Head of Engineering and Egypt

Head of Engineering Saudi Arabia and Egypt

• Full-time

Doka is a global leader in innovative formwork solutions and services across all areas of construction, and a worldwide supplier of comprehensive scaffolding systems for a broad range of applications. With more than 150 sales and logistics facilities in over 54 countries, Doka provides a high‑performing distribution network that ensures expert advice, customer service and technical support on site, with equipment delivered quickly regardless of project size or complexity.

Employing 8,400 people worldwide, Doka is part of the Umdasch Group, a company that has stood for reliability, experience and trustworthiness for more than 150 years and serves as the parent organization for its directly affiliated divisions, including Doka, umdasch The Store Makers and umdasch Industrial Solutions.

Saudi Arabia is the largest country in the Middle East, covering most of the Arabian Peninsula and home to Islam’s two holiest cities, Mecca and Medina. With some of the world’s largest proven oil reserves, the Kingdom plays a central role in global energy markets while actively diversifying its economy through ambitious large‑scale development initiatives.

The country continues to drive one of the world’s most dynamic construction markets, fueled by landmark giga‑projects such as the Red Sea developments, Qiddiya, and Diriyah Gate. These projects are setting new standards in scale, engineering complexity, sustainability, and digital construction, creating strong demand for advanced formwork, engineering expertise, and innovative on‑site solutions. This environment offers highly attractive opportunities for talent, with Saudi Arabia recently recognised as one of the region’s most attractive employers due to its long‑term investment in infrastructure, innovation, and workforce development.

As the Head of Engineering, you are an important member of the country management team, representing your function and collaborating closely with all departments and stakeholders to ensure successful implementation of the country strategy.

You will be fully accountable for all topics related to Engineering and Product Management. Youdevelopandmanageyour team ensuring that they are given the resources and opportunities they need to succeed. You enable them to provide the most suitable formwork designs for the challenging projects of our clients and to collaborate successfully within their team, with other departments and external parties.

If you are passionate about formwork and keen to develop your career as part of a high-performing team we are looking forward to hearing from you.

Lead and manage the Engineering department, including workforce planning, structure, and performance management

Define and drive engineering strategies aligned with country business objectives

Ensure delivery of efficient, safe, and cost-effective engineering solutions

Monitor and drive departmental KPIs (e.g. design efficiency, project execution, resource utilization)

Drive adoption of BIM for formwork design to improve efficiency, coordination, and reduce rework

Strengthening engineering capabilities in high‑rise and complex projects, positioning the organization as a leading solution provider

Act as a key business partner to the Country Manager on strategic and operational decisions

Support project costing, technical-commercial proposals, and risk assessment

Drive engineering contributions towards improving project margins and overall business performance

Ensure engineering solutions are aligned with commercial and contractual requirements

Support execution of product strategy in alignment with regional direction and market needs