Regional Director

EDC - Engineering Design Consultants

Regional Director overseeing engineering operations in Galway/Limerick. Leading multidisciplinary teams in delivering high-quality engineering solutions.

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

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

ERP

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead, inspire, and drive high-performing teams, delivering best-in-class engineering and business outcomes across the region
Responsible for shaping the strategic direction of the office, ensuring strong commercial performance, and maintaining excellence in project delivery
Bring a strong understanding of both the technical and commercial aspects of the business, with the ability to translate company strategy into clear, actionable plans
Lead multidisciplinary teams, manage key client relationships, and ensure consistent, high-quality delivery across all projects
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
Develop and manage the business plans for relevant business pillars (HR, Marketing, Operations, Finances, Sales, Digital process etc)
Drive delivery of EDC’s strategic growth pillars within the office (Operational Excellence, Energy Consulting, Technical Advisory, Recurring Revenue, Acquisitions)
Support integration of new teams or acquisitions where relevant, ensuring alignment with EDC standards and culture
Actively collaborate with the Executive Leadership Team and peer Regional Directors on cross-office resource sharing, group-level initiatives and the firm-wide Operational Excellence programme
Manage key accounts and execute key account management strategies as agreed with executive leadership team
Develop and grow key client relationships, identifying opportunities for repeat business and cross-selling of services
Manage project delivery teams including project performance, employee performance management and client retention
Ensure consistent, high-quality delivery across all projects, embedding QA/QC, risk management, and operational discipline
Manage and problem solve project delivery issues during construction stage of projects
Continuously improve operational workflow, working with other managers across the business
Drive implementation of operational excellence initiatives, including standardised workflows, systems, and reporting discipline
Own capacity planning for the office — forecasting resource requirements against the project pipeline and raising gaps or surpluses to Group Operations in advance
Own and deliver the performance of the office, including accountability for revenue, margin, utilisation, and delivery outcomes
Use data and systems (ERP, dashboards) to monitor performance, improve forecasting, and drive accountability
Ensure strong governance, risk management, and decision-making discipline across all activities
Build and lead a high-performing team, including development of future leaders and succession planning within the office
Oversee the day-to-day activity of the business including general operations and staff performance & development management
Provide coaching and mentoring for senior staff, Associate Directors other key team members
Strengthen leadership capability within the office, ensuring alignment with EDC’s growth and performance expectations
Take accountability for BIM coordination on local office projects, working with the BIM/Digital function to ensure ISO 19650 compliance and EDC's digital delivery standards are met on every project.

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
Sets and executes clear goals and priorities
Agile when required, manages multiple projects of varying scales and stages with ease
Excellent judgement, strategic thinking and decision making and execution in complex, ambiguous situations
Builds strong, lasting relationships with clients and stakeholders, gather and act on client feedback and market intelligence
Uses effective communication and interpersonal skills to build sound client relationships, drive a culture of feedback, empowering team members
Demonstrates superior flexibility and adaptive skills
Demonstrates a growth mindset whilst seeking out opportunities for strategic change in the business
Role models self-development and empowers and supports others on their journey
Demonstrates consistent high performance for self and team, ambitiously achieving results, highly resilient
Using evidence and data to create insight, problem solve, develop ideas and measure impact
Excellent Business Acumen, commercial awareness, and strategic mindset & execution
Generation of novel and useful ideas and the implementation of these ideas into new products and processes
Visionary leadership skills – can articulate a clear and compelling vision and purpose that mobilises and engages others
Actively promotes a culture of inclusion, coaching and collaboration
Act as role model and advocate of company change strategies such as D&I, Wellbeing, Digital transformation
Strong commercial and operational discipline, with the ability to balance growth, margin, and delivery quality
Ability to use data, systems, and reporting to drive performance, accountability, and decision-making

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) - Previous locations include Killarney, Edinburgh, Bantry, Brighton, Aran Islands.
Employee Assistance Programme
Annual Health Checks
Flexible & remote working all year round
1 month of continuous remote working from any location, once a year. (Work from anywhere for 1 month, 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 managementMEP project deliverytechnical procedurestechnical assessmentsquality assurancedata analysiscapacity planningBIM coordination

Soft Skills

leadershipstrategic thinkingdecision makingrelationship buildingcommunicationflexibilitygrowth mindsetcoachingcollaborationproblem solving

Certifications

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