Description
Mission statement:
Lead a number of engineering teams within a business unit.
Drive teams' performance to ensure that safety, integrity, financial and contractual requirements are met.
Initiate and drive continuous improvement activities across teams.
Your responsibilities:
You will lead engineering teams which are responsible for several projects or business areas like projects, products & services, ensuring delivery of a portfolio of projects "on time, in full" with a focus on safety, quality and customer satisfaction.
You will build and maintain customer relationships, seek feedback and provide innovative solutions to meet customer requirements and deliver improvements, provide engineering support during the bid phase, support presentation of proposals to customers, work with business development to target new opportunities, and present new technology and innovation at conferences and client events.
You will oversee offshore back-office work within your area of responsibility, conduct regular progress reviews, identify and help mitigate contractual risk arising out of engineering deliverables, and inspire back-office teams to own engineering solutions and feel part of the wider APAC engineering backbone.
You will plan, forecast, evaluate and manage workload to ensure engineering teams are adequately resourced, developed and equipped to meet business needs, oversee planning and control processes in the engineering teams, and conduct regular reviews to ensure the teams are delivering work packages allocated according to customer and Hitachi Energy obligations.
You will create and implement plans to ensure that business risks are identified and managed, and opportunities maximized.
You will facilitate best practice sharing within the engineering team, initiate and drive continuous improvement activities, develop, implement and improve relevant processes, policies and procedures to enhance effectiveness across the engineering function, and ensure (with HR support) that the area of responsibility is properly organized, staffed, skilled and directed, while guiding, motivating, coaching and developing employees reporting directly and indirectly, within HR policies.
You will create a workplace where everyone views health, safety and environment as the most important non-negotiable value of your business.
Living Hitachi Energy's core values of safety and integrity, which means taking responsibility for your own actions while caring for your colleagues and the business.
Your background:
Engineering/Trade qualifications – Electrical or equivalent.
More than 20 years of experience in Electrification, Power generation or Power T&D in a similar role.
Experience across Electrical Industry, Utilities, Power T&D or Power Systems projects is an advantage.
Knowledge of Quality standards, Lean Six Sigma and Continuous Improvement methodologies from a Value engineering & problem-solving perspective will be a plus.
Awareness of power system technology, safety and IEC/IEEE standards.
Advanced computer skills across MS Office, MS Teams, Outlook, SharePoint.
Ability to express opinions and work with multiple stakeholders and positions.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with high attention to detail.#J-18808-Ljbffr