Engineering Director

MEP Engineering, Energy & Decarbonization

Location: Albany, New York

Our client is an established engineering, construction management, and design-build organization delivering complex building infrastructure, energy efficiency, and modernization projects across healthcare, higher education, institutional, commercial, and public-sector environments.

They are seeking an experienced Engineering Director to lead and further develop a multidisciplinary engineering team while working closely with the company's President, construction management leadership, and senior team on project delivery, engineering strategy, client relationships, and the continued growth of the organization.

This is a highly visible leadership position offering considerably more than responsibility for managing an engineering department. For the right individual, there is a meaningful long-term opportunity to assume broader organizational and executive leadership responsibilities over time.

Overview

The Engineering Director will lead an established team of approximately 10 to 15 engineering professionals supporting complex design- build projects involving mechanical and electrical building systems, central plants, HVAC, building controls, electrification, lighting, energy efficiency, decarbonization, and infrastructure modernization.

Candidates may come from either an Mechanical or Electrical Engineering background, with strong interest in engineering leaders who bring multidisciplinary MEP knowledge and can effectively lead across both disciplines.

This role requires more than technical design expertise. The successful candidate will understand how engineering supports the broader delivery of design-build and construction projects and will work effectively across engineering, construction management, project management, clients, and senior leadership.

The strongest candidate will combine technical credibility with people leadership, project judgment, client presence, and the ability to see the business beyond individual engineering assignments.

Key Responsibilities

Lead, manage, mentor, and develop a multidisciplinary engineering team of approximately 10 to 15 professionals.
Provide technical leadership and oversight across complex mechanical, electrical, energy, and MEP/FP projects.
Coordinate effectively across mechanical and electrical engineering disciplines and support the development of emerging engineering talent.
Oversee engineering involving HVAC systems, central plants, boilers, chillers, BMS/BAS and controls, electrification, lighting, electrical infrastructure, energy efficiency, and infrastructure modernization.
Establish project priorities and allocate engineering resources based on workload, schedules, technical requirements, and client commitments.
Oversee project schedules, budgets, staffing, workflow, engineering quality, and deliverables across multiple concurrent projects.
Participate in project planning, design reviews, constructability discussions, estimating and major technical decisions.
Identify technical, schedule, budget, and project risks and work collaboratively to develop practical solutions.
Work closely with construction management and project teams to support successful design-build project delivery.
Serve as a senior technical and client-facing resource on major projects.
Develop strong relationships with facility owners, institutional clients, contractors, and other project stakeholders.
Understand client needs and help identify opportunities to expand existing relationships across engineering, construction management, and related services.
Help establish and improve engineering standards, processes, quality controls, and best practices.
Support recruiting, retention, mentoring, and professional development of engineering personnel.
Work directly with the President and senior leadership on engineering strategy, project execution, staffing, organizational planning, and future growth.

Leadership & Team Collaboration

The successful candidate will be a collaborative, forward-thinking leader who can provide accountability and direction without micromanaging an experienced technical team.
This individual should be comfortable getting into technical details when necessary while maintaining a broader perspective on projects, people, clients, risk, and the business.

The Engineering Director will:

Lead and develop experienced engineering professionals while building the next generation of technical leadership.
Foster strong collaboration between engineering, construction management, project management, and senior leadership.
Balance technical quality with schedules, budgets, staffing, constructability, and client commitments.
Make sound decisions while drawing on the expertise of engineers, project leaders, and construction professionals.
Operate effectively in a smaller, fast-moving organization where senior leaders have broad responsibilities and significant visibility.
Bring the judgment and perspective necessary to contribute beyond the engineering department.

Required Education & Experience

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering, or a closely related engineering discipline.
Significant progressive engineering experience with the ability to operate effectively at a senior leadership level.
Demonstrated success leading, managing, mentoring, and developing engineering professionals.
Strong experience with complex mechanical / Electrical building systems.
Broad understanding of multidisciplinary MEP systems and the interaction between mechanical and electrical disciplines.
Experience with design-build, construction management, integrated project delivery, or close collaboration between engineering and construction teams.
Strong project leadership capabilities involving budgets, schedules, staffing, resources, workflow, and project execution.
Ability to provide credible technical leadership without needing to personally perform every aspect of engineering production.
Strong client-facing, communication, and relationship-management capabilities.
Experience working with facility owners, engineers, architects, contractors, construction professionals, and senior leadership.
Experience with healthcare and/or higher education facilities is particularly valuable.
Experience with existing-building modernization, central utility plants, infrastructure replacement, energy engineering, performance contracting, or complex institutional facilities will translate well to this position.
Professional Engineer (PE) registration is highly preferred. Exceptional candidates with the appropriate leadership and technical background may also be considered.

Work Environment

Capital Region, New York-based leadership position.
Regular interaction with engineering, project management, construction management, and senior company leadership.
Projects primarily support clients throughout New York and the Northeast.
The position is primarily office-based, with periodic travel for client meetings, project coordination, field investigations, and site support.
Relocation assistance may be available for the right candidate.

Long-Term Leadership Opportunity

This opportunity extends beyond managing an engineering department. The Engineering Director will work closely with the company's Owner and senior leadership and will have the opportunity to progressively assume broader responsibility as performance, credibility, and trust are established.

The organization is specifically interested in identifying someone with the technical credibility, business judgment, leadership ability, and career ambition to help lead the company through its next generation of growth.

For the right individual, this creates a meaningful path toward broader executive leadership that may not be available within a larger or more traditional engineering organization.

Work Authorization / Pre-Employment Requirements

Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States.
Employment sponsorship is not available.
Additional pre-employment requirements may apply based on project and client requirements.

This is an exceptional opportunity for an experienced Electrical, Mechanical, MEP, or Energy Engineering leader who wants to move beyond traditional engineering management and take a broader role in people, projects, clients, design-build execution, and the future leadership of an established organization.

If you combine strong technical credibility with people leadership, business judgment, and the ambition to take on increasing organizational responsibility, we encourage you to apply today.

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