Heidelberg Materials

Senior Director, Automation and Electrical Engineering

Heidelberg Materials  •  Irving, TX (Onsite)  •  1 day ago
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Job Description

Line of Business: Service & Support

About Us

Heidelberg Materials is one of the world's largest suppliers of building materials. Heidelberg Materials North America operates over 450 locations across the U.S. and Canada with approximately 9,000 employees.

What You'll Be Doing

  • Provide strategic leadership for North American automation, optimization systems, and electrical engineering initiatives across aggregates and asphalt operations
  • Drive Best Value Design (BVD) outcomes and identify optimization opportunities across sites

  • Partner closely with Area CCA, country leadership, HDigital, and project teams to plan and prioritize initiatives

  • Lead Support execution of automation and electrical engineering projects across multiple functions, including ESH, procurement, engineering, and construction

  • Deliver expert-level technical guidance on automation and optimization systems across North America

  • Strengthen collaboration and stakeholder alignment, including leadership of OT/IT integration efforts

  • Support coordinated CCA engineering and performance improvement activities across aggregates, asphalt, and limited ready-mix concrete operations

  • Ensure consistent engineering standards, scalability, and performance improvements across all supported operations

  • Deliver the Aggregates Remote Optimization Centre (AROC) solution across North America

What Are We Looking For

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Automation or Electrical Engineering with 10+ years of relevant industrial engineering experience, ideally within aggregates, mining, asphalt, or RMC

  • Strong project management expertise delivering automation, system implementation and electrical engineering initiatives across multiple locations and scales

  • Advanced technical knowledge in plant automation, PLC systems (Rockwell/Allen-Bradley), SCADA, process control, and electrical distribution systems

  • Working knowledge of IT/OT integration including network architecture, industrial protocols (MQTT, Modbus, OPC-UA), cybersecurity, and Windows server environments

  • Hands-on experience with automation tools and platforms (Ignition 8.1, Opto 22, RedLion, SQL databases, IIoT systems) and data tools (e.g., Python, Tableau, advanced spreadsheets)

  • Proven ability to build relationships globally, navigate multicultural environments, communicate effectively, and travel internationally as needed

Work Environment

  • Combination of office and industrial plant settings

  • Regular interaction with operations, maintenance, digital and engineering teams

  • Will require travel up to 50% to support multiple sites across the region

  • Dynamic environment focused on safety, performance, and collaboration

What We Offer

  • Competitive base salary

  • 401(k) retirement savings plan with an automatic company contribution as well as matching contributions

  • Highly competitive benefits programs, including:

    • Medical, Dental, and Vision along with Prescription Drug Benefits

    • Health Saving Savings Account (HSA), Health Reimbursement Account (HRA) and Flexible Spending Account (FSA)

    • AD&D, Short- and Long-Term Disability Coverage as well as Basic Life Insurance

    • Paid Bonding Leave, 15 days of Paid Vacation, 40 hours of Paid Sick Leave and 10 Paid Holidays

Equal Opportunity Employer - Minority / Female / Veteran / Disabled

Heidelberg Materials

About Heidelberg Materials

Heidelberg Materials is one of the world's largest integrated manufacturers of building materials and solutions with leading market positions in cement, aggregates, and ready-mixed concrete. We are represented in around 50 countries with around 51,000 employees at almost 3,000 locations. At the centre of our actions lies the responsibility for the environment. As the front runner on the path to carbon neutrality and circular economy in the building materials industry, we are working on sustainable building materials and solutions for the future. We enable new opportunities for our customers through digitalisation.

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Industry
Wholesale & Distribution
Company Size
5,001-10,000 employees
Headquarters
Heidelberg, DE
Year Founded
Unknown
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