Engineer in Charge

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Job Title: Engineer in Charge

Location: Filton, Bristol

Salary: £43,000 - £47,000 DOE

Job Role;

To manage Programme Engineering tasks to meet programme and business objectives.
• Key Customer interface for the programme.
• Manages the engineering project team and interfaces with the business units.
• Integration at overall program level of planning and scheduling data, as required, from Product Integrators at individual package level.
• Establishing overall program priorities for design engineering task.
• Resolution, in conjunction with functional heads, of overall resourcing conflicts between packages.
• Overall design NRC planning, tracking, and control.
• Continued business programme support through product service
• Link to Operations for manufacturing philosophy, design for cost agreements, etc.
• Change control at Customer level.
• Management of project technical content.
• Identification of work packages suitable for off-load to external Suppliers.

To identify and implement Lean initiatives and to encourage a culture of continuous improvement.

Skills, Experience and Qualifications;

• From an engineering discipline within an aerospace environment
• Proven track record as a leader of an engineering team
• Experience in multi-discipline engineering activities
• Management of complex projects.
• Project management, planning and organising skills based on recognised management methods.
• Strong business and commercial acumen.
• Solid approach/understanding to the delivery and tracking of engineering tasks.
• Able to define challenging objectives and achieve them.
• Relationship building at all levels up to and including senior management level.
• Vision and purpose to support organisational change.
• Ability to mentor and coach engineers in the delivery of their specific task
Personal Specification;
• Able to influence, and where necessary challenge, stakeholders at all levels within the business.
• Likely to be able to be eligible for approval level 4 signatory.
• Able to work with cross functional teams that will typically include (in addition to the design engineering team) operations, manufacturing engineering, commercial. procurement, quality and suppliers
• Excellent written, oral, presentation and facilitation skills
• Must have the ability to rationalise, assess and evaluate information that may not always be clear
• Has good judgement in considering when escalation is appropriate.
• Strong minded and committed, focussed on delivery, must be able to work under pressure and to tight deadlines
• Numerate and articulate
• Ability to present data and reports to facilitate the decision making process at all levels of the business
• Has the ability to work successfully within a matrix managed business, able to influence without legitimate authority
• Ability to work as key a part of a team
• Resourceful, flexible and adaptable.
• Prepared to work on the complete range of GKN Aerospace programmes, both civil and military
• Able to travel as required by the position including internationally.

Direct Reports

• Design Stress Configuration & Systems Teams allocated to the Programme

Internal Contacts

• Colleagues
• All Engineering functions within GKN Aerospace (specifically the Chief Engineers Office, Functional Heads, Engineering Programme Management & Engineering Senior Management Team)
• Quality department
• Site / Engineering senior leadership team(s)
• Programme Director
• Customer Support

External Contacts

• Customers, Aircraft Operators
• Sub –Tier Suppliers including,
o Engineering resource providers
o Hardware / Software providers (particularly Design and Build suppliers)
• Regulatory Authorities

Contact Information:

Please email a copy of your most recent CV to cjackson@kdcresource.com or call Charlie Jackson on +44(0)1202 596367 for further information.

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