Overview
Director of Engineering Jobs in Robstown, TX at Insight Global
Title: Director of Engineering
Company: Insight Global
Location: Robstown, TX
Location: Robstown, Texas
3-month contract to hire
~100/hour
Overview
Our client is seeking a Director of Engineering to lead multidisciplinary engineering execution for large-scale industrial, manufacturing, refinery, and energy infrastructure projects. This individual will be responsible for managing engineering strategy, design execution, project delivery, and organizational leadership across major capital expansion programs.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Chemical, Civil, Electrical, Process, or related discipline).
- 15+ years of engineering leadership experience supporting large industrial capital projects.
- 8+ years leading engineering managers, department managers, or large multidisciplinary engineering organizations.
- Demonstrated experience delivering projects exceeding $500M in total installed cost.
- Extensive experience managing engineering execution through EPC delivery models.
- Strong understanding of engineering design, procurement, construction sequencing, startup, and commissioning.
- Experience overseeing multiple engineering disciplines simultaneously.
- Proven history of leading large teams in fast-paced project environments.
- Strong understanding of project controls, budget management, forecasting, and risk management.
- Exceptional communication and executive stakeholder management skills.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with refinery, petrochemical, LNG, chemical processing, battery manufacturing, mining, power generation, energy transition, or advanced materials facilities.
- Previous leadership experience within a major EPC organization such as Fluor, Bechtel, KBR, Technip, Worley, Burns & McDonnell, Jacobs, Wood, or similar.
- Experience leading engineering efforts on greenfield industrial projects.
- PE license and/or advanced engineering degree.
- Experience supporting facilities with highly complex process systems and critical infrastructure.
- Familiarity with Primavera P6, Bluebeam, Navisworks, Bentley applications, and major engineering execution platforms.
- Experience leading engineering organizations of 50–200+ engineers and designers.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and develop a multidisciplinary engineering organization consisting of civil, structural, mechanical, process, piping, electrical, instrumentation, controls, and project engineering teams.
- Drive engineering execution for large industrial capital projects from concept development through startup and commissioning.
- Establish engineering strategy, standards, processes, and governance to ensure consistent project delivery.
- Manage engineering budgets, staffing plans, organizational growth, and resource forecasting.
- Partner closely with Construction, Project Controls, Procurement, Manufacturing, Operations, and Commissioning teams to ensure alignment between engineering deliverables and project execution.
- Serve as the primary engineering interface with EPC firms, consultants, contractors, and technology vendors.
- Lead design reviews, constructability reviews, HAZOPs, risk assessments, value engineering exercises, and stage-gate reviews.
- Drive engineering schedule performance and accountability for milestone completion.
- Ensure engineering deliverables support safe construction, efficient startup, and reliable long-term operation.
- Oversee design quality, technical compliance, permitting support, and adherence to industry standards and regulatory requirements.
- Support technology selection, process optimization, and facility expansion planning.
- Mentor engineering managers and technical leaders while building a high-performance engineering culture.
