Senior Engineering Director

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in New York, +1 more state.

📋 Description

• Spearhead the development of Regional Engineering Directors by setting clear expectations, instilling operational discipline, ensuring leadership accountability, and establishing performance benchmarks.

• Perform operational and performance evaluations focusing on engineering functions, workforce management, maintenance execution, asset status, compliance, risk assessment, and remedial actions.

• Promote proactive engagement in the field and maintain thorough awareness of site conditions, risks, and priorities.

• Manage engineering governance protocols, inspections, operational audits, corrective action initiatives, maintenance assessments, and regional performance metrics.

• Provide senior-level oversight for major engineering endeavors, infrastructure enhancements, scheduled outages, shutdowns, critical maintenance, and high-risk scenarios.

• Act as a senior escalation resource to support emergency response during significant outages, incidents, life-safety situations, and operational disruptions.

• Collaborate with Engineering Programs & Performance teams to execute engineering standards, initiatives, and operational programs.

• Detect gaps in leadership, staffing, technical skills, and operational capabilities; facilitate succession planning, coaching, mentoring, and leadership growth.

• Cultivate accountability, technical curiosity, operational ownership, inclusivity, safety consciousness, and a culture of continuous improvement.

• Report directly to the Global Engineering Director and collaborate with account leadership, engineering program teams, site operations, and client stakeholders.

⛳️ Requirements

• Extensive experience in engineering leadership within commercial real estate, corporate facilities, mission-critical environments, building engineering, or similarly complex operational settings.

• Proven track record of leading geographically dispersed engineering leaders and technical teams across large-scale portfolios or matrixed organizations.

• In-depth technical knowledge of building systems, preventive and corrective maintenance, reliability programs, infrastructure operations, life-safety systems, and operational risk management.

• Demonstrated capability to evaluate engineering operations at the site level and convert operational insights into actionable improvement strategies and corrective action plans.

• Experience managing significant engineering projects, commissioning efforts, planned outages, shutdowns, emergency response initiatives, and critical maintenance operations.

• Proven ability to develop performance frameworks, analyze operational data, and hold senior technical leaders accountable for delivery and outcomes.

• Strong skills in executive communication, stakeholder management, and client interaction.

• Willingness and ability to travel frequently, approximately 50% of the time.

• Dedication to fostering collaborative, high-performing teams while promoting innovation, leadership development, and operational excellence.

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Facilities Management, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field is preferred.

• Professional engineering certifications or industry credentials such as PE, CFM, SMA, FMA, or equivalent qualifications are preferred.

• Experience in implementing engineering governance frameworks, operational scorecards, and portfolio-wide performance management systems is preferred.

• Advanced understanding of CMMS platforms, asset management systems, engineering analytics, and operational reporting tools is preferred.

• Experience supporting large enterprise clients in integrated facilities management or outsourced real estate services environments is preferred.

• Strong background in reliability-centered maintenance, asset lifecycle planning, and engineering risk mitigation strategies is preferred.

• Proven success in developing engineering leadership pipelines, succession planning strategies, and technical training programs is preferred.

• Experience driving operational transformation initiatives and standardizing engineering practices across multiple regions or business units is preferred.

• Experience in leading change management and continuous improvement initiatives is highly valued.

• Must possess authorization to work in the United States without requiring visa sponsorship.

🏝️ Benefits

• 401(k) plan with matching contributions from the company.

• Comprehensive Medical, Dental & Vision Care coverage.

• Paid parental leave at 100% of salary.

• Paid Time Off and Company Holidays.

• Early access to earned wages through Daily Pay.

• Supportive culture accompanied by a comprehensive benefits package that prioritizes mental, physical, and emotional well-being.