EnerMech

Global asset support for energy projects

Regional Engineering Manager - Europe & Africa

Engineering LeadershipPosted on Nov 12

Full-timeAberdeen, UKNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

Normally 8–12+ years of relevant engineering experience, including at least 3 years in engineering leadership.
A relevant engineering degree in Mechanical, Civil, Electrical, Chemical, or Ocean Engineering according to discipline, plus demonstrated application.
Evidence of implementing standards and review processes, coordinating engineering resources, delivering structured training and mentoring, and working across operations and project interfaces.
Advanced leadership, planning and governance skills, with sufficient technical breadth to direct multidisciplinary offshore and onshore mechanical work scope support and recognize specialist limits.
Ability to translate global direction into regional plans, clear ownership and sustained adoption.
Understanding of technical assurance, codes, risk, change control and delegated approval boundaries without substituting management seniority for technical authorization.
Ability to introduce common processes and digital tools while protecting capacity for current commitments.
Ability to plan capability and demand, structure mentoring and rotations, and maintain evidence-based competency and succession processes.
Ability to align global engineering and regional delivery stakeholders across countries, projects and service lines.
Ability to interpret engineering delivery measures, scope, cost and commercial risk, explain constraints and make transparent recommendations.
Ability to travel across Europe & Africa and collaborate with global teams as required.

Responsibilities

Establish, develop and lead the Europe & Africa engineering function across Energy Solutions and Infrastructure & Industrial Solutions, implementing the global engineering operating model while maintaining responsive regional delivery.
Provide transformation leadership and remain the long-term regional owner of capability, standards adoption, engineering governance implementation and workforce development.
Translate globally defined standards, competency requirements and approval levels into consistent local practice.
Lead the assigned regional engineering team and own its training, development and competency readiness.
Coordinate capability across countries and service lines and with other regional engineering leaders to enable agile delivery and global workforce flexibility.
Manage the regional technical authority process and access to appointed authorities.
Implement the engineering transformation locally by establishing the capability and workload baseline, assigning process owners, clarifying responsibilities, and deploying approved procedures, review gates and readiness requirements.
Maintain a regional engineering delivery and capacity plan with operations, project and commercial leaders; match work to verified competence, secure checking capacity and escalate resource conflicts.
Embed engineering early in tendering, project planning, equipment preparation, mobilization and field handovers, supporting realistic technical commitments and effective delivery interfaces.
Ensure preparation, independent checking and approval responsibilities are explicit and recorded; route high-risk or specialist decisions to appointed Technical Authorities and escalate unresolved technical or schedule conflicts to the Global Engineering Director.
Lead adoption of controlled documentation, shared templates, verified calculation methods and approved digital workflows; manage regional implementation of engineering process and tool improvements within the global strategy.
Implement the global competency framework and maintain regional team training and development plans aligned with competency gaps and delivery needs; coordinate structured training, mentoring and graduate rotations, develop multiskilling across relevant ES and IIS services, and support succession planning.
Coordinate regional recruitment and capability development with regional leadership and Human Resources.
Coordinate with other Regional Engineering Managers to share visibility of capacity, competencies and demand; agree cross-regional resource sharing, mobility and development opportunities to respond to changing priorities and provide global delivery flexibility.
Align assignments with verified competence and regional commitments, promote common methods and reuse technical lessons, and feed improvement proposals into the global framework.
Monitor engineering quality, schedule adherence, readiness, rework, review turnaround and capability development; provide transparent regional delivery reports, risk escalation and corrective-action follow-up.
Apply EnerMech and client quality, health, safety and environmental requirements; ensure competent technical risk assessment, management of change and closure of engineering assurance findings.
Sustain regional ownership through routine governance, standards-adoption checks, training compliance and continuous improvement across onshore and offshore delivery.

Regional Engineering Manager - Europe & Africa

EnerMech · Aberdeen, United Kingdom · Full-time · Posted 2026-11-12

Workplace: on_site

Department: Engineering

Description

We are EnerMech, a specialist service company that delivers safe, integrated solutions for complex energy projects. For over 50 years, we have supported our clients across the world with unrivalled expertise, equipment, and technology throughout the entire asset lifecycle – both offshore and onshore.

Operating through our global business lines of Energy Solutions, Infrastructure & Industrial Solutions, and Lifting Solutions, we provide a broad range of specialist services including cranes, lifting, fluid power, training, equipment rental, pipeline, process, subsea, and valve services.

At EnerMech, we are driven by operational excellence, innovation, and technical expertise, delivering value through integrated solutions that reduce risk, improve efficiency, and enhance performance for our customers worldwide.

Role Overview

Establish, develop and lead the Europe & Africa engineering function across both our Energy Solutions and Infrastructure & Industrial Solutions implementing the global engineering operating model while maintaining responsive regional delivery.
Provide dedicated transformation leadership and remain the long-term regional owner of capability, standards adoption, engineering governance implementation and workforce development.
Translate globally defined standards, competency requirements and approval levels into consistent local practice.
Lead the assigned regional engineering team and own its training, development and competency readiness.
Coordinate capability across countries and service lines and with other regional engineering leaders to enable agile delivery and global workforce flexibility.
Manage the regional technical authority process and access to appointed authorities.

Responsibilities

Implement the engineering transformation locally: establish the capability and workload baseline, assign process owners, clarify responsibilities and deploy approved procedures, review gates and readiness requirements.
Maintain a regional engineering delivery and capacity plan with operations, project and commercial leaders; match work to verified competence, secure checking capacity and escalate resource conflicts.
Embed engineering early in tendering, project planning, equipment preparation, mobilization and field handovers, supporting realistic technical commitments and effective delivery interfaces.
Ensure preparation, independent checking and approval responsibilities are explicit and recorded. Route high-risk or specialist decisions to appointed Technical Authorities and escalate unresolved technical / schedule conflicts to the Global Engineering Director.
Lead adoption of controlled documentation, shared templates, verified calculation methods and approved digital workflows; manage regional implementation of engineering process and tool improvements within the global strategy
Implement the global competency framework and maintain regional team training and development plans aligned with competency gaps and delivery needs; coordinate structured training, mentoring and graduate rotations, develop multiskilling across relevant ES and IIS services and support succession planning.
Coordinate regional recruitment and capability development with regional leadership and HR.
Coordinate with other Regional Engineering Managers to share visibility of capacity, competencies and demand; agree cross-regional resource sharing, mobility and development opportunities to respond rapidly to changing priorities and provide global delivery flexibility.
Align assignments with verified competence and regional commitments, promote common methods and reuse of technical lessons, and feed improvement proposals into the global framework.
Monitor engineering quality, schedule adherence, readiness, rework, review turnaround and capability development; provide transparent regional delivery reports, risk escalation and corrective-action follow-up.
Apply EnerMech and client quality, health, safety and environmental requirements; ensure competent technical risk assessment, management of change and closure of engineering assurance findings.
Sustain regional ownership through routine governance, standards-adoption checks, training compliance and continuous improvement across onshore and offshore delivery.

Experience Requirements

Experience: normally 8–12+ years of relevant engineering experience, including at least 3 years in engineering leadership
Qualifications: relevant engineering degree, including Mechanical, Civil, Electrical, Chemical or Ocean Engineering according to discipline, plus demonstrated application.
Evidence: implementation of standards and review processes; coordination of engineering resources; structured training / mentoring; and delivery across operations and project interfaces.
Competency: Advanced leadership, planning and governance, with sufficient technical breadth to direct multidisciplinary offshore and onshore mechanical work scope support and recognize specialist limits.
Travel: travel across the Europe & Africa and collaboration with global teams as required.

Anticipated Skills

Advanced functional leadership: translate global direction into regional plans, clear ownership and sustained adoption.
Engineering governance: understand technical assurance, codes, risk, change control and delegated approval boundaries without substituting management seniority for technical authorization.
Change implementation: introduce common processes and digital tools while protecting capacity for current commitments.
Workforce and development: plan capability and demand, structure mentoring and rotations, and maintain evidence-based competency and succession processes.
Matrix collaboration: align global engineering and regional delivery stakeholders across countries, projects and service lines.
Business and data literacy: interpret engineering delivery measures, scope, cost and commercial risk; explain constraints and make transparent recommendations.

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About the Company

EnerMech

Global asset support for energy projects

EnerMech provides global asset-support services for energy and infrastructure projects, covering the full asset lifecycle from pre-commissioning through maintenance. It serves oil and gas, renewables, and other infrastructure markets by combining skilled personnel, advanced equipment, intellectual property, and digital technology to deliver integrated, multi-discipline solutions that minimize project delays and cut operational risk. Revenue comes from long-term service contracts, project-based engagements, and specialized consulting, powered by agile, continuously trained teams that work across regions. Unlike firms that offer siloed services, EnerMech delivers end-to-end support with a strong emphasis on safety, integrity, and efficiency, leveraging technology and IP to tailor solutions to each asset. The company’s goal is to keep critical assets operating reliably and safely, reducing downtime and extending asset life through comprehensive, risk-focused service delivery.

Company size: 1,001-5,000
Company stage: Not listed
Total funding: Not listed
Headquarters: Aberdeen, United Kingdom
Founded: 2008

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