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GSI Global Engineering Leader
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Job Description Summary
Role Overview
The GSI Global Engineering Leader is a senior leader position focused on driving the strategic transformation of engineering operations across a global organization. The role carries responsibility for approximately 300 direct and 1,500 indirect engineers spanning multiple regions, solution lines, and Centers of Excellence. This leader serves as a cornerstone of the GSI leadership team, operating at the intersection of technical expertise, commercial awareness, and organizational influence.
Strategy & Vision
The leader is responsible for defining and championing a forward-looking global engineering strategy aligned with GSI's growth ambitions and customer commitments. This includes:
- Establishing operating mechanisms and collaboration frameworks across the engineering community
- Defining Make or Buy strategies
- Elevating the project engineering function at the Inquiry to Order (ITO) phase
The role also supports the CTO Office in shaping the strategic product roadmap and building strong stakeholder relationships internally and externally.
Engineering Offices & Standards
Overseeing the GSI Center of Excellence (CoE) and the Project Engineering Office (PEO), the leader ensures capabilities and capacity are built to support the broader engineering community. The role drives the development and enforcement of global engineering standards, tools, and methodologies — including:
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- Building Information Modelling (BIM)
- Systems Engineering (CMMi)
- Engineering Management Handbook (EMH)
The leader promotes standardization, modularization, and knowledge capitalization across all regions.
Operational Excellence & Competitiveness
A strong emphasis is placed on cost competitiveness, productivity, and time-to-market improvement. The leader embeds lean engineering, design-to-cost, and value engineering practices throughout the organization, establishes clear performance KPIs, and ensures engineering budgets are rigorously managed. Proactive identification of risks and opportunities across regions and solution lines is a critical expectation of this role.
Industrialization, Innovation & Supply Chain
The leader enables rapid ramp-up of engineering capacity to meet business growth targets, supports industrialization of reference solutions, and actively manages global Engineering Supply and Demand in alignment with the S&OP process. The role promotes adoption of advanced technologies including:
- Simulation
- Digital twins
- AI
- Engineering automation
The leader partners with Solution Line leaders to align engineering capabilities with product roadmaps and customer needs.
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People Leadership & Talent Development
Leading a large, globally dispersed engineering organization requires strong people leadership. The role champions a structured competency assessment framework, the Technical Expert Program (TEP), and clear career development pathways. The leader organizes knowledge-sharing forums, manages succession planning, and builds critical capabilities in domains such as:
- Power systems
- Grid integration
- Digital engineering
The leader fosters a high-performing and engaged global engineering culture.
Qualifications & Profile
The ideal candidate holds a Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Master's preferred) with 15–20+ years of progressive experience in EPC environments within Transmission & Distribution, Power Generation, or related sectors. An MBA is a strong asset. The successful candidate will be a visionary, results-driven leader with high technical credibility, strong executive communication skills, a global mindset, and a demonstrated ability to operate effectively in complex, matrixed organizations while championing safety, quality, and continuous improvement. Travel requirement of up to 50%.
Additional Information
- Relocation Assistance Provided: No
- This is a remote position
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