Engineering Team Lead (NL)

Turner Energy Control Solutions; Hoofddorp; On-site; EUR 63,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

International role

Cross-border collaboration

Job summary

Turner Energy Control Solutions in the Netherlands (Hoofddorp) seeks an Engineering Team Lead to guide retrofit projects, service engineering and technical support. You will lead Project Engineers, Service Engineers, a Cabinet Technician and two Coordinators, coach performance, and ensure KPI tracking and design reviews. You’ll collaborate with Italy, Germany and the UK as part of a European engineering community.

Qualifications

• Management mindset and ability to build a high-performing team.
• Hands-on experience in control systems or rotating equipment.
• Ability to communicate across Dutch and international teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a technical team of engineers and coordinators.
• Own the technical backbone of projects: designs, KPIs, ISO/CE/ATEX compliance.
• Coordinate with European engineering teams (Italy, Germany, UK) for cross-border projects.
• Represent engineering in front of major customers and internal stakeholders.

Skills

Team leadership

Project management

Cross-border collaboration

Communication skills

Coaching & feedback

Education

HBO/WO in Mechanical/Electrical/OT

Job description

Engineering Team Lead – Turner Energy Control Solutions | Netherlands

Lead a technical team. Shape how a growing international engineering company delivers energy control solutions.

Turner Engine Control Solutions (TECS) is an international engineering company delivering control systems for gas turbines, steam turbines, diesel engines and generators, and increasingly for the wider energy transition. We're a lean, ambitious team of around 75 specialists across the Netherlands, UK, Germany and Italy. Recent wins include advanced power management for offshore platforms, island energy control integrating renewable sources, long-duration industrial-scale storage and hydrogen-ready marine vessel systems.

We're looking for an Engineering Team Lead for our Netherlands site, based in Hoofddorp, to lead the department behind our retrofit projects, service engineering and technical support.

What You’ll Actually Do

• Lead and develop a technical team: Project Engineers, Service Engineers, a Cabinet Technician and two Coordinators report to you. You'll coach, run performance reviews, assign work and build a team that wants to grow with you.
• Own the technical backbone of our projects: reviewing designs, tracking KPIs, ensuring compliance with ISO, CE and ATEX standards, and staying close enough to the engineering to make good calls under pressure.
• Coordinate across borders. You'll work closely with William, your counterpart leading engineering in Italy, and with colleagues across our German and UK teams, as part of a genuinely European engineering community rather than a siloed local department.
• Sit at the table. You'll join Management Team meetings, work directly with our Sales and Finance Team Leads on scoping and delivery, and represent engineering in front of major customers.

What You’ll Actually Do

• Lead and develop a technical team: Project Engineers, Service Engineers, a Cabinet Technician and two Coordinators report to you. You'll coach, run performance reviews, assign work and build a team that wants to grow with you.
• Own the technical backbone of our projects: reviewing designs, tracking KPIs, ensuring compliance with ISO, CE and ATEX standards, and staying close enough to the engineering to make good calls under pressure.
• Coordinate across borders. You'll work closely with William, your counterpart leading engineering in Italy, and with colleagues across our German and UK teams, as part of a genuinely European engineering community rather than a siloed local department.
• Sit at the table. You'll join Management Team meetings, work directly with our Sales and Finance Team Leads on scoping and delivery, and represent engineering in front of major customers.

What You Bring

• A management mindset. You'd rather build a strong team than just be the smartest engineer in the room. Coaching, feedback and difficult conversations don't scare you.
• Technical credibility. HBO or WO level in mechanical engineering, electrical engineering or operational technology, with hands-on experience in control systems or rotating equipment, so your team and your customers take your judgement seriously.
• Communication skills. You move comfortably between a workshop conversation and a Management Team discussion, and between Dutch colleagues and international counterparts.

What We Offer

• €62,500 to €90,000 gross per annum, depending on experience
• A genuinely international role, with direct coordination with our Italian engineering team and the wider TECS European network
• Real influence in a growing company. We're small enough that your decisions shape how engineering actually runs here
• Backup when you need it. Close integration with engineering colleagues in Germany, Italy and the UK for complex or cross-border projects

Ready to lead? Let's talk.