Senior Director, Automation and Electrical Engineering

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Irving, TX, USA
In-Office
Expert/Leader
Energy • Industrial • Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) • Manufacturing
The Role
Lead automation and electrical engineering initiatives across North America, focusing on project management, technical guidance, and optimizing systems in aggregates and asphalt operations.
Summary Generated by Built In
Line of Business: Service & Support

About Us

Heidelberg Materials is one of the world's largest suppliers of building materials. Heidelberg Materials North America operates over 450 locations across the U.S. and Canada with approximately 9,000 employees.

What You'll Be Doing

  • Provide strategic leadership for North American automation, optimization systems, and electrical engineering initiatives across aggregates and asphalt operations
  • Drive Best Value Design (BVD) outcomes and identify optimization opportunities across sites

  • Partner closely with Area CCA, country leadership, HDigital, and project teams to plan and prioritize initiatives

  • Lead Support execution of automation and electrical engineering projects across multiple functions, including ESH, procurement, engineering, and construction

  • Deliver expert-level technical guidance on automation and optimization systems across North America

  • Strengthen collaboration and stakeholder alignment, including leadership of OT/IT integration efforts

  • Support coordinated CCA engineering and performance improvement activities across aggregates, asphalt, and limited ready-mix concrete operations

  • Ensure consistent engineering standards, scalability, and performance improvements across all supported operations

  • Deliver the Aggregates Remote Optimization Centre (AROC) solution across North America

What Are We Looking For

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Automation or Electrical Engineering with 10+ years of relevant industrial engineering experience, ideally within aggregates, mining, asphalt, or RMC

  • Strong project management expertise delivering automation, system implementation and electrical engineering initiatives across multiple locations and scales

  • Advanced technical knowledge in plant automation, PLC systems (Rockwell/Allen-Bradley), SCADA, process control, and electrical distribution systems

  • Working knowledge of IT/OT integration including network architecture, industrial protocols (MQTT, Modbus, OPC-UA), cybersecurity, and Windows server environments

  • Hands-on experience with automation tools and platforms (Ignition 8.1, Opto 22, RedLion, SQL databases, IIoT systems) and data tools (e.g., Python, Tableau, advanced spreadsheets)

  • Proven ability to build relationships globally, navigate multicultural environments, communicate effectively, and travel internationally as needed

Work Environment

  • Combination of office and industrial plant settings

  • Regular interaction with operations, maintenance, digital and engineering teams

  • Will require travel up to 50% to support multiple sites across the region

  • Dynamic environment focused on safety, performance, and collaboration

What We Offer

  • Competitive base salary

  • 401(k) retirement savings plan with an automatic company contribution as well as matching contributions

  • Highly competitive benefits programs, including:

    • Medical, Dental, and Vision along with Prescription Drug Benefits

    • Health Saving Savings Account (HSA), Health Reimbursement Account (HRA) and Flexible Spending Account (FSA)

    • AD&D, Short- and Long-Term Disability Coverage as well as Basic Life Insurance

    • Paid Bonding Leave, 15 days of Paid Vacation, 40 hours of Paid Sick Leave and 10 Paid Holidays

Equal Opportunity Employer - Minority / Female / Veteran / Disabled

Skills Required

  • Bachelor's Degree in Automation or Electrical Engineering
  • 10+ years of relevant industrial engineering experience
  • Strong project management expertise
  • Advanced technical knowledge in plant automation, PLC systems, SCADA
  • Working knowledge of IT/OT integration and cybersecurity
  • Hands-on experience with automation tools and data tools
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The Company
HQ: Irving, TX
49,000 Employees
Year Founded: 1874

What We Do

Heidelberg Materials is a global manufacturer of building materials, including cement, aggregates, ready-mixed concrete, and asphalt, committed to leading the industry toward carbon neutrality and a circular economy.

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