Production and engineering

Technical director CV: example and template

This example is for technical directors at manufacturing plants, in energy and in industrial companies, and for maintenance managers and heads of technical departments who want to be responsible for all of a plant's engineering.

The board wants to know which plant you are responsible for, which investments you run, how you look after machine availability, energy and safety and how large your team is. We show you how to describe this on your CV.

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Example CV: technical director

All the details in this example are fictional. Treat it as a model of layout and wording, and replace the content with your own experience.

Grzegorz Kaczmarczyk

Technical director

Rzeszow +48 123 456 789 grzegorz.kaczmarczyk@example.com

Professional profile

Technical director with 18 years in industry, responsible for 6 years for the engineering of an aerospace components plant with 900 employees. I head the maintenance, engineering, energy and investment departments, 85 people in total, and a capital budget of up to PLN 60 million a year. Availability of key machines rose from 86% to 94% and energy use per unit of output fell by 17%.

Work experience

Technical director

01.2020 - present

Aerospace components plant, 900 employees, Rzeszow

  • Heading the maintenance, engineering, energy and investment departments, 85 people.
  • A capital budget of up to PLN 60 million a year, a new machining hall started up on time.
  • Availability of key machines up from 86% to 94% through preventive maintenance.
  • Energy use per unit of output down 17%, an energy audit and a modernised compressor house.
  • Machine safety, technical inspection and the aerospace industry's quality requirements.

Maintenance manager

03.2010 - 12.2019

Automotive parts manufacturer, Mielec

  • Leading a department of 34 on 3 shifts.
  • Introducing a maintenance management system.
  • Changeovers and start-ups of new lines.

Education

Master's degree, mechanical engineering

2002 - 2007

Rzeszow University of Technology

Skills

  • Managing a plant's engineering
  • Investments and capital budget
  • Maintenance and machine availability
  • Energy efficiency
  • Machine safety and technical inspection
  • Leading a team of engineers

Qualifications

  • Qualification certificate for supervising power equipment up to 1 kV
  • MBA postgraduate studies, 2018
  • Aerospace quality requirements training, 2020

Languages

  • English: C1

Additional information

  • Driving licence category B

I hereby consent to the processing of my personal data for the purposes necessary to carry out the recruitment process, in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 (GDPR).

How to write a technical director CV

Professional summary

Write which plant you are responsible for, in which industry, how large the departments you head are and what capital budget you have. Add results, for example machine availability and energy use. The board is looking for someone who will keep production running and spend investment money wisely.

Maintenance manager with 10 years of experience in the automotive industry. I lead a department of 34 on 3 shifts, am responsible for the maintenance management system and start up new lines. I am looking for work as a technical director.

Experience: duties and achievements

Describe the plant, departments, budget, investments, machine availability, energy and safety. Show results in numbers. Add start-ups of new halls and lines, because they show the scale of your responsibility.

Weaker: Heading the technical department.

Better: Heading the maintenance, engineering, energy and investment departments, 85 people.

Weaker: Investments.

Better: A capital budget of up to PLN 60 million a year, a new machining hall started up on time.

Weaker: Machines.

Better: Availability of key machines up from 86% to 94% through preventive maintenance.

Skills worth listing

List managing engineering, investments, maintenance, energy, safety and the team. In your soft skills show decisiveness, strategic thinking and leadership.

Professional skills

  • Plant engineering
  • Investments
  • Maintenance
  • Energy
  • Machine safety
  • Engineering team

Personal skills

  • Decisiveness
  • Strategic thinking
  • Leadership
  • Negotiation
  • Resilience under pressure

Qualifications

List supervision qualification certificates, management studies and training in industry requirements. In energy and construction add the qualifications the role requires.

How to become a technical director

Most people move up from maintenance, engineering or investment manager. On your CV show the budgets and teams you are already responsible for.

Add the investments and start-ups you run from start to finish. A technical director plans for years, not just for the next shift.

Tailoring your CV to the job offer

A manufacturing plant looks for machine availability and investments, an energy company for safety and inspection, and a construction company for equipment, technology and supervision of works. Move to the top what the job ad is about.

The most common mistakes on a technical director CV

Questions and answers

What should a technical director put on a CV?

The plant, departments, team, budget, investments, machine availability, energy, safety and qualifications.

How does a technical director differ from a maintenance manager?

A maintenance manager keeps the machines running, and a technical director is responsible for all of the plant's engineering, investments and energy.

Which results are worth giving?

Machine availability, energy use, maintenance costs, investments delivered on time and workplace accidents.

Are management studies needed?

Not always, but they help, because a director works with the budget and the board.

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