ENGINEERING DIRECTOR
Pubblicato il 15-08-2026 - Herbrooks Consulting in Milano
For our multinational client company specialized in the production of electromechanical components and systems, we are looking for a INGENEERING DIRECTOR.
POSITION SUMMARY: The Engineering Director leads the Engineering function, ensuring effective technical strategy, product development, engineering governance, resource and budget management, compliance, and continuous improvement. The role owns the Engineering processes and monitors their consistent application across the organization, including Engineering Services and Technical Support activities performed within the Business Segments, which report functionally to the Engineering Director for engineering standards, processes, and technical governance.
MAIN ACCOUNTABILITIES: Define and execute the Engineering strategy in alignment with business objectives.
Lead the Engineering function and directly manage Engineering and R&D; teams, ensuring the required skills, capabilities, and priorities.
Define, maintain, and improve Engineering and Product Lifecycle processes, standards, tools, and best practices.
Monitor the application of Engineering processes across the organization, including Technical Support activities through functional reporting lines.
Manage the Engineering budget, resources, capacity planning, KPIs, risks, and project execution priorities.
Lead product development, innovation roadmaps, validation, certification, industrialization, and lifecycle management.
Ensure compliance with applicable standards, regulations, environmental, safety, and sustainability requirements.
Provide functional governance over Engineering Services activities, including reliability analysis, FMEA methodologies, RAMS/EN50126 certification, product safety, homologation, and liaison with certification authorities.
Provide functional governance over Product/Business Segment Technical Support activities, including technical support to sales and customers, documentation alignment, drawing reviews, FAI participation, and technical