Regional Engineering Director

Job Title : Regional Engineer Director
Department : Engineering
Reports to Vice president

Education
Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering (preferred) and/or related sciences.
Professional certification preferred

Experience
10 – 15 years experience working in Engineering in a global organization

Primary Responsibility

Lead the engineering function in the region;

Act as Executive Project Manager for all capital projects in the region;

Lead regional-wide, multi-national engineering teams during the building and execution of capital projects in the region;

Lead a team of regional engineers, ensuring the team are effectively managed and developed to be a high performing team focused on providing support to the region in line with business needs;

Oversee and approve the capital investment and budgets for equipment requirements in the region ensuring that capital approval matches the Clients targets of ROIC and payback;

Lead engineering improvement requirements on existing Client facilities in the region to optimize safety, revenue and profitability;

Deliver engineering support for bids and operational improvements with commercial and operational leaders leading to improvements in returns and profitability according to clients targets;

Liaise with global engineering colleagues to ensure that content of design, costing and best practice globally is included in the commercial bid process;

Drive close cooperation and support with business development teams;

Participate in technical discussions with customers on solutions to their resource recovery needs;

Act as direct main contact with customers’ project engineers and managers ensuring project battery limits are agreed and supplied on time;

Provide hands on leadership on major projects at sites where necessary to deliver on time and on budget project;