GEC Business Leader

Job Description SummaryThe role
As the GEC Manager, your primary mission is to oversee and optimize the execution of engineering work packages delegated to the GEC by Worldwide Regions. While these Regions retain ownership of the overall project scope, the GECs role is to provide specialized engineering support and capacity, ensuring deliverables meet budget, timeline, and quality standards.You will drive strategic expansion, enhance and expand the GEC team to twice its scale, organizational structure, and operational excellence of the GEC, ensuring that regional engineering demands are clearly understood, efficiently allocated, and met with robust technical outputs. Collaboration with Regional Engineering Leaders is key, as youll coordinate the scoping of work packages, align resources, and track progress to guarantee timely, high-quality engineering outcomes.In this high-visibility position, youll manage a diverse pool of engineers with an ultimate team of ~200, define the internal GEC organization, and continuously refine processes to deliver on the Regions project requirements. You will also partner with the Business Global Engineering Function Head to ensure compliance with corporate engineering standards and promote top-tier engineering support across all global markets.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities

• Strategic & Organizational Leadership: Develop long-term plans, manage the annual GEC budget, and propose the optimal internal structure for high-volume project delivery.
• People Management & Growth: enhance and expand the GEC team to twice its scale (current ~130 engineers), oversee recruitment, and cultivate a culture of professional growth (including adapting skills for Cybersecurity, BIM, etc.) and core competencies (layout, design integration, control and protection, auxiliary services, civil work interface, document control, electrical and mechanical calculations, etc.).
• Evaluate emerging technologies to support business strategies and growth plans and to build and lead high performing teams to drive the adoption and integration of emerging technologies
• Foster a culture of innovation, collaboration and accountability.
• Operational Excellence: Coordinate with global engineering leaders for workload sharing, decide on make-or-buy strategies, deploy engineering tools, and track performance metrics (e.g., first-pass yield, on-time delivery).
• Quality & Improvement: Establish frameworks for error-free outputs (ISO/IEC compliance), reduce cost of poor quality (CoPQ) for Engineering Excellence.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Liaise with worldwide engineering teams, provide executive-level reporting, and ensure a strong customer focus toward internal regional stakeholders.

Key Qualifications

• Education: Bachelors or Masters in Engineering or related field.
• Experience: 15+ years in a global, matrixed environment (T&D, Power Generation, or EPC experience preferred); proven record of building and leading engineering teams.
• Technical Expertise: Strong grasp of core engineering processes (civil, electrical design, control & protection, etc.) and modern tools/frameworks (ISO, IEC, EMH).
• Leadership & Soft Skills: Strategic thinking, organizational design, team development, and excellent communication with executive-level stakeholders.

What We Offer

• High-Impact Role: Shape the future of a fast-growing engineering center.
• Global Collaboration: Work with diverse teams across multiple regions.
• Professional Growth: Access to leadership development, mentoring programs, and state-of-the-art technical training.
• Competitive Package: Market-aligned salary, bonuses, and a robust benefits plan.