Director Engineering - Site Lead

Job Summary: The Director of Engineering provides strategic and operational leadership to ensure the successful delivery of products, services, and technology solutions that meet customer and business objectives.

This role is responsible for establishing and executing the engineering vision, organizational structure, and strategic roadmap while driving excellence in quality, innovation, process improvement, talent development, and financial performance.

The Director fosters a high-performing engineering culture, enables effective cross-functional collaboration, and ensures teams are aligned to organizational priorities and business goals.

As the Engineering Site Lead, the role also serves as the primary advocate and representative for the local engineering organization, promoting employee engagement, technical collaboration, and a culture of continuous learning and innovation across all engineering functions.

The Site Lead drives site-wide initiatives, supports workforce planning and talent attraction efforts, coordinates executive and customer visits, and partners with functional leaders to address operational, facility, safety, and business continuity needs.

Additionally, the Site Lead provides leadership and mentorship beyond direct reporting relationships, helping to strengthen organizational effectiveness, technical excellence, and employee experience across the engineering community.

Responsibilities and Tasks:


* Anticipates current and future resource requirements and actively partners across the organization to secure staffing, training, infrastructure, equipment, and budget resources that enable successful execution of engineering initiatives.


* Serve as the site leader for the engineering organization, driving a culture of engagement, collaboration, and operational excellence while aligning local talent, workforce, and business initiatives with enterprise strategic objectives.


* Drive a culture of fiscal accountability and operational excellence by optimizing resources, controlling costs, and improving efficiency while maintaining product quality and business outcomes, fostering a culture that values and rewards responsible resource management.


* Directs the preparation of highly accurate and precise estimates of costs, obtaining the most recent cost estimates from vendors, catalogs or internal allocations.


* Develop and defend departmental and site budget proposals, ensuring accurate, data-driven justifications that align with organizational priorities and secure timely management approval.


* Foster a collaborative, high-performing culture by constructively managing conflict, facilitating resolution, and building alignment around mutually beneficial solutions.


* Encourages and builds mutual trust, respect and cooperation among team members by seizing opportunities and utilizing creative methods to build team cooperation and cohesion.


* Effectively delegates responsibilities to ensure organiz...