Control & Protection System Engineering Leader
Switzerland Global Enterprise
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Office
Location: Stafford • 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
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Senior
About the role
- Recruit and Developing Department talent
- Engineering process
- Provide technical guidance.
- Drive consistent design practices and common global processes for projects.
- Safety, quality, on time delivery, cost
- Lessons learnt
- Overseeing and managing day to day operations in the department which includes drive consistent design practices, common global processes for projects implementation and provide technical solution that meets the project and Tender objectives.
- Deliver leading edge collaborative design by ensuring teams are synchronised and aligned in their processes and approaches to deliver the highest standards safely and consistently.
- Work closely with Team Managers to plan execution strategies, provide engineering estimates, identify risks and put mitigation strategies for new opportunities.
- Identify and drive improvements in engineering, operational tools, processes, systems & technical solutions to improve our customer value and business efficiency.
- Uphold the principles of Safety, Quality, Delivery and Cost (SQDC) within the teams.
- Execute and provide guidance for the analysis / evaluation of assigned projects that meet business standards, practices and procedures and the product / program requirements.
- Responsible for coaching and developing department talent.
- Define the project work breakdown structure (WBS), resources and skill levels required to meet the delivery timescales.
Requirements
- Engineering degree or equivalent including power systems and power electronics subjects or proven equivalent knowledge and experience in HVDC business (Control & Protection System Engineering).
- Exceptional sense of urgency and ability to identify and manage team organisational risks.
- Proven skills in managing and leading team with strong technical background.
- Advanced interpersonal and leadership skills.
- Demonstrated ability to analyse and resolve problems.
- Demonstrated ability to lead programs skills.
- Experienced in leading large teams – Technical & Operational.
- Proactively serves on cross functional leadership teams; Makes decisions independently; Pulls in experts when needed.
Benefits
- Working in an international team which is part of global Engineering HVDC Centre of Excellence within Grid Integration based in Stafford.
- A key role in a dynamic, international working environment with a large degree of flexibility of work agreements.
- Competitive benefits, and great development opportunities
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
engineering processtechnical guidancedesign practicesproject implementationengineering estimatesrisk identificationmitigation strategieswork breakdown structurepower systemspower electronics
Soft skills
team managementleadershipproblem analysisorganizational risk managementinterpersonal skillscollaborationdecision makingcoachingcommunicationproactive service
Certifications
engineering degreeHVDC business knowledgeControl & Protection System Engineering certification