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AFRY

Engineering, design, and advisory for sustainability.

Department Head - Engineering Management

Engineering LeadershipConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeMannheim, GermanyNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

  • A completed degree in building services engineering, electrical engineering, building automation, energy engineering, or a comparable field.
  • At least 7–10 years of professional experience planning technically demanding industrial or life-science facilities.
  • Experience providing technical or disciplinary leadership to employees and project teams.
  • Experience establishing, leading, and strategically developing a department.
  • Experience in multidisciplinary engineering projects and collaboration with external planning partners.
  • Sound knowledge in at least one of building services engineering, building automation, or electrical engineering, and a good understanding of their interfaces.
  • Experience coordinating complex engineering projects, quality assurance, and technical evaluation of planning and execution documents.
  • German proficiency at C2 level in speaking and writing, and very good English proficiency.
  • Willingness to travel for project-related work.

Responsibilities

  • Build, lead, and develop the Engineering Management department, including engineering employees and discipline leads for building services engineering, building automation, and electrical engineering.
  • Plan employee and external specialist capacity and assignments, and develop professional expertise.
  • Define department-wide engineering standards, conduct design reviews, and coordinate interfaces with process engineering and project management.
  • Coordinate and review multidisciplinary concepts, planning documents, and specifications with subject-matter experts in building services engineering, HVAC, building automation, and electrical engineering.
  • Ensure integration of building automation, process systems, clean utilities, cleanrooms, and overarching technical infrastructure.
  • Evaluate system architectures, loads, redundancy, availability, energy efficiency, and maintainability while considering project-specific GMP requirements.
  • Coordinate engineering resources, deliverables, technical risks, and changes with project management, and support project leads with effort, budget, and scheduling.
  • Coordinate technical matters with customers, specialist planners, suppliers, and implementation partners from concept and detailed planning through commissioning.

Desired Qualifications

  • Knowledge of the GMP-regulated environment, particularly controlled production environments and technical infrastructure.

About the Company

AFRY

Engineering, design, and advisory for sustainability.

AFRY provides engineering, design, and advisory services across infrastructure, energy, and industry to advance sustainable development. It assembles multidisciplinary teams to offer end-to-end support, including planning, design, engineering, feasibility studies, and long-term advisory and implementation. It differentiates itself with a global footprint and an integrated, full-lifecycle offering that covers from concept to operation, demonstrated by large-scale projects like floating solar PV. Its goal is to accelerate the transition to a sustainable society through value-driven, long-term partnerships with clients.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Solna kommun, Sweden
Founded
1895

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