Executive Director, Capital and Engineering

Responsibilities

• Lead the enterprise capital planning process, including portfolio prioritization, business case development, funding governance, and long-range capital forecasting.
• Establish and enforce capital project management standards, stage‑gate controls, cost discipline, risk management, and assurance processes.
• Partner with executive leadership, finance, operations, and supply chain to align capital investments with business strategy, growth plans, and financial targets.
• Provide transparent portfolio reporting to senior leadership, including performance against cost, schedule, scope, safety, and value realization metrics.
• Oversee all construction management activities to ensure projects are executed safely, efficiently, and in compliance with regulatory, environmental, and quality standards.
• Set expectations for contractor management, constructability reviews, site safety culture, and labor productivity.
• Drive continuous improvement in construction methods, contracting strategies, and cost control practices.
• Ensure strong front‑end planning, sound engineering design, and technical rigor throughout the project lifecycle.
• Lead a team of 100–200 colleagues and contingent staff located across the globe, with the majority based in the U.S.
• Champion engineering standards, design reviews, value engineering, and integration between engineering, procurement, and construction.
• Provide strategic leadership over Reliability Engineering to optimize asset lifecycle performance, availability, and total cost of ownership.
• Integrate reliability principles into capital project design, equipment selection, and commissioning to support long‑term operational excellence.
• Partner with operations and maintenance leaders to drive proactive reliability programs, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Build, lead, and mentor high‑performing teams across Construction Management, Project Engineering, and Reliability Engineering.
• Establish clear accountability, development plans, and succession pipelines for critical technical and leadership roles.
• Foster a culture of safety, collaboration, innovation, and disciplined execution.
• Champion a zero‑incident safety culture across all capital activities.
• Ensure compliance with applicable codes, standards, environmental regulations, and internal policies.
• Identify, assess, and mitigate technical, execution, and financial risks across the capital portfolio.
• Represent the organization with regulators, industry groups, and strategic partners.
• Establish strategic alliances with key vendors and engineering firms.
• Benchmark against industry leaders and adopt best practices.

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Civil, Chemical Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
• 5 or more years of executive‑level leadership experience managing large, multidisciplinary teams and enterprise‑scale capital portfolios.
• 15 or more years of progressive experience in capital project delivery, engineering, construction, or asset reliability within industrial, manufacturing, energy, utilities, healthcare, or complex facilities environments.
• 10 or more years of experience in project planning and execution across a diverse portfolio of facilities projects.