Senior Engineering Director

JLL • Charlotte, NC

16h • $180,000 - $240,000 • Remote

About The Position

As Senior Regional Engineering Director, this role provides senior engineering leadership across a complex, geographically dispersed portfolio, ensuring operational excellence, technical consistency, and disciplined execution throughout regional engineering operations. Reporting to the Global Engineering Director, the position leads and develops Regional Engineering Directors, strengthens accountability frameworks, and drives proactive site-level operational leadership across engineering teams.

The role is a strategic and highly visible leadership position requiring deep technical expertise, operational judgment, strong field engagement, and executive communication skills. It focuses on shifting engineering organizations from reactive issue management toward sustainable performance improvement, risk mitigation, and leadership development. The Senior Regional Engineering Director partners with account leadership, engineering program teams, site operations, and client stakeholders to establish consistent operational standards and measurable business outcomes, while fostering ownership, technical excellence, collaboration, safety, inclusivity, and continuous improvement.

The position is remote, with locations listed as Charlotte, NC, and New York, NY, and requires frequent travel of approximately 50% to support field engagement, operational oversight, leadership development, and emergency response. The position does not provide visa sponsorship; candidates must be authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship. Expected compensation is $180,000–$240,000 USD per year, with final compensation depending on qualifications, location, market conditions, and internal considerations.

Requirements

• Extensive engineering leadership experience in commercial real estate, corporate facilities, mission-critical environments, building engineering, or similarly complex operational organizations.
• Demonstrated experience leading geographically dispersed engineering leaders and technical teams within large-scale portfolios or matrixed organizations.
• Strong technical knowledge of building systems, preventive and corrective maintenance, reliability programs, infrastructure operations, life-safety systems, and operational risk management.
• Ability to assess site-level engineering operations and translate observations into measurable improvement strategies and corrective action plans.
• Experience overseeing significant engineering projects, commissioning activities, planned outages, shutdowns, emergency response efforts, and critical maintenance operations.
• Demonstrated ability to establish performance frameworks, analyze operational metrics, and hold senior technical leaders accountable for execution and results.
• Strong executive communication, stakeholder management, and client-facing capabilities, including communicating technical matters in clear business terms.
• Ability and willingness to travel frequently, approximately 50% of the time.
• Commitment to building collaborative, high-performing teams and supporting innovation, leadership development, and operational excellence.
• Must be authorized to work in the United States without visa sponsorship.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Facilities Management, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• Professional engineering certifications or industry credentials such as PE, CFM, SMA, FMA, or equivalent qualifications.
• Experience implementing engineering governance frameworks, operational scorecards, and portfolio-wide performance management programs.
• Advanced understanding of CMMS platforms, asset-management systems, engineering analytics, and operational reporting tools.
• Experience supporting large enterprise clients within integrated facilities management or outsourced real estate services environments.
• Strong background in reliability-centered maintenance, asset lifecycle planning, and engineering risk mitigation strategies.
• Demonstrated success developing engineering leadership pipelines, succession planning strategies, and technical training initiatives.
• Experience leading operational transformation initiatives and driving standardized engineering practices across multiple regions or business units.
• Experience leading change management and continuous improvement initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop Regional Engineering Directors by setting expectations, operational discipline, leadership accountability, and performance standards across regions.
• Conduct regular operational and performance reviews covering engineering operations, staffing, maintenance execution, asset condition, compliance obligations, operational risks, and corrective action management.
• Ensure Regional Engineering Directors maintain strong relationships with Chief Engineers and site engineering teams and understand site conditions, risks, and priorities.
• Oversee engineering governance processes, including inspections, operational audits, corrective action programs, maintenance performance reviews, and regional performance scorecards.
• Provide senior operational oversight for significant engineering projects, infrastructure upgrades, planned outages, shutdowns, critical maintenance activities, and high-risk operational events.
• Serve as a senior escalation resource during major outages, incidents, life-safety events, and complex operational disruptions.
• Partner with Engineering Programs & Performance teams to implement account engineering standards, initiatives, and operational programs throughout the portfolio.
• Identify leadership, staffing, technical, and operational capability gaps and support succession planning, coaching, mentoring, and development of engineering leadership talent.
• Promote accountability, technical curiosity, operational ownership, inclusivity, safety, and continuous improvement across engineering teams.
• Support consistent operational standards and measurable business outcomes in partnership with account leadership, engineering program teams, site operations, and client stakeholders.

Benefits

• 401(k) plan with matching company contributions
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision care
• Paid parental leave at 100% of salary
• Paid Time Off and Company Holidays
• Early access to earned wages through Daily Pay
• Supportive culture and comprehensive benefits package prioritizing mental, physical, and emotional health

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed