Design Engineering Manager

• Serve as a key member of Project and Design Engineering leadership team, with demonstrated experience in Small, Mid Cap Capital Projects, Engineering Management across multiple disciplines including subsea and also exposure to resource planning. The role will contribute to strategy, operating model evolution, and long-range workforce and capability planning 

• Act as a potential pipeline successor for ENGINE leadership responsibilities, with demonstrated ability to scale impact beyond a single function or portfolio 

• Influence how ENGINE partners with global assets, major capital projects, and functional organizations across Chevron 

• Help shape the next phase of ENGINE’s growth, maturity, and integration within Chevron’s broader project and operations ecosystem 

Key Accountabilities 

• Lead, mentor, and develop a multidisciplinary engineering design team, providing direction, coaching, feedback, and career development support. 

• Plan, prioritize, and manage design activities to ensure engineering deliverables are completed safely, accurately, on schedule, within budget, and to the required quality standards. 

• Oversee the development and review of design basis documents, calculations, drawings, specifications, technical reports, design change documentation, and engineering deliverables. 

• Coordinate design reviews, technical assurance activities, constructability reviews, risk assessments, value engineering, and interdisciplinary checks. 

• Ensure designs comply with applicable codes, standards, regulatory requirements, company specifications, safety requirements, and quality procedures. 

• Work closely with project managers, discipline leads, operations, construction, procurement, vendors, and contractors to align design solutions with project objectives and execution plans. 

• Manage design resources, workload allocation, capability development, staffing needs, and succession planning for the design engineering team. 

• Identify design risks, interface issues, technical constraints, and opportunities for optimization, and lead the development of practical mitigation plans. 

• Support project planning, cost control, schedule management, scope definition, change management, and progress reporting for design activities. 

• Drive continuous improvement in design processes, engineering tools, digital workflows, lessons learned, standardization, and design quality. 

• Promote a culture of safety, accountability, collaboration, innovation, inclusion, and technical excellence. 

• Proficient communicator   

• Model The Chevron Way and reinforce high-performance behaviors at scale 

About you

We know our greatest resource is the ingenuity, creativity and innovation of our people. Applications from motivated, talented individuals with a keen interest in the energy industry are encouraged. 

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a related technical discipline. 

• Minimum 15 years of relevant experience in engineering, project management, operations, or related technical domains 

• Significant experience in engineering design, design delivery, technical assurance, or project execution within a relevant industry. 

• Demonstrated experience leading design teams, coordinating multidisciplinary deliverables, and managing design interfaces across projects. 

• Strong understanding of design standards, engineering workflows, design reviews, safety requirements, quality systems, and regulatory compliance. 

• Experience with design tools, engineering document control, drawing management, change management, and design deliverable planning. 

• Proven ability to manage design budgets, schedules, resources, risks, priorities, and stakeholder expectations. 

Domain Experience (one or more of the following) 

• Senior engineering or project leadership supporting major capital projects and programs across geographies 

• Leadership of multi-discipline engineering or project delivery organizations within operating assets or global centres 

• Oversight of multiple engineering and project management functions (e.g., project engineering, discipline engineering, construction support, digital engineering) 

• Enterprise accountability for cost, schedule, quality, and safety outcomes across large portfolios 

Executive & Leadership Attributes 

• Design leadership: Sets clear design direction, builds capability, and enables the team to deliver high-quality engineering design outputs. 

• Technical judgement: Applies sound engineering judgement to design decisions and ensures robust technical assurance. 

• Design governance: Ensures design standards, reviews, approvals, documentation, and quality processes are consistently applied. 

• Communication: Communicates clearly with technical and non-technical stakeholders, including senior leaders, project teams, vendors, and contractors. 

• Delivery focus: Drives design execution, manages priorities, removes barriers, and ensures design commitments are met. 

• Problem solving: Analyses complex design issues, evaluates options, and implements practical, risk-based solutions. 

• Collaboration: Works effectively across disciplines, functions, locations, and organisational boundaries. 

• Continuous improvement: Improves design processes, tools, standards, templates, workflows, and team effectiveness. 

Preferred Qualifications 

• Experience engaging with executive leadership  

• Demonstrated readiness for expanded scope through succession planning or leadership roles 

• Experience scaling or transforming engineering or project delivery organizations 

• Exposure to digital transformation, capital efficiency, or enterprise operating model evolution