Director, Flex Gen Engineering

RWE Americas, LLC
To start as soon as possible, full time, permanent
Functional area: Engineering;
Business Development
Remuneration: Exempt

The Director, Flex Gen Engineering partners with business leaders to guide the operating model through best practices and align technical execution with long‑term goals. The Director implements interventions when enhanced design may deliver greater value through effectiveness, efficiency, and performance.

• Market Knowledge
  • Synthesize and communicate the technical implications of permitting, environmental, utility, and regulatory requirements to support project screening, prioritization, and market‑entry decisions.
  • Lead early‑stage opportunity risk identification with discipline engineering to identify infrastructure constraints, interconnection requirements, and development risks impacting project viability.
  • Apply standardized techno‑economic methodologies to evaluate development opportunities and recommend technically and economically optimized solutions.
• Implement engineering governance, technical review processes, and stage‑gate requirements across the development portfolio.
• Lead development and review of conceptual designs, site layouts, and technical development packages supporting early‑stage project advancement.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary engineering reviews and ensure compliance with established design governance and development processes.
• Analysis & Decision Making
  • Lead technical diligence efforts by integrating engineering, infrastructure, regulatory, and commercial inputs to support development and investment decisions.
  • Deliver risk evaluation and mitigation strategy on technical implications influencing commercial, regulatory, and execution aspects of project development and performance.
  • Lead lifecycle cost evaluations, technology benchmarking, and performance assessments to support engineering recommendations and investment decisions.
  • Synthesize engineering analyses and technical findings into actionable recommendations for development, commercial, and investment stakeholders.
• Apply portfolio screening and prioritization methodologies to evaluate development opportunities and recommend resource allocation priorities.
• Develop comparative assessments supporting project ranking, resource allocation, and development sequencing decisions.
• Lead engineering‑driven value optimization initiatives by balancing cost, reliability, maintainability, and execution risk to improve project economics.
• Recommend technology selections and project configurations that maximize risk‑adjusted project value.
• Internal Leadership & Cross‑Functional Collaboration
  • Lead coordination across engineering disciplines, development, commercial, legal, finance, procurement, and EPC teams to advance project objectives.
  • Facilitate multidisciplinary engineering reviews and ensure compliance with established governance requirements and development standards.
  • Drive alignment on technical assumptions, development priorities, engineering risks, and mitigation strategies across stakeholders.
  • Recruit, mentor, and develop engineering SMEs while fostering technical knowledge‑sharing and continuous improvement.
  • Lead implementation of lessons‑learned programs and feedback processes to improve development effectiveness and engineering consistency.
• External Representation & Stakeholder Engagement
  • Lead technical engagements with utilities, regulators, consultants, OEMs, EPC contractors, and key project stakeholders.
  • Lead technical support for negotiations related to interconnection requirements, technical specifications, equipment performance guarantees, and EPC execution strategies.
  • Represent engineering in technical reviews, due diligence activities, vendor evaluations, and permitting discussions.
  • Coordinate technical responses to external stakeholder requirements and project approval processes.
• Lead delivery of engineering work products required to achieve permitting, interconnection, commercial, and investment milestones.
• Manage technical risk mitigation plans, issue resolution, and risk closure activities across active development projects.
• Implement performance metrics, resource planning…