Sr Manager, Project Engineering

The driving force behind our success has always been the people of AspenTech. What drives us, is our aspiration, our desire and ambition to keep pushing the envelope, overcoming any hurdle, challenging the status quo to continually find a better way. You will experience these qualities of passion, pride and aspiration in many ways — from a rich set of career development programs to support of community service projects to social events that foster fun and relationship building across our global community.

The Role
In this role, you will lead a team of Project Engineers working on a variety of projects to implement and improve DGM's control systems and provide ongoing customer support to ensure reliable performance and world-class customer satisfaction.

Working from DGM's Cluj, Romania campus, and from company and customer sites as required, the successful applicant will contribute to project delivery excellence in support of utility customers in the energy generation transmission and distribution industries. As Sr. Manager Project Engineering you will:

Your Impact

• Develop a motivated team engaged in meeting the common goals of delivery excellence, customer satisfaction and operational efficiency.
• Provide technical and people leadership of a growing number of Project Engineers
• Design, integrate, test, and commission advanced control systems for electric utilities. Evaluate contract specifications and define project requirements.
• Assist in creating project designs and documentation as needed.
• Support live customer systems using knowledge of utility SCADA operations and functionality with clear, logical thought processes.
• Work closely with global colleagues on shared projects and initiatives.
• Ensure alignment with, and improvement of the ISO9001 and ISO27001 certified management system that drives delivery success of customer projects.
• Leadership, Team and Performance Management - Ensure the successful recruitment and effective onboarding of the team in line with growth plans, and provide subsequent leadership, development and management of the team to provide project delivery excellence.
• Engineering & Project Management – Ensure delivery of effective and competent engineering and technical management support to AspenTech's customer projects in order to achieve and exceed customer and stakeholder expectations.
• Quality & Innovation - Accountable for delivery quality and for continually innovating and improving project quality. Ensure alignment to, participation in and improvement of AspenTech's methodologies and delivery practices.
• Customer Relations – Develop and support a strong customer focus within the team, and maintain effective customer relationships in support of delivery excellence.
• Team Engagement and Personal Development – Create an inclusive and supportive environment within the team and actively supports team members in achieving personal development and growth.
• Resource management – Ensure all project and pursuit activity assigned is adequately resourced including securing, where necessary, additional resources.
• Resource Utilization – management of their Engineering Group to achieve the target utilization and effectiveness & efficiency KPI's

What You'll Need

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field required.
• 10+ years' experience in project engineering or project management, preferably in related industry.
• 7+ years' experience leading engineering services and/or project delivery functions, with a track record of developing strong professional teams
• Must have a working knowledge of SCADA and/or related operational technologies
• Ability to travel to customer sites across the US, and on occasion to other customer and company sites globally.
• Superior organizational, interpersonal and leadership skills
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving ability
• Ability to manage multiple projects concurrently
• Demonstrable experience in the effective building, management and leadership of Engineering teams
• A strong commitment to customer service, safety and teamwork