Director of Engineering
Your recruiting firm
- Began as Northenden Engineering Services before evolving through rebrands and international expansion.
- Merged with Fircroft in 2020 to become a global powerhouse.
- Operates over 80 offices in 45 countries, deploying workers on major projects.
- Supports long-term contracts, permanent hires, managed services, global mobility, and payroll.
- Backed by a history of nine strategic acquisitions, enhancing reach in sectors like chemicals and digital technology.
- Delivers talent into high-profile projects such as offshore wind farms, petrochemical plants, mining developments, and pharmaceutical facilities.
Description
engineering review
budget control
design approval
supplier management
technical interface
project reporting
Leads engineering review of customer technical specifications and the translation of specifications into safe, high quality, compliant equipment/systems.
Implement approved engineering budgets and monitor actual expenses to ensure they fall within budgets, analyzing out of budget expenses and ensuring they are offset in other areas of the project unless fully justified.
Present engineering plans and progress status updates to project stakeholders and financiers.
Provides technical and engineering resource input to new business
Administer and review engineering or related work provided by outside consultants.
Determine if methods, procedures, and results developed by outside consultants are analytically sound.
Direct various project related design tests and analyzes and documents results.
Lead interface from Engineering Department with all other areas of the business.
Ensure that proper records and other documentation are maintained.
Review and approve proposed engineering designs and subsequent product and process enhancements or changes.
Perform administrative and oversight functions in approving proposals, expenditure and enforcing policies.
Establishing goals, objectives and priorities of engineering staff. Monitoring performance to those goals and providing feedback to the employee and management.
Consult or negotiate with customers to finalize engineering project specifications.
Recommends major changes in procedures or objectives.
Negotiate favorable terms with 3rd party engineering suppliers and monitor and manager supplier performance.
Lead engineering effort in the resolution of technical issues.
Manages overall electrical and mechanical engineering commitments to meet critical
Drive quality and accountability within the Engineering Department.
Technical interface to customers during the execution phase of projects.
Requirements
power system
leadership
master’s degree
pe license
cad
15+ years
Familiarity with power system components and their application/specification.
Must have excellent organization, supervisory, managerial and leadership skills to manage a team of engineers and technical staff.
Master’s Degree
Ability to gather, analyze and summarize data in order to draw rational, fact-based conclusions.
Professional Engineering license
Must have excellent analytical and computational skills.
Must have excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
Knowledge of ANSI, IEEE, NEC and other industry applicable standards and codes.
Knowledge of power system analysis and associated calculations.
Knowledge of medium and low voltage power distribution equipment and associated
Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering.
Electrical engineering subject matter expertise to assigned clients and advise other internal groups.
Familiarity with ISO policies and safety regulations.
Maintains current knowledge of relevant technologies as assigned.
Knowledge of DC traction power equipment preferred.
Must have excellent verbal and written communications skills as well as interpersonal skills.
Familiarity with computer aided design tools including CAD.
15+ years of related engineering experience, including 5 years of relevant leadership
Must have proven multitasking skills and can work in fast-paced, high demand environment.
experience directing a team of engineers.
Benefits
Minimum Qualifications