with opportunities for short-term international project-based travel. This is a diverse role with great opportunities to develop leadership skills and be entrepreneurial to innovate and apply new master planning techniques with our customers and people.

Your Responsibilities:

• Collaborate in a global master planning network to support and grow the industrial master planning service offer across all regions.
• Report to the Master Planning Practice Lead for EMEA, based in London, UK.
• Contribute towards the preparation and delivery of strategic industrial master plans, pre-feasibility and feasibility studies, due diligence, and client-side technical advisor roles for various low carbon industries.
• Support the concept master planning of greener and next-generation industry projects, providing coordination and integration of various technical teams across the Worley business.
• Guide strategic site selection studies and multi-criteria assessments.
• Apply design thinking principles to the master planning process to define, assess, and develop appropriate solutions that are human-centric and balance the needs of people and the planet.
• Integrate Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) into the spatial master planning process, finding innovative solutions to make facilities greener, more user-centric, and efficient.
• Collaborate with other Worley Consulting business lines of TIL, Environment & Water (E&W), and Energy, Chemicals & Resources (ECR), to cross-sell and enhance the client service offer.
• Be passionate and willing to integrate AI and generative design capabilities in the master planning process.
• Be willing to travel on business and have a desire to experience different cultures and ways of working.

Your Qualifications:

• A few years of experience in a relevant consulting, planning, or architectural practice.
• Experience in “Design Thinking” and user-centric design principles.
• Excellent communication skills (graphically and verbally).
• Strategic thinker, curious, analytical, and interested in outside-the-box solutions.
• Collaborative and comfortable in group workshop environments.
• Always seeking innovation and continual improvement.
• Understand the importance of a clear narrative and story-driven approach.
• Ability to travel.
• Assist in the use of technology in improving delivery and performance.
• Good working knowledge of 3D design software (i.e., BIM, Adobe Creative Suite, Revit, Rhino, and AutoCAD).
• Knowledge of AI generative design tools and capabilities is beneficial.
• Knowledge of scripting tools (such as Grasshopper) is beneficial.
• Fluent English communication skills (spoken & written).

Moving Forward:

We want our people to be energized and empowered to drive sustainable impact. 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. 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. Join us to broaden your horizons, explore diverse opportunities, and be part of delivering sustainable change.