Engineering Group Manager

Role

SSOE is hiring an Engineering Group Manager to build, lead, and scale the India Engineering Global Capability Center (GCC). The role is responsible for establishing India as a trusted extension of SSOE’s global delivery model by driving technical standards, quality, resourcing, cross-office collaboration, and leadership development.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide strategic and operational leadership across all engineering disciplines in the India office.
• Ensure consistent application of engineering standards, design procedures, quality processes, and best practices.
• Oversee technical reviews, peer reviews, quality assurance, and discipline-specific workflows, templates, and quality management systems.
• Promote innovation, digital engineering, model-based design (e.g., BIM/Revit), and emerging technologies.
• Build and maintain relationships with U.S.-based engineering, project, operations, and business leaders; act as primary liaison between India and U.S. operations.
• Lead development and growth of the India Engineering Capability Center, align capabilities with business needs, and drive standardization across global teams.
• Manage, mentor, and coach engineers and managers; create development plans, support hiring/onboarding, and develop leadership pipelines.
• Plan and allocate resources, monitor schedules and workload forecasts, and resolve resource bottlenecks across projects and disciplines.
• Coordinate with other international offices to share resources, tools, and best practices and to improve inter-office communication.
• Support business performance through budgeting, profitability monitoring, proposal support, and operational improvements.
• Partner with Corporate & Information Systems to evaluate hardware/software and emerging technology needs; promote adoption of AI-assisted tools (e.g., Copilot, Abacus) and automation.
• Serve as project sponsor for high-priority projects, support client objectives, and participate in post-project reviews to capture lessons learned.

Requirements

Education & Professional Registration

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering required; Master’s in Engineering, Engineering Management, MBA, or related preferred.
• Professional Engineer (PE), Chartered Engineer (CEng), or equivalent registration is desirable.

Experience

• 25+ years of progressive engineering consulting, design, and project delivery experience.
• Minimum 10 years of leadership experience managing multidisciplinary engineering teams.
• Experience in technical leadership roles, developing leadership teams, and supporting global delivery models or shared services/capability centers is highly desirable.
• Preferred sector experience: industrial facilities, advanced manufacturing, semiconductor, data center, pharmaceutical, life sciences, energy, or similar.

Leadership Competencies

• Strategic thinking, organizational leadership, and strong business/operational acumen.
• Stakeholder management, influence without direct authority, change management, cultural awareness, and cross-cultural communication.
• Strong problem-solving, decision-making, and multi-project management skills.
• Experience with implementing or improving engineering standards, quality control, and model-based design workflows (e.g., BIM/Revit).

Compensation & Benefits (summary)

• Compensation: “as per market standards”; eligibility for performance-based bonuses, incentives, and recognition programs.
• Employee ownership opportunities for associate level and above.
• Comprehensive health insurance coverage (employee, spouse, two children and one set of parents) and accident coverage, Employee Assistance Program, parental leave, paid time off, and retirals (Provident Fund and gratuity).
• Flexible and hybrid work options (role-dependent), international exposure and travel opportunities, structured mentorship, learning and development support including certification reimbursement, and employee engagement initiatives.

Success Metrics (18–24 months)

• India positioned as a trusted global engineering center with consistent delivery quality.
• High-performing, engaged engineering team with established standards, QC processes, and reusable templates.
• Improved resource alignment, utilization, reduced bottlenecks, and measurable improvements in project profitability and client satisfaction.
• Visible leadership pipeline with promotion-ready candidates and strong partnerships across SSOE offices.