Technical Director for Civil Engineering (m/f/d) – Holding

Your Benefits

Secure Future: Fiber optic networks are considered the infrastructure of the future. Benefit from entering one of the most promising industries.

Job Security: You'll get a permanent contract with a company that's well-prepared for the future.

Company Car: We provide you with an attractive company car that you can also use privately.

Welcome Aboard: You'll start with a Welcome Day at our Essen location and receive all the essentials through a structured onboarding process to hit the ground running.

We Give You Space: Flexible working hours and remote work options allow you to balance personal and professional life.

Plan Your Future with Us: Take advantage of our group contract for company pension plans and benefit from an employer contribution.

Enjoy Our Perks: Employee discounts, tax-free gift cards, subsidized private leasing of company cars and e-bikes, and free drinks and fruit complete our offer.

Celebrate with Us: We regularly come together for annual events like summer parties and Christmas celebrations to connect and share.

Your Responsibilities

• You manage all technical-operational guidelines across the group and ensure that construction projects meet economic, quality, and strategic goals.
• You act as a technical partner to management, evaluating construction methods, equipment requirements, drilling and deployment techniques, and the feasibility of operational demands.
• You define technical standards and guidelines for civil engineering, pipeline construction, horizontal drilling technology, and the installation of all supply and disposal lines (water, gas, electricity, telecom).
• You ensure quality compliance with the six-stage construction process—from the proposal phase to warranty—through an overarching control and guideline function, continuously developing processes, systems, and uniform standards for all operational companies.
• You establish a group-wide quality management system and ensure its effective implementation through audits, analyses, and action management.
• You contribute to proposal strategies, complex calculations, awards, and technical contract and change order management at the group level.
• You manage the strategic allocation of resources and capacities across the group—including construction machinery and special equipment (e.g., HDD drilling rigs)—in close coordination with subsidiaries.
• You drive the digitization of technical and quality-related processes, represent the group internally and externally, and significantly shape its technical development.

Your Skills

You have a degree in civil engineering or a comparable engineering program with a strong focus on civil or pipeline construction.

You have experience in a technical leadership or management role, ideally with group-wide or cross-location responsibilities.

You bring solid experience in civil and pipeline construction—preferably in pipeline construction, cable duct construction, or utility line installation.

Ideally, you have knowledge or project experience in the energy/utility sector (water, gas, electricity, telecommunications).

You are proficient in handling the VOB and have experience in technical contract and change order management.

You can methodically evaluate technical issues, construction methods, and equipment requirements and derive reliable recommendations for management.

You have experience in setting up, implementing, and managing processes, as well as applying a quality management system—including audits and KPI-based management.

You act with strong initiative, assertiveness, and flexibility, combining this with a clear, appreciative leadership style and high technical and analytical competence.

Contact

If you want to be part of our team, we look forward to your application via our online form | vitronet Holding GmbH | HR Department Attn: Lara Muhri | Zeche Katharina 2 | 45307 Essen

Do you have questions about this position or your application? Feel free to contact Lara Muhri (Head of Recruiting) by email at bewerbung@crafthunt.app or by phone at +49 162 2543057.