Director of Engineering

Line of Business: Service & Support

About Us

Heidelberg Materials is one of the world's largest suppliers of building materials. Heidelberg Materials North America operates over 450 locations across the U.S. and Canada with approximately 9,000 employees.

What You'll Be Doing

• Establish and enforce engineering standards, specifications, governance processes, and technical decision-making frameworks across CCC and CCA, serving as the technical authority for engineering integrity and key engineering decisions.

• Drive standardization, harmonization, and continuous improvement through the adoption of proven technologies, industry best practices, and lessons learned, ensuring engineering solutions are practical, maintainable, scalable, and aligned with long-term operational performance.

• Establish the IES organizational structure, resource strategy, and capacity plans while managing a shared engineering resource pool that maximizes utilization, optimizes internal and external support, and scales effectively with project demand.

• Develop organizational capability through coaching, mentoring, and technical leadership while fostering a culture focused on safety, accountability, collaboration, innovation, quality, and cost efficiency.

• Ensure delivery of high-quality engineering support throughout all project phases, overseeing engineering quality, reliability, resource allocation, and technical execution to achieve project objectives, schedules, budgets, and operational requirements.

• Monitor industry trends and lead initiatives that improve engineering effectiveness through standardization, digitalization, modularization, innovation, and repeatable design solutions.

What Are We Looking For

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Civil, or a related discipline) with a minimum of 10 years of experience leading multidisciplinary engineering organizations and delivering complex industrial capital projects.

• Demonstrated ability to lead and develop multidisciplinary engineering teams, build organizational capability, and drive performance through collaboration and accountability.

• Strong knowledge of industrial plant engineering, capital project development and execution, engineering delivery models, and contractor/vendor management.

• Experience establishing engineering standards, governance practices, and resource strategies that support operational excellence, consistency, and project success.

• Strong communication, decision-making, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate effectively across PMO, operations, plant, regional, and corporate teams.

Work Environment

• Combination of office, site, and field-based work environments.

• Periodic travel to operational facilities and project locations as needed.

• Interaction with plant, engineering, and corporate teams across multiple locations.

• Fast-paced environment requiring collaboration, strategic thinking, and effective prioritization.

What We Offer

• Competitive base salary and participation in our annual incentive plan

• 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