Senior Director, Automation and Electrical Engineering

Senior Director, Automation and Electrical Engineering

• Department: Engineering & Operational Excellence
• Position Type: Full time

What You'll Be Doing

• Provide strategic leadership for North American automation, optimization systems, and electrical engineering initiatives across aggregates and asphalt operations
• Drive Best Value Design (BVD) outcomes and identify optimization opportunities across sites
• Partner closely with Area CCA, country leadership, HDigital, and project teams to plan and prioritize initiatives
• Lead Support execution of automation and electrical engineering projects across multiple functions, including ESH, procurement, engineering, and construction
• Deliver expert-level technical guidance on automation and optimization systems across North America
• Strengthen collaboration and stakeholder alignment, including leadership of OT/IT integration efforts
• Support coordinated CCA engineering and performance improvement activities across aggregates, asphalt, and limited ready-mix concrete operations
• Ensure consistent engineering standards, scalability, and performance improvements across all supported operations
• Deliver the Aggregates Remote Optimization Centre (AROC) solution across North America

What Are We Looking For

• Bachelor's Degree in Automation or Electrical Engineering with 10+ years of relevant industrial engineering experience, ideally within aggregates, mining, asphalt, or RMC
• Strong project management expertise delivering automation, system implementation and electrical engineering initiatives across multiple locations and scales
• Advanced technical knowledge in plant automation, PLC systems (Rockwell/Allen-Bradley), SCADA, process control, and electrical distribution systems
• Working knowledge of IT/OT integration including network architecture, industrial protocols (MQTT, Modbus, OPC-UA), cybersecurity, and Windows server environments
• Hands-on experience with automation tools and platforms (Ignition 8.1, Opto 22, RedLion, SQL databases, IIoT systems) and data tools (e.g., Python, Tableau, advanced spreadsheets)
• Proven ability to build relationships globally, navigate multicultural environments, communicate effectively, and travel internationally as needed
• Combination of office and industrial plant settings
• Regular interaction with operations, maintenance, digital and engineering teams
• Will require travel up to 50% to support multiple sites across the region
• Dynamic environment focused on safety, performance, and collaboration

What We Offer

401(k) retirement savings plan with an automatic company contribution as well as matching contributions

Highly competitive benefits programs, including:

• Medical, Dental, and Vision along with Prescription Drug Benefits
• Health Saving Savings Account (HSA), Health Reimbursement Account (HRA) and Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• AD&D, Short- and Long-Term Disability Coverage as well as Basic Life Insurance
• Paid Bonding Leave, 15 days of Paid Vacation, 40 hours of Paid Sick Leave and 10 Paid Holidays
• Equal Opportunity Employer - Minority / Female / Veteran / Disabled

As part of our hiring process, we may use AI-assisted tools to support the screening and evaluation of candidate applications and interviews. These tools help streamline the initial assessment, but all decisions about candidate advancement are made by human recruiters and hiring managers. While technology supports early steps, every interview will be handled by experienced recruiters and hiring managers to provide a personal touch.

Heidelberg Materials provides the materials to build our future. Our future is sustainable. Our future is digital. And it goes beyond cement, aggregates and ready-mixed concrete. Heidelberg Materials North America operates more than 450 locations with approximately 9,000 employees in the U.S. and Canada.