The role: Electrical / Electronics Engineering Manager
My client is an established key player in the high precision re-manufacturing industry, primarily focused on the design, manufacture and selling of equipment, consumables and knowledge transfer into the global semiconductor, geological and optical engineering markets. Their equipment delivers unrivalled accuracy, precision and repeatability.
Approximately 60% of all systems sold incorporate customer specific engineering content, making their output very low volume, high cost. They sell direct and through dealerships worldwide.
All Engineering design, machining and assembly are conducted on site.
They are looking for an experienced engineering manager to lead a multidisciplinary team of electrical/electronic and mechanical engineers.
Essential characteristics:
* Highly driven, results-oriented and organised individual with a proven track record of successfully leading new product development and/or production engineering activities within a small to medium business setting.
* Degree qualified in Electrical / Electronics or software engineering, alongside a proven track record of managing the mechanical engineering aspects of electro-mechanical equipment.
* Leadership and management experience, acting as both mentor and facilitator to achieve the strategic and commercial aims of the business and your department.
* Experience of managing the handover and support requirements for new products.
* Acting as the voice of engineering during design reviews, quality and fault reviews and production meetings.
* Able to effectively appraise capability and resource constraints and communicate issues with candour to all levels of the business, with the appetite and drive to improve the current status-quo.
* Prior involvement in the creation, maintenance, and enforcement of department processes.
* Lead personal development activities and SMART objective setting for the team, managing, and monitoring of KPI's to ensure individual and collective responsibilities are met.
* Customer support experience with in-field issues.
* Willingness to assist in engineering data creation where necessary - Electrical schematics / Software applications, CAD and BOM data, wherever applicable and within the scope of prior experience.
Desirable characteristics
* Knowledge of Semiconductor manufacturing equipment, or similar precision integrated electromechanical equipment.
* Experience of the following software packages:
o SolidWorks + SolidWorks data management
o LabVIEW
o E3 electrical engineering software.
o Sage x3 or similar MRP system
o Q-pulse or similar quality management software.
* Experience of ISO9001:2015, 14001 and 45001
* Experience of recruitment and on-boarding of engineering staff.
- YOU MUST RESIDE IN THE UK OR HAVE RIGHT TO WORK STATUS IN THE UK OR YOUR APPLICATION WILL NOT PROCEED...
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