Manager - Engineering Department

Role & responsibilities

Responsible for leading a product design team to ensure the delivery of new products from the concept stage to end products ready for manufacture. Drive creative thinking, ensure customer needs are considered and collaborate with cross functional teams to ensure that product is delivered on time. Deliver the agreed engineering objectives established in the Annual Operating Plan and considering the organisation longer-term product strategy road map. Will be Responsible for,

• Coordinate with Marketing, testing labs, and other cross-functional members to develop the product in specified time and quality.
• Idea generation using systematic tools
• Continually improve the product cost and quality with specific yearly targets
• Design product test specifications and product validation
• Decide prototyping strategies and product verification
• Liaison with project team to get component samples and drawings
• ECN & R Management
• Manage the design and development team to produce a range of concept design schemes for new products as well as updating existing product designs.
• Motivate and coach the team to operational success
• Monitor the completion of tasks and ensure good performance and record on appropriate systems
• Set department objectives/KPIs and review and assess ongoing performance of direct reports
• Communicate KPIs from the strategic annual plan so that each employee is aware
• Provide technical expertise to the team
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders to ensure optimal performance.
• In depth knowledge and experience of NPD process, DFMEA, FMEA, APQP, PPAP, and Six Sigma.

Strong working knowledge of advanced 2D and 3D CAD, GD&T and tolerance stack analysis.

• Experience of New Product Introduction, reworking design changes and upgrades through to production.
• Experience of managing a team.
• Experience of testing and prototyping. CE, UL, CSA certification is preferred.