Project Engineering Director

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Germany, +1 more country.

📋 Description

• Take charge of the complete technical execution of large and intricate customer projects as the primary technical liaison.

• Direct engineering coordination across project work packages, ensuring that designs fulfill customer expectations regarding requirements, budgets, quality, and timelines.

• Supervise engineering activities for significant grid projects that focus on HVDC and FACTS solutions.

• Conduct technical reviews, facilitate decision-making, and synchronize cross-functional teams concerning plant configuration, civil works, control and protection hardware, and electrical design.

• Identify technical risks and opportunities, implement mitigation strategies, and support project execution from inception to completion.

• Manage technical interfaces with subcontractors and incorporate their deliverables into the overarching engineering plan.

• Ensure document control, configuration management, and EHS compliance throughout the project lifecycle.

• Spearhead ROE and lessons-learned initiatives to enhance future project delivery and engineering performance.

⛳️ Requirements

• Extensive engineering experience in an EPC (Engineering, Procurement, and Construction) setting within power generation, transmission, or distribution.

• Strong experience in HVDC (High Voltage Direct Current), including technical leadership in large-scale transmission or grid infrastructure initiatives.

• Demonstrated ability to lead complex, multidisciplinary engineering project teams and coordinate among internal functions, customers, and external partners.

• Robust technical knowledge in plant configuration, civil works, control and protection hardware, and electrical design.

• Excellent communication and presentation skills, capable of articulating complex technical subjects to customers and internal stakeholders.

• Sound judgment combined with structured problem-solving abilities.

• Comfortable working in diverse cultural settings and willing to travel globally for short- to medium-term project requirements.

• A formal education leading to a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering is preferred but not mandatory.

• Experience in leading engineering delivery for international grid, transmission, or energy infrastructure projects.

• Familiarity with customer-facing technical leadership in regulated, contract-driven project settings.

• Experience in applying lessons learned and continuous improvement practices.

🏝️ Benefits

• Opportunities for career advancement through on-the-job learning and development.

• International exposure via collaboration with global teams, customers, and partners.

• A supportive and collaborative environment where engineering expertise and teamwork are valued.

• A comprehensive benefits package tailored to your employment status and local market standards.