Director, Engineering Operations and Technical Governance (Industrial Systems)

Scale an Industrial Engineering Organization Built for Excellence

CLX Engineering is expanding rapidly. We’re seeking a director to orchestrate engineering operations, enforce technical governance, and develop leaders who can deliver complex automation programs with consistency and speed.

Your Impact

• Build and mentor a bench of Engineering Managers, technical leads, and multidisciplinary teams.
• Establish a performance system with clear expectations, KPIs, and metrics for every engineering function.
• Standardize processes, tools, and best practices to improve scalability, efficiency, quality, and utilization.
• Define and execute an engineering strategy fully aligned to company objectives and growth plans.
• Select and implement technologies and systems that uplift engineering throughput and reliability.
• Codify documentation standards and stage-gate/design review processes to protect quality.
• Lead from the front on critical projects, customer escalations, and complex technical issues.
• Drive enterprise consistency, risk management, and operational readiness across teams.

Cross-Functional Leadership

• Partner with Operations, PMO, Manufacturing, Sales, and Executive Leadership to synchronize priorities and resources.
• Contribute to capacity modeling, staffing plans, forecasting, and long-term growth strategy.
• Support customer engagements, technical reviews, and business development initiatives.
• Translate engineering activity into operational, financial, and customer success outcomes.

Talent and Continuous Improvement

• Lead recruiting, onboarding, coaching, and performance management for engineering leadership.
• Create technical career ladders and succession paths; develop the next generation of leaders.
• Institutionalize continuous improvement, knowledge sharing, and process optimization.
• Ensure critical knowledge is documented and transferred across the organization.

Role Logistics

• Travel to customer sites, operational facilities, and company locations as required.
• Perform additional duties commensurate with this leadership role.

Qualifications

• Proven leader of high-performing engineering teams in fast-growing environments.
• Demonstrated ability to balance technical rigor, operational execution, and people development.
• Experience scaling engineering orgs, processes, and standards at pace.
• Strong foundation in industrial automation, controls systems, and engineering project delivery.
• Collaborative, trusted leader who develops talent and enforces accountability.
• Strategic operator able to align engineering priorities with business objectives.

Preferred Background

• Experience with airport systems, baggage handling, logistics, or complex automation programs.
• Advanced technical or business degree.
• History of growing engineering capabilities and leadership capacity in scaling companies.

Core Capabilities

• Troubleshooting Skills
• Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
• Troubleshooting Industrial Automation Equipment
• Process Engineering
• Electrical / Electronic Systems
• High-level Operations Analysis
• Budgeting / Forecasting Experience
• Root Cause Analysis
• Process Development

Tooling and Platforms

• Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs)
• RFID Systems
• Industrial Controls (Allen Bradley, Omron, Siemens, Schneider Electric)
• SCADA
• Variable Frequency Drives (VFD)
• CAD Software (AutoCAD)
• Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) (Allen Bradley, Mitsubishi, Omron, Siemens, Beckoff, Modicon, Schneider Electric, Fanuc)
• HMI
• Servo Motors
• Industrial Robot

If building the systems, standards, and leadership that power enterprise-scale automation excites you, we want to meet you.