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What's The Role The purpose of this role is to lead the assigned engineering scope within Large Projects, ensuring the delivery of high‑quality solutions on time and within budget. The role is accountable for maximizing value engineering for our customers while increasing the project share of wallet. A key responsibility is to lead, coach, and support Design Engineers in delivering complex technical solutions under demanding project conditions, using a structured, proactive, and self‑driven approach. The Lead Engineer role is part of the Regional Project Management Office (PMO) organization and reports to Local ECC Team Lead. What You'll Do The Lead Engineer is responsible for executing and delivering charged engineering services for Large Projects across the Northern Europe region. Lead the assigned project team of Design Engineers to ensure technical objectives are achieved in line with the approved scope, budget, and schedule. Ensure design optimization in compliance with applicable codes, standards, and best practices, while fully meeting customer requirements. Works in close coordination with other project team roles to resolve technical issues and ensure high‑quality engineering and on-time delivery of both services and hardware. Provides technical advisory support and coordination with the customer’s discipline specialists. Actively supports Project Management in the development of project frameworks, with particular focus on scope feasibility and overall time assessment. What You’ll Bring Engineering degree (Civil, Mechanical, Structural, or related) with proven experience delivering high quality engineering solutions Strong problem-solving skills with a structured, self-driven approach and ability to translate complex requirements into clear deliverables Effective leadership and collaboration across functions, maintaining a holistic, big-picture perspective Excellent communication and decision-making skills, combined with solid commercial awareness and risk management capability Experienced in project planning and delivery, demonstrating resilience and motivation in fast-paced, high-pressure environments What’s In It for You Benefits We really value our people and we've worked hard to develop a reward package that reflects this. Some of our benefits include: Competitive package Genuine career advancement (more than 80% of all leadership roles are filled internally) Different ways to work flexibly, including working from home and compressed hours Trips to locations such as Milan, New York and global HQ for high performers across all teams Why Hilti Hilti is a global leader in construction innovation, with more than 34,000 team members across 120 countries. Guided by our purpose, Making Construction Better, we’re driven to keep learning, growing, and finding new ways to make a lasting impact. Here, you’ll be empowered to use your strengths, work with a global and inclusive team, and take on meaningful challenges. At Hilti, you’ll have the chance to make your ideas, achievements, and growth real through purpose, passion, and teamwork. Commitment to Inclusion At Hilti, inclusion is a key focus in how we work, lead, and grow together. We are committed to embracing diversity of thought and creating an environment that is inclusive of everyone, everywhere. We continuously strive to ensure every voice is valued and every team member feels empowered to contribute. By building on this foundation, we strengthen our teams, our innovation, and our impact, making construction better together.
Here's how to pick the right one and stand out in your application.
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That number is real. WorkMundi's database shows 144,883 open engineer roles across the world. India has the most with 31,687 jobs, followed by the United States with 30,084. If you just finished reading one job ad and felt paralyzed by choice, you're not alone—but this scale is actually an advantage. It means you can afford to be selective.
Start by geography and language. The majority of engineer ads—117,837 of them—have the job posting text written in English. Use that as one filter, but remember: the ad text language tells you nothing about whether the role actually requires you to speak English day-to-day. Read the job description carefully. Then check which countries have the volume you're targeting. Singapore, Poland, and Australia round out the top five after India and the US.
Next, learn who's hiring. Accenture has posted 2,801 engineer roles. andurilindustries, speechify, and jobgether are also actively recruiting. If you're applying to one of these names, research their hiring patterns and interview style before you apply. That homework pays off.
When you interview, expect the question every engineer hears: 'Tell me about a time you had to debug a problem that wasn't in your job description.' Have a specific story ready—not a general one. Name the tools, the deadline pressure, and what you learned. Hiring managers listen for whether you see problem-solving as part of the role itself, not a favour.