Engineering Leader - Security & Detection

Role overview

Team and resource leadership

• Lead, coach, mentor, and develop engineers and project handlers; build accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Support technical, project management, and time management development, recruitment, onboarding, and team growth.
• Manage workload, capacity, capability, project pipelines, project risks, and resource allocation with cross-functional stakeholders.

Project delivery and operations

• Monitor project execution, milestones, and timelines to achieve customer commitments; report KPIs to management.
• Identify bottlenecks, delays, workflow challenges, and technical or operational issues; implement solutions and process improvements.
• Improve efficiency, quality, customer satisfaction, and financial performance; provide technical support and escalation when required.

Customer, quality, and compliance

• Build customer and internal stakeholder relationships, anticipate needs, and handle complex customer situations and project challenges.
• Provide technical guidance to sales teams and help identify growth opportunities.
• Ensure compliance with company policies, quality requirements, and UL and EN certification requirements; contribute to operational excellence.
• Take responsibility for quality and audits, including analysis and troubleshooting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering; Electronics Engineering is the most relevant discipline.
• Several years leading technical, engineering, or project-based teams; experience in project delivery, resource planning, and stakeholder management.
• Strong Security & Fire Detection industry knowledge, coaching and people leadership, communication, relationship-building, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Experience managing complex customer relationships and working in international, culturally diverse environments.

Work environment and travel

• The opportunity is described as a flexible, hybrid environment.
• Travel is 10–25%, with ability to travel globally.
• The role may involve testing activities, industry events, and collaboration across regions.

About the team