Overview In this role you will lead the Corporate Engineering function to align technical priorities with enterprise strategy, driving safe, high-quality engineering services across sites. You will partner with senior leadership to shape capital planning and governance, and to advance Catalyst and Transformation initiatives. You will manage a multidisciplinary engineering team, optimize resources, and deliver measurable improvements in project execution and value to business units. This position offers a strategic, cross-functional impact at scale within a manufacturing organization.
Responsibilities- Provide leadership and strategic direction for the Corporate Engineering function, aligning priorities with enterprise and unit needs
- Coordinate engineering support across business units to ensure consistent, timely delivery
- Partner with Chief Legal and Strategy Officer and enterprise leadership on investments, capital planning, and risk management
- Establish enterprise-wide engineering standards, governance, and best practices for safety and quality
- Lead and develop a multidisciplinary team of engineers and professionals across mechanical, electrical, chemical/process, reliability, and project engineering
- Drive continuous improvement in processes, resource utilization, and service delivery models
- Support Transformation Office and Catalyst initiatives with adequate resources and governance
- Manage budgets and report KPIs, project performance, and capital deployment to leadership
- Represent Corporate Engineering in cross-functional forums to support decision-making
- Communicate engineering priorities and progress to BU Leaders, Operations Managers, Plant Managers, and Plant Support staff
Key requirements- Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Chemical, Electrical, or related)
- 15+ years of progressive engineering experience in manufacturing, industrial, or chemical plant environments
- 5+ years of people leadership experience
- Experience in matrixed organizations and supporting multiple sites or business units
- Strong leadership, stakeholder management, and communication skills
- Deep technical knowledge across engineering disciplines (mechanical, electrical, chemical/process, or reliability)
- Knowledge of capital project management and stage-gate governance (FEL/FEED)
- Ability to translate enterprise strategy into actionable engineering priorities
- Business acumen and experience partnering with senior leadership
- Proficiency with project management tools (e.g., Microsoft Project, AutoCAD, ChemCAD)
- Willingness to travel domestically and internationally
- leadership and people management
- stakeholder influencing
- communication across levels
- capital project management
- FEL/FEED processes
- reliability engineering
