Team Lead Engineering Standards

Main responsibilities and tasks:

The Team Leader Engineering Standards is responsible for developing governing and continuously improving company-wide engineering standards specifications procedures design guidelines calculation methods and technical templates. The role leads a team of mechanical engineers and serves as the focal point for standardization initiatives aimed at improving engineering quality consistency efficiency compliance and scalability across the organization.

Engineering Standards Management

• Own the complete lifecycle management of engineering standards specifications procedures guidelines document templates and calculation templates.
• Establish governance processes for creation review approval release revision and retirement of controlled technical documents.
• Ensure consistency and alignment across standards specifications procedures drawings templates and related engineering documentation.
• Maintain accurate document cross-references and change histories.
• Ability to simplify complex technical knowledge into clear usable and auditable standards.
• Interpret and apply relevant international standards including ASME ASTM API NACE and ISO and translate their requirements into practical internal engineering guidance.
• Develop technical documents covering material selection assembly procedures mitigation plans casting and machining defect resolution and acceptance criteria for cast forged and machined parts.
• Create and maintain operating manuals standard operating procedures technical guidelines and pressure-testing requirements for rotating-equipment parts and assemblies.
• Review parts part drawings and assembly drawings of mechanical equipment with particular focus on rotating equipment for technical correctness standardization opportunities and usability.
• Detailed experience in preparing calculation design tools.
• Standardize workflows processes materials machine components document structures and calculation methods to improve quality repeatability lead time and engineering efficiency.
• Maintain accurate document cross-references and ensure consistency among standards specifications procedures drawings templates and related controlled documents.
• Coordinate with Sales Engineering Design Production Machine Shop Assembly Procurement Quality Testing and Field Service to gather requirements and implement practical standards.
• Exchange experience and lessons learned with SERV Operational Excellence Contracting and Workshop and convert relevant learning into improved standards and guidance.

Leadership & Team Management

• Lead and develop a team of qualified mechanical engineers responsible for standards development and maintenance.
• Allocate work provide technical guidance mentor team members and ensure competency development.
• Review technical deliverables and ensure timely completion of assignments with high-quality standards.
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement technical excellence and knowledge sharing.
• Plan and coordinate standards projects define milestones monitor progress and risks and ensure compliance with agreed schedules and deadlines.

Education Experience and Languages:

• Graduate in Mechanical engineering.
• 10 years of industrial experience preferably in rotating equipment.
• Experience with ERP systems preferably SAP.
• Experience in Siemens UGNX or Similar 3D modelling tool.
• Proficiency in English language and knowledge of German language will be an added advantage.

Burckhardt Compression creates leading compression solutions for a sustainable energy future and the long-term success of its customers. The Group is the only global manufacturer that covers a full range of reciprocating compressor technologies and services. Since 1844 its passionate customer-oriented and solution-driven workforce has set the benchmark in the gas compression industry.