Engineering Team Manager

Engineering Team Manager

Skelmersdale

Salary dependent on experience

The role:

AIS is looking for an Engineering Team Manager to play a key role within the Engineering function, by leading and managing the Engineering Team.

What will you do as our Engineering Team Manager:

• Management of the Business Group Engineering Team.
• Successful and timely delivery of all design engineering work allocated to your team.
• Ensure that high-quality engineering work is maintained.
• Support the Business Group in the process of winning new work.
• Understand changing customer and market needs and use information to continuously improve our product offering and differentiate us from the competition.
• Identifying ‘cost out’ opportunities for through evolutionary product design changes and improvement efficiencies.
• Develop, deploy and maintain a robust Design for Manufacture (DFM) process for all products released by the Business Group into the business.
• Work collaboratively with the Product Group Engineering Leads, develop and deliver Product Road Maps that are aligned with the approved business strategy.
• Authority for technical sign off on SOP’s. This does not include general administration or ownership of SOP.
• Embed DFMECA process within the business (where appropriate) in order to establish best practices.
• Ensure customer satisfaction through timely and efficient delivery of the team’s work.
• Technical authority for design / functional quality related issues, driving through containment with a high level of focus on minimising any detrimental impact to our customer commitments.
• Ensure that all products are designed in accordance with customer requirements, company practice and recognised engineering standards.
• Generate technical presentations for either internal or external purposes.
• Ensure that information on drawings and in documentation is both correct and complete.
• Assist in the communication of technical data to customers and sub-contractors.
• Interface with other functions as required.
• Estimating the schedule and resources required to generate engineering data relating to a project.
• Organising the delivery of engineering documentation from other team members for a project.
• Carrying out any other reasonable duties that may be requested from time to time.

What are we looking for in our Engineering Team Manager:

• Ability to lead and coordinate multiple projects, ensuring delivery against timescales, quality and business objectives.
• Strong organisational and time management skills, with the ability to prioritise workloads for both self and team members.
• Experience providing technical leadership, supervision, mentoring and support to engineers and other team members.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence and build relationships at all levels, both internally and externally.
• Ability to work effectively within multidisciplinary and cross-functional teams, fostering collaboration and knowledge sharing.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with experience undertaking engineering calculations and technical analysis.
• Proven ability to identify and lead product development, continuous improvement and process optimisation initiatives.
• Adaptable and proactive, with the ability to quickly learn new products, technologies and engineering methodologies.
• Logical and methodical approach to engineering design, decision-making and project delivery.
• Commitment to following and continuously improving established design and development processes.
• Experience working across cultural boundaries and within global teams.
• Experience within a manufacturing or engineering environment.

What are the benefits of being our Product Group Engineering Lead:

• Competitive salary dependent on experience
• Discretionary annual bonus of up to 15% of basic salary
• Life assurance of 4 x annual salary
• Single Private Medical Insurance
• Comprehensive employee assistance programme including 24/7 GP, unlimited mental health support and legal consultations
• Group personal pension scheme