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# Director Engineering, Systems & Digital

- **Company:** Sedgman
- **Location:** Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Systems Engineering, Engineering Base
- **Published:** August 27, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.de/details/5857113908

## About the Role

You're a strategic and technically credible engineering leader with the ability to operate globally, influence change at scale and build the systems, standards and capability that enable high-performing engineering project delivery.

 * A degree-qualified engineering leader with 20+ years' experience in engineering design across minerals processing, oil and gas, chemical or related sectors.
 * Senior leadership experience across complex, multi-discipline engineering teams.
 * Strong EPCM experience, including engineering systems integration and delivery governance.
 * Deep understanding of engineering applications, BIM/CDE environments and emerging digital engineering capability.
 * Demonstrated experience operating across regions, cultures and matrixed stakeholder groups.
 * Commercially astute, outcome-focused and confident translating strategy into execution.
 * Innovative, decisive and adaptable, with a continuous improvement mindset.
 * A strong communicator who can influence globally and bring teams with you through change.

## Description

* Lead the development and adoption of engineering governance frameworks, systems and standards that enable high-performing engineering delivery globally.
 * Provide functional leadership for global engineering systems, standards and governance, establishing scalable frameworks that drive consistency, quality and execution discipline across regions without direct operational ownership of engineering delivery teams.
 * Align engineering systems. processes and tools to enable efficient, seamless delivery at scale across complex project environments.
 * Champion the adoption of integrated digital engineering, data and AI-enabled capabilities to improve productivity, decision-making and delivery outcomes.
 * Establish a consistent global approach to engineering execution that enhances predictability, reduces risk and strengthens delivery performance.
 * Use data and performance insights to continuously improve quality, efficiency and overall project outcomes.
 * Drive strong commercial outcomes through effective governance of engineering systems, software vendors and strategic investments.
 * Partner with regional leadership to align engineering capability with business priorities, growth objectives and long-term performance.


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