Engineering Manager

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What you'll do:

The Engineering Manager is a core and critical position, they are responsible for planning, directing and coordinating the activities of a team of engineers and technicians. Engineering Managers are responsible for ensuring that the appropriate resource is available and aligned to enable the delivery of project and programme objectives.

As an Engineering Manager, your main responsibilities will involve:

Being the technical lead and responsible engineer for a number of projects, programs or product developments. The engineering manager is responsible for ensuring the delivery of technically compliant solutions within the required project objectives (schedule, recurring and non-recurring budget, quality and technical performance) and in compliance with the required processes and practices. The engineer manager is the primary technical point of contact/escalation for the product area, internally and externally.

Responsibilities:
• Responsible for providing the appropriately skilled and aligned resource to deliver against project and programme objectives.
• Highlights any gaps in required skills / levels of resource required in short to medium term. Develops case and plan for closure for approval. Executes to ensure timely delivery of goals.
• Identifies potential problems / issues within Engineering projects / programmes and works to resolve, escalate as appropriate.
• Works closely with interdependent functions across the organisation to ensure customer needs, project demands and internal requirements are all factored into operational engineering decisions.
• Utilises Engineering KPIs and metrics to measure performance and take appropriate actions to drive excellence in execution
• Ensure functional excellence within the Engineering department, deploying common frameworks and processes within areas of responsibility.
• Act as a point of escalation for questions / decisions / problems that cannot be resolved. Looks to delegate and educate others to ensure effective, quick decision making and reducing bottlenecks whenever appropriate.
• Ensuring the accreditation, retention and adherence to relevant standards on behalf of the Company
• Carry out PDRs for direct reports, working with appropriate technical specialists to identify and execute development plans for all team members.

Qualifications:

• Engineering degree or equivalent with at least 10 years experience.

Skills:

• The ability to lead and manage high performing multi-function engineering teams
• Demonstrated engineering expertise and product, customer, market understanding
• The ability to work within a large organisation in a matrix management structure
• Decision making / problem solving - able to make decisions in complex and ambiguous situations and with incomplete data
• Ability to build excellent relationships with key project stakeholders and the wider business
• Strong communication skills
• Ability to provide role modeling to the organisation in line with the Business core values and behaviors
• Expertise in engineering processes, practices and measures of performance

• Experience in leading Integrated Product Teams in a manufacturing company, preferably in the defense and / or commercial aerospace markets
• Excellent organisational, communication, and leadership skills.
• Possess a working knowledge of business finance and ability to link financial outcomes with operational actions and business strategy

• You will have experience in leading and managing high performing teams
• You will have experience in one or more of the following - mechanical, electro mechanical, fluid, mechanisms, structures or systems product development.
• You are motived and proactive, driving solutions to completion.
• You will have comprehensive appreciation and understanding of the engineering product life cycle.
• Have acquired experience in requirements management and verification (Experience in a requirements management tool like DOORS / CRADLE would be beneficial)
• You have an strong understanding for Systems Engineering Management.
• You are a natural problem solver, with a solutions focussed mindset

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