Engineering Section Head

Technical contribution:

• Defines and ensures implementation of operating guidelines for team and oversees progress within own area of responsibility,
• Identifies and manages technical issues.
• Drives team performance to ensure that deliverables are met on time, as per the set contract, safety, and quality requirements.
• Approves the solution before sending to the customer
• Responsible for preparing and sending updated manufacturing file for all related departments,
• Approves Bill of material

Customer and Sales Support:

• Ensures delivery of technical solutions according to customer requirements.
• Drives development of processes/practices based on customer feedback.
• Provides engineering support during the bid phase,
• ensures that the resources required to deliver the technical solutions are correctly accounted (e.g. the requirements for safety, technical competence, quality, schedule, and cost).

Contract Management:

• Oversees contractual work within own area of responsibility.
• Conducts regular progress reviews to identify and manage contractual risks.
• Ensures completion of risk assessments and opportunity assessments (e.g. variation orders and claims) and implementation of resulting actions across projects.

Planning and control:

• Ensures that the engineering team is adequately resourced, developed and equipped to meet business needs.
• Ensures correct assignments of tasks within the engineering team, defines relevant performance metrics.
• Creates work plans and cost estimates for engineering work.

Supply chain management:

• Collaborates with the Supply Chain function to ensure that correct supplies & suppliers services and equipment are available to support the engineering execution.

Technical leadership and Development:

• Facilitate best practices and knowledge sharing within the engineering team.
• Develops and drives continuous improvement activities to improve processes, policies, procedures, and effectiveness within one’s area of responsibility.

People Leadership

• Ensures (with HR support) that the area of responsibility is meticulously organized, staffed, skilled and directed.
• Guides, motivates, coaches, and develops direct and indirect subordinates within HR polices