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 The Director of Project Engineering – Europe is responsible for leading the Project Engineering organization across the European region, ensuring the successful delivery of complex SCADA, Energy Management Systems (EMS), Generation Management Systems (GMS), Advance Distribution Management Systems (ADMS), and related Operational Technology (OT) solutions for electric utility customers. Based in Europe, the Director will provide strategic leadership for a geographically dispersed team of Project Engineers supporting Professional Services delivery. This leader will establish engineering best practices, develop organizational capability, optimize resource utilization, and ensure consistent execution across multiple customer programs while maintaining the highest standards of quality, safety, cybersecurity, and customer satisfaction. The Director partners closely with the large Professional Services leaders, Project Management, Sales, Product Management, Customer Support, and Executive Leadership to drive operational excellence, continuous improvement, and long-term business growth throughout the region. Your Impact Organizational Leadership Lead, develop, and inspire a high-performing regional team of Project Engineering Managers, Senior Project Engineers, and Project Engineers. Establish the strategic vision, organizational structure, and operating model for Project Engineering across Europe. Build organizational capability through recruiting, coaching, mentoring, succession planning, and career development. Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, innovation, technical excellence, and continuous improvement. Develop engineering leadership within the organization by mentoring future technical and people leaders. Promote employee engagement and retention through effective leadership and talent development. Project Delivery Leadership Provide executive oversight for the engineering delivery of complex utility automation, SCADA, EMS, GMS, DMS, OMS, and Fluid/Gas projects. Ensure projects are delivered safely, on schedule, within budget, and in accordance with customer requirements and quality standards. Establish engineering governance, delivery methodologies, design standards, and technical review processes. Drive consistency in engineering execution across multiple countries and project teams. Provide executive support for critical customer escalations and complex technical challenges. Monitor engineering performance through key operational metrics and implement corrective actions where necessary. Engineering Excellence Establish and maintain engineering standards, processes, templates, and best practices across the regional organization. Ensure consistent execution of: System architecture and design Hardware and software integration Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT) Site Acceptance Testing (SAT) Commissioning Cybersecurity and networking standards Documentation quality Champion continuous improvement initiatives that improve quality, efficiency, scalability, and customer outcomes. Encourage adoption of new technologies, engineering tools, automation, and digital delivery practices. Resource & Operational Management Develop regional engineering capacity plans aligned with business growth. Oversee engineering resource planning across multiple concurrent projects. Balance utilization, technical capability, and customer priorities across the engineering organization. Collaborate with Professional Services leadership to forecast staffing requirements and hiring plans. Manage departmental budgets and support operational planning. Identify delivery risks and implement mitigation strategies. Customer & Business Leadership Build trusted executive relationships with utility customers across Europe. Participate in executive customer meetings, project steering committees, and strategic reviews. Partner with Sales and Business Development during pursuit activities by providing engineering leadership, technical strategy, and delivery confidence. Support proposal development, solution reviews, project estimation, and risk assessments. Act as an executive sponsor for strategic customer engagements when required. Cross-Functional Leadership Collaborate with Product Management to influence product roadmap based on customer and delivery feedback. Partner with Global Engineering and Product Development to standardize engineering methodologies. Work closely with Project Management to improve project execution and customer satisfaction. Coordinate with Customer Support to ensure successful transition from project implementation to operational support. Governance & Compliance Ensure compliance with company quality standards, cybersecurity requirements, health and safety regulations, and applicable industry standards. Promote adherence to utility industry standards, engineering best practices, and regulatory requirements throughout the project lifecycle. Establish engineering performance dashboards and regularly report regional performance to executive leadership. What You'll Need Qualifications Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Physics, or a related engineering discipline. Master's degree in Engineering, Business Administration (MBA), or related discipline preferred. Experience 10+ years of progressive engineering experience within industrial automation, SCADA, energy management, or mission-critical control systems. 5+ years of engineering leadership experience managing managers and technical teams. Demonstrated success leading geographically distributed engineering organizations. Significant experience delivering complex utility SCADA, EMS, DMS, ADMS, or related Operational Technology solutions. Experience supporting electric transmission, distribution, generation, or renewable energy customers. Proven experience leading engineering organizations through growth and organizational change. Experience managing engineering resources across multiple concurrent customer projects. Experience working within matrix organizations and collaborating across international teams. Experience supporting technical sales, proposals, and customer executive engagements. Technical Qualifications Strong understanding of: Utility SCADA architectures Energy Management Systems (EMS) Distribution Management Systems (DMS) Advanced Distribution Management Systems (ADMS) Real-time control systems Industrial networking and communications High-availability system architectures Client/server and distributed computing environments Cybersecurity principles for Operational Technology (OT) Cloud and hybrid deployment models (preferred) Experience with technologies including: Windows and Linux operating systems Network design and communications Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL or similar databases JSON, XML, REST APIs Virtualization technologies Utility communication protocols including: ICCP DNP3 IEC 60870-5 IEC 61850 Modbus MultiSpeak Leadership Competencies The successful candidate will demonstrate: Strategic thinking with the ability to align engineering execution to business objectives. Executive presence with strong communication and influencing skills. Proven ability to lead leaders and build high-performing technical organizations. Strong commercial awareness and understanding of project financial performance. Excellent organizational and prioritization skills. Exceptional stakeholder management across customers, executives, and cross-functional teams. Strong coaching and mentoring capabilities. Sound decision-making under pressure. Conflict resolution and negotiation skills. Ability to balance customer satisfaction with business objectives. Passion for operational excellence and continuous improvement. Commitment to fostering an inclusive, collaborative, and high-performance culture. Travel Ability and willingness to travel throughout Europe and occasionally internationally (approximately 25–40%) to support customers, project teams, and company initiatives. The salary range for this role is $170,000.00 - $212,500.00. This range represents what we in good faith believe is the range possible for base compensation for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range based on several factors. This range may be modified in the future. This role is also eligible for bonus or variable incentive pay. Additionally, we offer a comprehensive benefits package including paid time off, charitable giveback day, medical/dental/vision insurance, and retirement benefits to eligible employees. AspenTech is a global software leader helping industries meet the increasing demand for resources from a rapidly growing population in a profitable and sustainable manner. Our Digital Grid Management software suite, including AspenTech OSI products, helps power and utilities companies achieve superior real-time control, optimization and management for exceptional performance of complex energy networks. If you're looking to make a difference every day and push the limits of performance, AspenTech is doing things no one else thought was possible. As a leading industrial software partner, we help companies all over the world run safer, greener, longer and faster. With over 3700 employees and more than 60 global locations, AspenTech is meeting today's sustainability and business challenges head-on with unmatched expertise, cutting-edge AI-powered technology and a passion to innovate. AspenTech is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. AspenTech does not discriminate against employees or applicants on the basis of age, race, color, religion, creed, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy or related conditions, marital status, familial status, national origin, disability, medical condition, genetic information, citizenship, military service or protected Veteran Status or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. Reasonable Accommodation: We will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals who have a disability or sincere religious reasons to request accommodation, when necessary to enable the individual to participate in the job application or interview process. If you wish to request an accommodation, please contact us at recruiting@aspentech.com. GDPR Privacy Notice: AspenTech collects a range of personal information during the recruitment process. 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