Director, Project Engineering

Develop regional engineering capacity plans aligned with business growth.

Oversee engineering resource planning across multiple concurrent projects.

Balance utilization, technical capability, and customer priorities across the engineering organization.

Collaborate with Professional Services leadership to forecast staffing requirements and hiring plans.

Manage departmental budgets and support operational planning.

Identify delivery risks and implement mitigation strategies.

Build trusted executive relationships with utility customers across Europe.

Participate in executive customer meetings, project steering committees, and strategic reviews.

Partner with Sales and Business Development during pursuit activities by providing engineering leadership, technical strategy, and delivery confidence.

Support proposal development, solution reviews, project estimation, and risk assessments.

Act as an executive sponsor for strategic customer engagements when required.

Collaborate with Product Management to influence product roadmap based on customer and delivery feedback.

Partner with Global Engineering and Product Development to standardize engineering methodologies.

Work closely with Project Management to improve project execution and customer satisfaction.

Coordinate with Customer Support to ensure successful transition from project implementation to operational support.

Ensure compliance with company quality standards, cybersecurity requirements, health and safety regulations, and applicable industry standards.

Promote adherence to utility industry standards, engineering best practices, and regulatory requirements throughout the project lifecycle.

Establish engineering performance dashboards and regularly report regional performance to executive leadership.

10+ years of progressive engineering experience within industrial automation, SCADA, energy management, or mission-critical control systems.

5+ years of engineering leadership experience managing managers and technical teams.

Demonstrated success leading geographically distributed engineering organizations.

Significant experience delivering complex utility SCADA, EMS, DMS, ADMS, or related Operational Technology solutions.

Experience supporting electric transmission, distribution, generation, or renewable energy customers.

Proven experience leading engineering organizations through growth and organizational change.

Experience managing engineering resources across multiple concurrent customer projects.

Experience working within matrix organizations and collaborating across international teams.

Experience supporting technical sales, proposals, and customer executive engagements.

The successful candidate will demonstrate:

Strategic thinking with the ability to align engineering execution to business objectives.

Executive presence with strong communication and influencing skills.

Proven ability to lead leaders and build high-performing technical organizations.

Strong commercial awareness and understanding of project financial performance.

Excellent organizational and prioritization skills.

Exceptional stakeholder management across customers, executives, and cross-functional teams.

Strong coaching and mentoring capabilities.

Sound decision-making under pressure.

Conflict resolution and negotiation skills.

Ability to balance customer satisfaction with business objectives.

Passion for operational excellence and continuous improvement.

Commitment to fostering an inclusive, collaborative, and high-performance culture.

Ability and willingness to travel throughout Europe and occasionally internationally (approximately 25–40%) to support customers, project teams, and company initiatives.