Engineering Leader (m/f/i) – Renewables / Battery

Main Tasks

Effectively manages the day-to-day activities of the engineering team within the Renewables business, with a primary focus on the battery business, supporting and guiding decisions on projects, project management, technical matters, and business opportunities within a highly matrixed organization.

Assists the Engineering Manager in defining goals, performance objectives, and metrics to execute strategy, with a focus on financial goals and metrics including revenue, profit, and enterprise value. The Engineering Leader maintains the responsibilities of a Staff Engineer and will occasionally handle projects.

Continuously assesses resource availability and capability needs and evaluates possible alternative solutions by delegating work to the appropriate levels for completion. Drives a high-performing team by managing the performance, development, and engagement of team members.

The Engineering Leader plays an important role in developing and strengthening the Renewables engineering capabilities in Europe, particularly for batteries and energy storage. This role is responsible for building strong relationships with customers, understanding the battery business pipeline and evolving technical needs, and supporting the commercial team by ensuring workload balance and providing the technical support needed to satisfy customers and adhere to UL’s Mission.

Implements and executes capacity and capability management for the Renewables business, with a particular focus on battery-related activities, under the guidance of the Engineering Manager. Ensures effective workflow by engaging with cross-functional leads and customers to understand project scope, demand, and technical needs and to assign resources effectively. Identifies capability and resource needs required to support the continued development of the battery business. Drives process improvements to ensure financial results are achieved. Typically supports local members of a team but may also support remote employees in other European locations.

Drives a high-performing engineering team by managing the performance and development of team members. Operates effectively within the UL matrix to actively support and drive a high-performance culture, transformation efforts, and people engagement. Holds the team and self accountable for results and assists the Engineering Manager in defining goals, performance objectives, and metrics to execute strategy. Develops and coaches team members by providing training, career counseling, feedback, and guidance to drive high performance and morale. Ensures understanding of and compliance with all established policies and requirements.

Supports the development and growth of the Renewables and battery business in Europe. Maintains a strong understanding of customer needs, the project pipeline, market developments, and evolving technical requirements. Collaborates across engineering, commercial, and other functions to identify opportunities and the technical capabilities needed to support sustainable business growth.

Increases customer loyalty and builds strong relationships with customers, with particular emphasis on the battery and energy storage industry. Anticipates customer needs and provides proactive solutions. Gathers, shares, and responds to customer feedback and coaches and mentors employees to do the same. Supports sales and account management by building relationships with customers, maintaining a deep understanding of the business pipeline, obtaining feedback on how UL can improve and what is working well, and identifying appropriate actions and solutions.

Provides direct support to customers and the engineering team by providing technical guidance and engineering judgment to complete projects and address issues requiring resolution, including customer complaints, unusual requests, complex technical questions, and technical advice. Provides technical leadership for battery-related activities and connects customers and engineering teams with appropriate expertise across UL’s organization as needed. Ensures quality and adherence to applicable policies, procedures, standards, and requirements.

Leads and/or participates in discussions to drive business initiatives, including initiatives supporting the development of the Renewables and battery business. Empowers and holds the team accountable for identifying new opportunities to effectively drive growth and financial goals including revenue, profit, and enterprise value.

Delegates projects to appropriate Project Handlers to establish appropriate test programs. Supports and guides Project Handlers to ensure compliance with requirements, changes in project scope or specifications, and customer notifications. Explains UL policies, procedures, and requirements, negotiates completion dates and sample requirements, and helps ensure an effective customer experience. May handle selected projects and/or act as lead reviewer to support workflow, technical development, and demand.

Strengthens battery expertise and technical capabilities within the European Renewables organization. Coaches and mentors engineers, facilitates knowledge sharing, and collaborates with technical experts and teams across regions to develop and maintain the capabilities required to support current and future battery customers.

Communicates and exemplifies UL’s Vision and Mission. Leads, promotes, and embraces change through self and team. Collaborates and builds trust within the organization and with customers to meet or exceed their expectations. Develops strong, flexible cross-functional networks and global relationships to promote becoming the fastest, highest-quality, and most customer-friendly organization. Coaches and mentors employees to do the same.

Reads and follows the Underwriters Laboratories Code of Conduct and follows all physical and digital security practices.

Performs other duties as directed.

University degree equivalent to a Master’s degree in Engineering or a related technical field, plus generally five years of directly related experience.

Generally a minimum of five years of directly related experience, including relevant technical leadership and/or people leadership experience.

Experience in batteries, energy storage, renewable energy, electrical engineering, testing, certification, or a closely related technical field is strongly preferred.

Demonstrates strong technical understanding and the ability to provide engineering judgment and leadership for complex projects and customer requirements.

Solid experience working in cross-functional or global projects and/or across multiple functions or regions.

Demonstrates an advanced understanding of how engineering and operational decisions impact business results.

Demonstrates an understanding of management concepts, including building and developing a diverse, high-performing team and planning and thinking strategically.

Demonstrates the ability to manage employee performance using performance expectations and goals and to develop and coach team members.

Demonstrates the ability to analyze and interpret technical information, data, analyses, process documents, and plans.

Demonstrates the ability to take calculated risks and plan for contingencies.

Demonstrates the ability to listen, learn, teach, coach, and build technical capability.

Demonstrates awareness of the challenges of working in diverse cultural environments.

Demonstrates strong customer collaboration, project management, and business acumen skills.

Strong customer orientation and the ability to build relationships with key customers within the battery and Renewables industries.

Demonstrates proficiency in German and good English-language skills.

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