How to hire a global engineering manager

How to hire a global engineering manager, step by step

Here's a step-by-step global engineering manager hiring guide:

• Step 1: Identify your hiring needs
• Step 2: Create an ideal candidate profile
• Step 3: Make a budget
• Step 4: Write a global engineering manager job description
• Step 5: Post your job
• Step 6: Interview candidates
• Step 7: Send a job offer and onboard your new global engineering manager
• Step 8: Go through the hiring process checklist

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1. Identify your hiring needs

   First, determine the employments status of the global engineering manager you need to hire. Certain global engineering manager roles might require a full-time employee, whereas others can be done by part-time workers or contractors.

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   A global engineering manager's background is also an important factor in determining whether they'll be a good fit for the position. For example, global engineering managers from different industries or fields will have radically different experiences and will bring different viewpoints to the role. You also need to consider the candidate's previous level of experience to make sure they'll be comfortable with the job's level of seniority.

   Here's a comparison of global engineering manager salaries for various roles:

   Type of Global Engineering Manager	Description	Hourly rate
   Global Engineering Manager	Architectural and engineering managers plan, direct, and coordinate activities in architectural and engineering companies.	$41-68
   Research And Development Director	A research and development director spearheads and oversees the research and development initiatives and projects in a company. It is their duty to set goals and guidelines, establish timelines and budgets, direct and manage different departments, liaise with internal and external parties, gather and analyze data to implement solutions against problem areas, and utilize expertise in developing strategies to optimize company operations... Show more	$45-96
   Research And Development Manager	A research and development manager is responsible for supervising project development procedures to support business operations and identify business opportunities that would pave the way for more revenue resources and profits. Research and development managers monitor the production plans from the conceptualization to the final outputs, inspecting inconsistencies and flaws in every phase and revising strategies as needed to achieve the required specifications and requirements... Show more	$37-83

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2. Create an ideal candidate profile

   Common skills:

   • Infrastructure
   • Continuous Improvement
   • Project Management
   • Architecture
   • R
   • SEO
   • IP
   • Windows
   • Emerging Technologies
   • Product Quality
   • Cost Reduction
   • Capital Projects
   • Technical Support
   • ISO

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   Responsibilities:

   • Manage global network operation department which are responsible for all routing, switching, firewall, remote-access and IP telephony.
   • Manage scheduling and implementation of technology for applications migrations to cloud, ensuring consistency adherence to university practices.
   • Use of InfoBlox IPAM application for server IP address allocation.
   • Provide technical design and architecture review, guidance, and approval.
   • Create and roll out a new API compliant quality system to maintain all ISO and API licenses.
   • Initiate design, test, and rollout of IBM DS8300 external storage solution to provide first dependable DR architecture solution.

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3. Make a budget

   Including a salary range in your global engineering manager job description is one of the best ways to attract top talent. A global engineering manager can vary based on:

   • Location. For example, global engineering managers' average salary in hawaii is 34% less than in washington.
   • Seniority. Entry-level global engineering managers 39% less than senior-level global engineering managers.
   • Certifications. A global engineering manager with certifications usually earns a higher salary.
   • Company. Working for an established firm or a new start-up company can make a big difference in a global engineering manager's salary.

   Average global engineering manager salary

   $110,735yearly

   $53.24 hourly rate

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   Entry-level global engineering manager salary

   $86,000 yearly salary

   Updated December 15, 2025

   Average global engineering manager salary by state

   Rank	State	Avg. salary	Hourly rate
   1	Nevada	$136,800	$66
   2	California	$127,350	$61
   3	Wisconsin	$122,406	$59
   4	New York	$115,001	$55
   5	Texas	$113,535	$55
   6	Massachusetts	$113,311	$54
   7	Illinois	$112,888	$54
   8	Rhode Island	$109,014	$52
   9	Ohio	$107,559	$52
   10	Georgia	$106,363	$51
   11	Indiana	$105,855	$51
   12	New Hampshire	$105,113	$51
   13	Virginia	$104,602	$50
   14	New Jersey	$102,735	$49
   15	Colorado	$102,715	$49
   16	Florida	$102,173	$49
   17	Louisiana	$101,731	$49
   18	Maryland	$98,604	$47
   19	North Dakota	$97,866	$47
   20	North Carolina	$96,978	$47

   Average global engineering manager salary by company

   Company

   Rank	Company	Average salary	Hourly rate	Job openings
   1	Google	$152,234	$73.19	116
   2	Mayer Brown	$141,489	$68.02
   3	Datadog	$140,784	$67.68	20
   4	PayPal	$138,595	$66.63	5
   5	Karma Automotive	$137,164	$65.94
   6	Twilio	$130,006	$62.50	1
   7	Bed Bath & Beyond	$127,050	$61.08
   8	Costco Wholesale	$124,950	$60.07
   9	Boston Consulting Group	$123,035	$59.15	12
   10	Nike	$121,662	$58.49	4
   11	TechnipFMC	$121,482	$58.40
   12	Cytec Industries	$121,102	$58.22
   13	Adobe	$119,995	$57.69	70
   14	Amazon	$119,981	$57.68	318
   15	Weatherford International	$119,423	$57.41	2
   16	BorgWarner	$119,093	$57.26	4
   17	Navistar	$117,656	$56.57	4
   18	Infineon Technologies	$116,427	$55.97	6
   19	Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc.	$115,897	$55.72
   20	Merck	$114,585	$55.09	17

4. Writing a global engineering manager job description

   A job description for a global engineering manager role includes a summary of the job's main responsibilities, required skills, and preferred background experience. Including a salary range can also go a long way in attracting more candidates to apply, and showing the first name of the hiring manager can also make applicants more comfortable. As an example, here's a global engineering manager job description:

   Global engineering manager job description example

   Weatherford is a leading global energy services company. Our world-class experts partner with customers to optimize their resources and realize the full potential of their assets. Across our operating locations, including manufacturing, research and development, service, and training facilities, operators choose us for strategic solutions that add efficiency, flexibility, and responsibility to any energy operation.
   
   We are focused on technology development, digital solutions, and defining our footprint in the new energy space. Our ability to provide integrated solutions across our segments will be critical to growth in our core operations and the energy transition.
   
   Energy producers face unique challenges every day, so it is our job to create solutions that enhance safety, streamline operations, and sustain uptime to meet or exceed their targets. We operate across the global energy landscape employing some of the best diverse talent in the industry. At Weatherford, we understand the value each individual brings to the table. We celebrate diversity in all its forms and are immensely proud of our workforce. We invite you to join our passionate, talented, word-class team.
   
   When you join Weatherford, you instantly feel connected to something bigger - a community that is grounded by our core values and driven to create innovative solutions for our customers. We celebrate each other's successes, grow together, and learn from each other constantly. Individually, we are impressive. Together, we are unstoppable. We are One Weatherford.
   
   Weatherford offers competitive compensation, a comprehensive benefits program and provides you a challenging and enriching career path, with a healthy balance of structure and flexibility to chart your own course. We are focused on providing a challenging and enriching career path with a healthy balance of structure and flexibility to chart your own course. We are an innovative, global company with wide-ranging opportunities that include career-enhancing talent rotations. Our structured career paths will ensure that you know what it takes to build your ideal career at Weatherford when you join our Company. We also offer a comprehensive benefits program, including health insurance coverage, income protection plans, a 401(k) savings plan, Company paid holidays, and paid time off for vacation.
   
   Weatherford is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.
   Responsibilities The Global Engineering Manager will be responsible for defining and standardizing how we engineer and design Manage Pressure Wells. The role will be setting process and guidance that aligns with industry best practice and demand by customers. It is reliant of the role to establish engineered solutions that demonstrate not only technical but also economic value to our customers and their operations, ensuring growth and adoption of Managed Pressure Wells across all applications. The role will be responsible for developing a strategic Wells Engineering Strategy, creating new revenue stream that is competitive and built on our leading technologies and software for Managed Pressure Wells. This includes development of cross product line synergies that will enhance our capabilities and advance our engineered solutions. Duties & Responsibilities SAFETY, SECURITY & COMPLIANCE Maintains the highest standards of corporate governance, ensuring that all activities are carried out ethically and in compliance with Company policies and procedures, relevant laws, regulations, standards, and industry practices Responsible with being familiar with the Company's Security, Compliance & HSE policies and takes an active role in the compliance & improvement of Weatherford Management System including meeting all reporting requirements Complies with the Company's Rules to Live By and all applicable rules, regulations, and standards that the Company abides by Places Quality, Health & Safety, Security, and protection of the Environment as core values while never intentionally placing employees, our processes, customers, or the communities in which we live and work at risk of loss. Seeks continual improvement in Quality, Health, Safety, Security & protection of the Environment, considering responsible care, process vulnerabilities, public, customer and employee inputs, knowledge and technology and best business practices to exceed customer expectations In a management role demonstrates effective safety leadership by being responsible for the health and safety arrangements of all and any subordinates and for any persons visiting them while on the Company premises to enhance the Company's commitment to safety performance QUALITY Responsible for being familiar with the Company's Quality policies and takes an active role in the compliance and improvement of the companies Management System Maintains service quality as immediate priorities when working across all areas of the business VISION & LEADERSHIP Demonstrates leadership, ethical behaviour and adherence to company standards at all times Promote the continual quality improvement strategy of the company to meet strategic business objectives and profitability Set and monitor global targets for Key Performance Indicators and define safety and service quality improvement action plans geared to enhance safety, quality & efficiency Develop long-term plans to promote and meet Managed Pressure Wells solutions for the product line OPERATIONS Represents the Managed Pressure Drilling business globally. Liaise with clients and vendors in the specification of managed pressure wells and engineered solutions. Ensures that the organization is optimally suited to identify customer needs and problems, to offer them the most appropriate and cost-effective solutions, to deliver the best job execution with outstanding service quality Attend customer design reviews or sales meetings for new and existing products, as required Participate in liaison with clients, where applicable, in conjunction with Product Line and Engineering Stakeholders Support modifications to existing products to meet internal or external customer needs. Conduct evaluations and design reviews of new and existing product designs Provide engineering support to operational staff during field runs, ensuring the highest level of Customer Service Quality is maintained throughout Provide technical support to field operations and other company officials. COMMUNICATION Build strong and positive relationships with client at various levels Collaborate with a wide variety of functional areas such as sales, operations, and R&D to support product successes and market growth Work with the Global Product Line managers to establish synergies and development engineered solutions that encompass multiple product line offerings. Coordinate technical participation, conference request and client's events that required global or corporate participation with Sales organization and the Geozones Maintain active engagement with Geozone engineering teams to support continued training and development as well as realization of strategic goals Maintains effective communications with all key stakeholders both internal and external. Promote an open communication environment to ensure correct procedures, policies and documentation requirements are implemented and followed FINANCIAL All employees have an accountability to the organization to be financially responsible whether they are in charge of a function budget or simply their own expenses Costs incurred should be within approved budget and processed within agreed time frames and following the relevant financial policy and procedure PEOPLE & DEVELOPMENT Leads and motivates employees to work to the best of their ability as part of the team through open communications, regular meetings, coaching and counseling, attention to their needs, recognition and rewards for their individual contributions and collective accomplishments Develop and maintain the engineering career path for the product line Employees in a supervisory role are responsible for actively engaging their employees to support talent management through the companies performance management & coaching tools and processes, including but not limited to talent assessments and succession planning Employees in a supervisory role are responsible for driving strategies for the recruitment & retention of key personal & to foster an environment that enables the Company to attract & retain a high performing talented workforce Qualifications Education & Experience REQUIRED Bachelor's degree, equivalent university degree or combination of education and experience 10+ years' experience in the Oil & Gas industry, particularly in Operations Strong experience in drilling engineering and project management Experience with managing and leading internal resources as well as external contracting resources Project management experience and demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines Experience in Managed Pressure Drilling technologies with emphasis on drilling and well engineering Have held the position of Operations or Geozone Business Manager and/or Technical Sales Manager PREFERRED Experience in Oil & Gas related engineering within an oilfield equipment Relevant engineering design experience gained in an Oil and Gas industry

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5. Post your job

   To find global engineering managers for your business, try out a few different recruiting strategies:

   • Consider internal talent. One of the most important talent pools for any company is its current employees.
   • Ask for referrals. Reach out to friends, family members, and your current work to ask if they know any global engineering managers they would recommend.
   • Recruit at local colleges. Attend job fairs at local colleges to recruit entry-level global engineering managers with the right educational background.
   • Social media platforms. LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter have more than 3.5 billion users, and they're a great place for company branding and reaching potential job candidates.

   Post your job online:

   • Post your global engineering manager job on Zippia to find and recruit global engineering manager candidates who meet your exact specifications.
   • Use field-specific websites.
   • Post a job on free websites.

6. Interview candidates

   During your first interview to recruit global engineering managers, engage with candidates to learn about their interest in the role and experience in the field. During the following interview, you'll be able to go into more detail about the company, the position, and the responsibilities.

   You should also ask about candidates' unique skills and talents to see if they match the ideal candidate profile you developed earlier. Candidates good enough for the next step can complete the technical interview.

   The right interview questions can help you assess a candidate's hard skills, behavioral intelligence, and soft skills.

7. Send a job offer and onboard your new global engineering manager

   Once you've selected the best global engineering manager candidate for the job, it's time to write an offer letter. In addition to salary, this letter should include details about the benefits and perks you offer the candidate. Ensuring that your offer is competitive is essential, as qualified candidates may be considering other job opportunities. The candidate may wish to negotiate the terms of the offer, and you should be open to discussion. After you reach an agreement, the final step is formalizing the agreement with a contract.

   It's also important to follow up with applicants who do not get the job with an email letting them know that the position is filled.

   After that, you can create an onboarding schedule for a new global engineering manager. Human Resources and the hiring manager should complete Employee Action Forms. Human Resources should also ensure that onboarding paperwork is completed, including I-9s, benefits enrollment, federal and state tax forms, etc., and that new employee files are created.

8. Go through the hiring process checklist

   • Determine employee type (full-time, part-time, contractor, etc.)
   • Submit a job requisition form to the HR department
   • Define job responsibilities and requirements
   • Establish budget and timeline
   • Determine hiring decision makers for the role
   • Write job description
   • Post job on job boards, company website, etc.
   • Promote the job internally
   • Process applications through applicant tracking system
   • Review resumes and cover letters
   • Shortlist candidates for screening
   • Hold phone/virtual interview screening with first round of candidates
   • Conduct in-person interviews with top candidates from first round
   • Score candidates based on weighted criteria (e.g., experience, education, background, cultural fit, skill set, etc.)
   • Conduct background checks on top candidates
   • Check references of top candidates
   • Consult with HR and hiring decision makers on job offer specifics
   • Extend offer to top candidate(s)
   • Receive formal job offer acceptance and signed employment contract
   • Inform other candidates that the position has been filled
   • Set and communicate onboarding schedule to new hire(s)
   • Complete new hire paperwork (i9, benefits enrollment, tax forms, etc.)

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