Senior Engineering Director

JLL empowers you to shape a brighter way.Our people at JLL are shaping the future of real estate for a better world by combining world class services, advisory and technology for our clients. We are committed to hiring the best, most talented peopleand empowering them tothrive, grow meaningful careers and to find a place where they belong. Whether you've got deep experience in commercial real estate, skilled trades or technology, or you're looking to apply your relevant experience to a new industry, join our team as we help shape a brighter way forward. What this job involves:As Senior Regional Engineering Director, you will provide senior engineering leadership across a complex, geographically dispersed portfolio, ensuring operational excellence, technical consistency, and disciplined execution throughout regional engineering operations. Reporting to the Global Engineering Director, this role is responsible for leading and developing Regional Engineering Directors (REDs), strengthening accountability frameworks, and driving proactive site-level operational leadership across engineering teams. You will serve as a strategic and highly visible leader who combines deep technical expertise with strong operational judgment, helping engineering organizations move beyond reactive issue management toward sustainable performance improvement, risk mitigation, and leadership development. At JLL, we are collectively shaping a brighter way - for our clients, ourselves and our fellow employees - and this role plays a critical part in building high-performing engineering teams that support resilient, safe, and efficient operations. Success in this position requires strong field engagement, executive communication skills, and the ability to foster a culture of ownership, technical excellence, collaboration, and continuous improvement across the portfolio. What sets JLL apart is our culture of collaboration, locally and across the globe, and this role will partner closely with account leadership, engineering program teams, site operations, and client stakeholders to drive consistent operational standards and measurable business outcomes. What your day-to-day will look like: * Lead and develop Regional Engineering Directors by establishing clear expectations, operational discipline, leadership accountability, and consistent performance standards across all regions. * Conduct regular operational and performance reviews focused on engineering operations, staffing, maintenance execution, asset condition, compliance obligations, operational risks, and corrective action management. * Drive proactive field engagement by ensuring REDs maintain strong relationships with Chief Engineers and site engineering teams and possess detailed knowledge of site conditions, risks, and priorities. * Oversee engineering governance processes including inspections, operational audits, corrective action programs, maintenance performance reviews, and regional performance scorecards. * Provide senior operational oversight for significant engineering projects, infrastructure upgrades, planned outages, shutdowns, critical maintenance activities, and high-risk operational events. * Support emergency response efforts by serving as a senior escalation resource during major outages, incidents, life-safety events, and complex operational disruptions. * Partner with Engineering Programs & Performance teams to ensure account engineering standards, initiatives, and operational programs are effectively implemented throughout the portfolio. * Identify leadership, staffing, technical, and operational capability gaps while supporting succession planning, coaching, mentoring, and development of engineering leadership talent. * Foster a culture where everyone is empowered to thrive by promoting accountability, technical curiosity, operational ownership, inclusivity, safety, and continuous improvement across engineering teams. Required qualification