Director of Engineering (m/f/d)

Our Director of Engineering will provide technical direction, leadership, and subject-matter expertise across the organization. Leads Specialists supporting Project, Commercial, Procurement, and EPC teams, while driving quality, efficiency, and practical AI-enabled improvements. They key purpose of the job will be providing functional leadership for the discipline, ensuring qualified personnel, compliant standards, and high-value specialist support for project acquisition, preparation, execution, and completion. Drive continuous improvement through efficient processes and practical AI use.

Key Challenges 

• Maintain and develop subject-matter expertise to ensure delivery in line with technical best practice
• Ensure adequate staffing through hiring, onboarding, training, development, and coordination of staff rotation
• Set technical and process standards, including appropriate AI use, and ensure QA/QC through oversight and audits
• Manage a team of Specialists delivering operational support to Project, Commercial, Procurement, and EPC teams
• Provide technical guidance and input to performance reviews for colleagues in the subject area
• Support management with strategic guidance, risk assessments, and monitoring of key projects
• Drive continuous improvement in standards, processes, documentation, and knowledge sharing
• Provides direct line management for Specialists and functional leadership across the discipline, including coaching and support for efficient, AI-enabled ways of working
• Contributes to strategy and process development, promotes lessons learned, and supports productivity and continuity across the organization
• Oversees delivery of specialist services in line with project and internal requirements for time, cost, and quality
• Acts as senior technical representative for the discipline, including external interfaces and escalation support where required
• Reviews and signs off on relevant contractual annexes and purchase orders for relevant specialized services
• Maintains technical excellence throughout the organization, improving and further developing internal standards, processes and procedures and key inputs for risk assessments for projects