Senior administration - Government Relations officer

Worley, a global player in energy, chemicals and resources with roots in Australia, is looking for a Senior Administration - Government Relations Officer to join its Abu Dhabi team. This full-time, on-site role sits within Worley’s Corporate and Administrative Services and is ideal for someone who keeps complex project support operations moving with precision. The company partners with clients to deliver projects and optimise assets across their lifecycles, blending consulting, engineering, procurement and construction expertise.

The Senior Administration - Government Relations Officer will work closely with client and contractor teams, ensuring administrative workflows align with site procedures and regulatory requirements. If you enjoy keeping the gears turning, from travel logistics and records management to confidential handling of sensitive documents, you’ll likely find this opportunity rewarding. The position is based on site in Abu Dhabi, and the day-to-day demands revolve around supporting project controls and administrative needs in a high-stakes environment.

The role reports to a Senior Project Control Specialist and sits squarely in Worley’s Corporate and Administrative Services group. It’s a full-time, on-site position that suits someone with substantial administrative experience in oil and gas or petrochemical projects, including offshore settings and ADNOC-related work.

Keeping the project engine running from the admin desk

In practice, you’ll help keep offices and facilities organized while coordinating essential logistics for project teams. You’ll arrange air travel, hotel accommodation, site lodging and local transport, and you’ll manage movements between headquarters, site, and employees’ home countries. You’ll oversee vehicle allocation and driver scheduling, support emergency travel, and make sure transportation costs stay within approved budgets.

Beyond travel, you’ll handle the flow of information and documents, supporting document controllers with transmittals and archiving, and you’ll manage incoming and outgoing letters, packages and official communications. You’ll keep attendance, timesheets and leave records for PMC personnel, and you’ll collaborate with project controls and HR to validate timesheets and payroll inputs, helping keep payroll processes on track.

You’ll also manage admin-related vendors, transport, catering, cleaning, and accommodation, and assist procurement with quotations, purchase orders and service contracts. Monitoring vendor performance and ensuring service-level compliance will fall under your remit, along with processing invoices for finance verification and supporting cost tracking for admin and logistics budgets. You’ll maintain up-to-date administrative procedures and trackers and provide regular status reports to PMC management. As the main point of contact for administrative coordination with the Client and contractors, you’ll help coordinate client audits, meetings and visits, handling the logistics and ensuring alignment with client administrative procedures and site rules plus applicable regulatory requirements.

What it takes to be considered

• A bachelor’s degree in any discipline from an accredited university accompanied by at least 10 years of relevant administrative experience in oil and gas or petrochemical projects, including a minimum of five years in the GCC region
• Direct ADNOC project experience is required
• Experience on offshore projects is required

What to expect for pay, benefits and schedule

Schedule: Full-time

Employment Type: Employee

Location: ARE-AD-Abu Dhabi City, on-site

Reporting Manager Title: Senior Project Control Specialist

Job posting date: Oct 2, 2026

Unposting date: Nov 16, 2026

Tips to help you stand out for this role

Put the must-have credentials up front on your resume. Lead with your degree and highlight the full ten years of admin experience in oil and gas or petrochemical projects, calling out the five years you’ve spent working in the GCC and any ADNOC project involvement or offshore work.

Show concrete proof of the must-have skills. Include a line or two about coordinating staff movements between HQ, site and home country, managing travel and accommodation, controlling admin costs, and supporting payroll inputs with HR for timesheet validation.

Be ready to talk through real examples during interviews. Prepare to discuss specific offshore and ADNOC project tasks you’ve managed, how you maintained confidential records, and how you aligned admin processes with client procedures and site rules, including audits you supported.

Ask a targeted question that leans on the details provided. For instance, you could ask how the team collaborates with Client audits and what success looks like when coordinating administrative support across client and contractor sites.