Head of Engineering

A large food manufacturing client is seeking a suitably qualified Electrical, Instrumentation and Process Automation (EIPA) Engineering Senior Manager, based in Indonesia, to provide technical leadership across engineering standards, automation, reliability, compliance, and digital transformation initiatives across international sites.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the Group EIPA function and support the development and implementation of engineering strategies.

• Develop, maintain, and promote engineering standards, policies, procedures, and best practices.

• Conduct site audits, compliance reviews, technical assessments, and performance improvement

reviews.

• Provide technical support for major capital projects, process automation initiatives, and industrial digitalization programmes.

• Collaborate with regional and site engineering teams to strengthen technical capability, reliability,

and operational performance.

• Provide technical guidance, coaching, and knowledge sharing to engineering teams across

different locations.

• Identify opportunities to improve asset reliability, maintenance effectiveness, energy efficiency,

safety, and engineering governance.

Requirements

• Degree in Electrical Engineering, Instrumentation and Control, Automation, or a related

engineering discipline, or equivalent practical experience.

• Relevant experience in electrical, instrumentation, process automation, asset management,

maintenance, or engineering operations, preferably in a multi-site industrial or manufacturing

environment.

• Demonstrated experience providing technical leadership or functional guidance to engineering

teams, projects, or site operations.

• Strong working knowledge of engineering standards and regulatory requirements, including IEC, IECEx, ATEX, NFPA, OSHA, and hazardous area requirements, where applicable.

• Experience with process information management systems, industrial IoT, advanced process

control, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), asset performance management,

predictive maintenance, and SAP PM will be an advantage.

• Strong communication, problem-solving, stakeholder management, and collaboration skills.

• Ability and willingness to travel internationally