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As Functional Manager Control & Protection Engineering, you will play a key role in leading and developing the Control and Protection Engineering function within our HUB Europe Operating Unit Substation Automation Engineering organization.\nThis is a unique opportunity to combine people leadership with functional governance, engineering excellence, and strategic development. You will lead a team of Team Leaders across multiple locations and ensure that the function has the competencies, capacity, processes, tools, and standard solutions required to successfully deliver today's projects while building future capabilities.\nIf you are passionate about developing people, driving standardization, fostering collaboration, and advancing engineering excellence, we would be excited to hear from you.\nHow you’ll make an impact\nLead, coach, and develop a team of up to 12 Team Leaders responsible for Control and Protection Engineering resources across the Operating Unit\nDrive harmonization and standardization of engineering processes, tools, guidelines, and ways of working to enhance collaboration and delivery excellence\nEnsure effective utilization of engineering resources and accountability for the quality and performance of services delivered by the function\nHarmonize hardware and software engineering tools across the Control and Protection Engineering community\nLead competency and capacity management activities to ensure the organization is equipped to meet current and future project demands\nDevelop and implement standard engineering solutions that strengthen efficiency, scalability, and market competitiveness\nDefine and maintain cost estimation models for Control and Protection Engineering and testing activities within projects\nContribute actively to the Operating Unit Substation Automation Engineering Management Team and support strategic initiatives, continuous improvement, and Center of Excellence projects\nYour background\nBachelor’s or master’s degree in electrical engineering or a related technical discipline\nMinimum 10 years of experience within Substation Automation Systems, Control & Protection Engineering, or a closely related field\nPrevious people leadership experience as a Team Leader or Manager, with a strong track record of developing high-performing teams\nDeep understanding of engineering processes, project execution, technical solutions, and tools within Substation Automation environments\nExperience in competency development, workforce planning, capacity management, engineering standardization, and organizational transformation initiatives\nStrong leadership, stakeholder management, and communication skills, with the ability to influence across a complex international organization\nStructured, solution-oriented, and customer-focused approach to decision-making and problem-solving\nFluent in English, both written and spoken. 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