Sr Director Head of GWP Eng & Digitalization

Job Description

Do you want to join a passionate Workplace Innovation team that strives to create workplaces that make our LEGO Brand framework come alive and enable our colleagues to succeed and grow together?

Get ready to embark on an exciting journey as a visionary people leader, working alongside a diverse group of workplace specialists to drive innovation of workplace and make a lasting impact. Your adventure starts here!"

Play your part in our team succeeding

Global workplace projects is the organization accountable for all the Capacity expansions, key sustainability projects and other complex projects within The LEGO Group.

Engineering & Digitalization is part of Global Workplace Projects, it is a global department responsible for the technical building disciplines such as supply concepts, MEP disciplines, building management systems, fire safety, etc. All the Engineering and technical support to the project teams at the construction sites if provided by this department.

Engineering and Digitalization is also responsible to drive the complex sustainability projects, to look at innovation in construction from materials to methods, as well as the digitalization of the buildings.

Engineering & Digitalization applies the specialist knowledge in the design and construction of new factory buildings and other larger retrofit projects. They are an integrated part of the program-teams where they lead the technical streams which are managed by a global team of specialists located across ASIA, EMEA and AMS. They have a strong focus on delivering reliable and sustainable solution supporting the ambition to realize zero impact operation.

The complexity in the programs can be described as:

• Team are culturally mixed; very different competences, backgrounds, cultures, mindset and skills
• Team structure has team members with several sub-projects and project organization goes across several organization units
• Team is in several geographies and team is impacted by more than one time zone
• The main stakeholders for the Head of Engineering and Digitalization are typically
• Head of Global Workplace at the different constructions sites.
• GWP LT members
• Head of MD&I, WS&O and SOPS under E&W area.
• Strong interaction with WS&O and SOPS teams.
• Interaction with external suppliers and consultants.
• Expect to travel 30 days per year.

Core Responsibilities

• Lead the Engineering & Digitalization leader team and a team of a specialists in a global setup
• Lead the sustainability agenda within construction including green building certifications
• Accountable for global engineering standards for engineering disciplines within construction
• Leading the PV panel roadmap and associated projects globally
• Ensuring continuously R&D inside new technologies for MEP and sustainability, eg. HVAC, Control systems, energy storage, etc
• Ensure contionous re-assessment of existing engineering systems in factories to optimize energy and water consumption and reduce operational costs.
• Ensure new facilities are digitalized inside engineering scope and harvest values
• Ensure value engineering inside engineering scope across GWP projects
• Member of the factory wheel with mandate to define global engineering standards for LEGO® Standard Factory
• Building engineering capability to support expansion portfolio globally
• Strong role model of Leadership playground behaviors.
• Key member of GWP LT team, with a balanced responsibility of influencing and adding to the strategic priorities of the area, the team performance and the development of GWP as a functional and key area for Operations.

Do you have what it takes?

• Equivalent to scientific Master/Bachelor degree – in Engineering is preferred
• Proven related working experience within leadership and management, leading engineering and project organization.
• Demonstrated results in similar position in a global company
• Previous experience from Facility Engineering or Construction
• Strong leadership & management profile with demonstrated ability from leading multinational and long-distance teams.
• Strong profile in strategic and operational development of organizations to meet business requirements with innovation approach, challenging status quo and continuously looking for and delivering upon opportunities to improve results.
• Ability to navigate in a matrixed organization, get motivated by complex challenges and facilitate strong mitigation plans and solutions.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, proven to manage stakeholders at all levels and across different geographies.
• Willing to travel up to 30 days per year.
• High drive and curiosity to improve the way we do business. You need to have the courage to challenge.
• Seen as knowledgeable and competent
• Responsive and willing to take ownership of issues and drive solutions

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Applications are reviewed on an ongoing basis. However, please note we do amend or withdraw our jobs and reserve the right to do so at any time, including prior to any advertised closing date. So, if you're interested in this role we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

What’s in it for you?

Here is what you can expect:

Family Care Leave - We offer enhanced paid leave options for those important times.

Insurances – All colleagues are covered by our life and disability insurance which provides protection and peace of mind.

Wellbeing - We want our people to feel well and thrive. We offer resources and benefits to nurture physical and mental wellbeing along with opportunities to build community and inspire creativity.

Colleague Discount – We know you'll love to build, so from day 1 you will qualify for our generous colleague discount.

Bonus - We do our best work to succeed together. When goals are reached and if eligible, you'll be rewarded through our bonus scheme.

Workplace - When you join the team you'll be assigned a primary workplace location i.e. one of our Offices, stores or factories. Our hybrid work policy means an average of 3 days per week in the office. The hiring team will discuss the policy and role eligibility with you during the recruitment process.

Children are our role models. Their curiosity, creativity and imagination inspire everything we do. We strive to create a diverse, dynamic and inclusive culture of play at the LEGO Group, where everyone feels safe, valued and they belong.

The LEGO Group is highly committed to equal employment opportunity and equal pay and seeks to encourage applicants from all backgrounds (eg. sex, gender identity or expression, race/ethnicity, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, age and religion) to apply for roles in our team.

Research shows that women and people from different underrepresented backgrounds often only apply for a job if they meet 100% of the listed qualifications. For all candidates, if you dream of being a part of our team and you meet many, but not all of our listed qualifications for this role, please apply.

The LEGO Group is fully committed to Children’s Rights and Child Wellbeing across the globe. Candidates offered positions with high engagement with children are required to take part in Child Safeguarding Background Screening, as a condition of the offer.

Thank you for sharing our global commitment to Children’s Rights.

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