Director, Engineering

Responsibilities

• Plan, develop and coordinate engineering projects based on project requirements.
• Prepare preliminary and final plans, project specifications, feasibility studies on proposed projects, economic reports and cost estimates.
• Adhere to all inside and outside regulatory compliance requirements.
• Adhere to, support and enforce all safety and environmental rules, policies and procedures.
• Review project design for compliance with engineering principles, company standards, customer contract requirements and applicable codes and specifications.
• Cookordination activities concerned with technical developments, scheduling and resolving engineering design and test problems.
• Develop and implement detailed strategic and tactical plans and budgets, control expenditures within limitation of project budgets.
• Recommend and implement plant and equipment performance testing related to the reliability, operability and efficiency of the specific equipment and its relationship to plant operations.
• Respond to operating needs.
• Provides direction for plants and equipment performance evaluation, optimizing resource use and maximizing reliable power generation and revenue from the regions.
• Directs the plant engineers in monitoring plant efficiencies and process adjustments and troubleshooting all process-related issues to maximize revenues and plan capacity.
• Works closely with the operations site managers in assisting in identification of process issues and the correction of the processes to maximize efficiency of the plants.
• Provides services to operations and maintenance as required.
• Maintains close contact with these groups to evaluate plant equipment performance, recommend design/specification improvements, trend project performance, technology upgrades and keeps up to date with the technologies utilized in the processes and research those needed for special projects.
• Develop conceptual designs along with the plant engineers, project engineers and site managers for plant improvement projects.
• Works with engineering and/or resource and maintenance to implement improvements.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, technical or business- related field with emphasis on engineering.
• Professional certification or recognition, or advanced degree preferred.
• Ten years of engineering experience, preferably in the energy industry.
• Some supervisory/management experience preferred.

Qualifications

• Effective interpersonal skills, leadership abilities and relationship-building skills.
• Proficient with the English language with the ability to communicate clearly and precisely.
• Experience creating and managing budgets and experience successfully managing large projects.
• Facilities management helpful.
• Successfully completed engineering curriculum mathematical requirements.
• Effective analytical, problem-solving and decision-making skills.
• Able to make clear and precise decisions in critical situations.
• Able to prioritize and handle multiple projects and issues concurrently.
• Able to use technical skills to focus ideas onto substantial projects.
• A willingness to learn, as well as to clearly communicate complex ideas and concepts to those with less technical background.
• The ability to define obscure and incomplete problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions.
• The ability to conceptualize and develop creative alternative to problem resolution.

Benefits

• Facilities management helpful.
• Successfully completed engineering curriculum mathematical requirements.
• Effective analytical, problem-solving and decision-making skills.
• Able to make clear and precise decisions in critical situations.
• Able to prioritize and handle multiple projects and issues concurrently.
• Able to use technical skills to focus ideas onto substantial projects.
• A willingness to learn, as well as to clearly communicate complex ideas and concepts to those with less technical background.
• The ability to define obscure and incomplete problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions.
• The ability to conceptualize and develop creative alternative to problem resolution.

Pay

• Competitive compensation package.

Schedule

• Full-time position.