Global Head of Engineering

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CHEP

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10,000+ employees

🚗 Transport

Transport • Sustainability

CHEP is a global leader in supply chain management, offering pallet and container pooling solutions. The company provides high-quality wooden and plastic pallets for industries, automobile supply chains, and retail environments. With a focus on sustainability, CHEP operates a circular economy model, reusing and recycling containers to minimize waste and reduce carbon footprints. They maintain a vast network of service centers and facilitate efficient, sustainable logistics for some of the world's largest companies, leveraging their extensive reach to enhance supply chain efficiency and collaboration worldwide.

📋 Description

• Provide global technical and engineering leadership across Brambles, ensuring engineering strategy, standards, and execution are aligned to supply chain objectives, safety requirements, and sustainability goals • Develop and execute a global engineering strategy to support business growth, operational excellence, automation, and long-term cost base optimisation • Lead and inspire a diverse, multinational engineering organisation, building strong succession pipelines, capability uplift programmes, and a high-performance culture • Own and govern the global automation and “Plant of the Future” roadmap, overseeing major capital investments, technology deployments, and new facility builds • Establish and enforce global engineering standards, safety protocols, and best practices, ensuring consistent application across all regions and sites • Partner closely with Regional Supply Chain Leaders to tailor engineering solutions that meet local operational needs while maintaining global scalability and compliance • Champion safety, risk management, and regulatory compliance across all engineering activities, with a clear focus on Zero Harm outcomes • Drive sustainability outcomes through engineering innovation, including energy efficiency, emissions reduction, and environmentally responsible asset design • Provide governance over the global engineering portfolio, ensuring robust demand intake, prioritisation, and ROI-focused decision making • Act as a thought leader in digital engineering, automation, IoT, and asset management technologies to improve visibility, reliability, and performance of engineering assets • Manage and allocate the global engineering budget, with authority over major capital investments and accountability for financial discipline • Build and maintain strategic partnerships with OEMs, automation providers, and engineering service suppliers to drive innovation, performance, and value

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in engineering (Mechanical, Industrial, Electrical or related discipline) • Master’s degree or MBA preferred • Relevant certifications in safety, project management, automation, or logistics are advantageous • Significant senior leadership experience in engineering within logistics, supply chain, manufacturing, or industrial environments • Proven delivery of large-scale, global engineering and automation programmes, including capital-intensive projects and technology transformations • Demonstrated success in leading large, multi-site, multicultural engineering teams across international operations • Strong experience in global governance, engineering standards, and operating models within complex regulatory environments • Track record of building high-performing teams, developing talent, and embedding sustainable engineering capability for long-term growth

🏖️ Benefits

• Flexible work arrangements • Professional development opportunities • Work-life balance