Regional Director

EDC - Engineering Design Consultants

Regional Director leading and delivering MEP engineering projects at EDC. Shaping strategic direction, ensuring commercial performance, and building high performing teams in Cork.

Posted 4/29/2026full-timeCork • 🇮🇪 IrelandLeadWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead, inspire, and drive high-performing teams, delivering best-in-class engineering and business outcomes
Shape the strategic direction of the office, ensuring strong commercial performance, and maintaining excellence in project delivery
Develop leadership business strategies with the Leadership team to achieve company sales KPI and target sectors
Translate company strategy into a clear office-level business plan with defined revenue, margin, and performance targets
Manage project delivery teams including project performance, employee performance management and client retention
Build and lead a high-performing team, including development of future leaders and succession planning within the office

Requirements

What you’ll need

Honours degree in a relevant engineering discipline
MBA or postgraduate qualification in Strategic Management or Project Management desirable
Minimum 6+ years’ experience in engineering (technical) roles
Minimum 4+ years’ experience in team management
Minimum 2+ years’ experience in strategic or corporate management
Proven experience with accountability for business unit or office-level performance, including revenue, margin, and delivery outcomes
Expert Engineering / design knowledge, including creating technical procedures, technical assessments & QA
Proven track record with successfully leading and delivering MEP projects from concept to hand-over
Excellent judgement, strategic thinking and decision making and execution in complex, ambiguous situations
Strong commercial and operational discipline, with the ability to balance growth, margin, and delivery quality
Visionary leadership skills – can articulate a clear and compelling vision and purpose that mobilises and engages others

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive salary
Paid Overtime / Time In Lieu / Flexitime
Performance & Development Management, including Annual salary reviews and Annual Performance related Bonus Payment
Annual Wellbeing Payment
Company Matched Pension Scheme & Death in Service Benefit
Industry leading 28 Days Leave
Educational & Masters Support
1 extra week’s paid leave on reaching your 5th Anniversary
Chartership Pathway & Paid Membership Fees
Engineering Excellence Weekend (Weekend with Team EDC)
Employee Assistance Programme
Annual Health Checks
Flexible & remote working all year round
1 month of continuous remote working from any location, once a year.
Highly accredited People Experience Promise (Engineering Excellence, Together) focusing on Winning, Growth, Innovation, Leadership and People Focus.
Bike to Work Scheme
Employee of the Quarter & Year - Financial reward and public recognition

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Hard Skills & Tools

engineeringstrategic managementproject managementbusiness unit performancerevenue managementmargin managementMEP projectstechnical procedurestechnical assessmentsquality assurance

Soft Skills

leadershipstrategic thinkingdecision makingjudgementvisionary leadershipteam managementemployee performance managementclient retentioncommercial disciplineoperational discipline

Certifications

Honours degree in engineeringMBApostgraduate qualification in Strategic Managementpostgraduate qualification in Project Management