Sr. Director, Forming & Shoring Engineering

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Responsible for providing strategic leadership and direction for all Engineered Solutions Engineering functions within the Forming & Shoring portfolio.  Ensures alignment with business objectives by driving innovation, operational excellence, and scalable engineering solutions that support growth, safety, and customer success.

Major Tasks, Responsibilities and Key Accountabilities

• Provide strategic leadership and direction to multi-level engineering teams (Directors, Managers, Engineers, Designers).

• Establish and execute long-term engineering strategy aligned with business growth, innovation, and operational goals.

• Drive standardization, process improvement, and continuous improvement initiatives across engineering operation.

• Oversee engineering resource planning, workforce strategy, and capacity management.

• Lead development and implementation of advanced engineering tools, digital solutions, and automation.

• Partner cross-functionally with Sales, Operations, Product Management, and Quality to support projects and resolve complex issues.

• Oversee specialized engineering services, ensuring compliance with codes, standards, and customer requirements.

• Develop and manage budgets, forecasts, and leadership team development; represent engineering at the executive level.

Nature and Scope

• Problems are complex and may be defined by higher level leadership. Solutions require high strategic level analysis and investigation.

• Drives strategy and methodology and serves as the subject-matter expert for policies and practices. Decides how to achieve planned results within an organization's plans, policies, and guidelines.

• Manages via multiple layers OR directly supervises a staff of professional individual contributors at the senior or technical advisor level. Directs budgetary responsibility at the enterprise level or for two or more businesses across the enterprise.

Work Environment

• Located in a comfortable indoor area. Conditions could produce mild discomfort on occasion.

• Most of the time is spent sitting in a comfortable position and there is frequent opportunity to move about. On rare occasions there may be a need to move or lift light articles.

• Typically requires overnight travel 5% to 20% of the time.

Education and Experience

• Typically requires BS/BA in a related discipline. Generally 9+ years of experience in a related field, including several years in a management/supervisory capacity.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience leading large, multi-regional engineering organizations.

• Deep expertise in forming and shoring systems and structural applications.

• Experience driving digital transformation and process standardization.

• Strong track record of aligning engineering strategy with business objectives.

• Professional Engineering (PE) license strongly preferred;  Advanced knowledge of engineering design tools (e.g., AutoCAD, Revit).

• Strong leadership, strategic thinking, and business acumen.

• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

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Pay Range

Ohio law requires the posting of the salary range for advertised jobs.  This range is determined based on market data and internal pay practices to establish a minimum and maximum value for a job. Individual base pay is determined based on a variety of elements including experience, skills, internal equity and other factors. For additional details on benefits, please review the full job description on White Cap Jobs