Product Group Engineering Lead

CRP Subsea is looking for aProduct Group Engineering Lead to support our Engineering Team in Skelmersdale.

What will you do as our Product Group Engineering Lead:

• Support the Engineering Team Manager to provide design engineering cover across the Business Group and across CRP when necessary.
• The deployment of critical strategic objectives agreed with the Engineering Team Manager within your engineering team.
• Ensure appropriate engineering reviews design verification activities and risk assessments are completed in accordance with company procedures.
• Manage performance objectives and development plans for engineers within the product group.
• Conduct regular one-to-one meetings and performance reviews.
• Identify training and competency development requirements.
• Support succession planning and talent development activities.
• The day-to-day supervision of all engineering resources within your engineering team recognising their development needs and implementing plans for improvement.
• Accountable for the successful delivery of all engineering activities within the designated product group ensuring quality schedule and cost objectives are achieved.
• Plan and prioritise engineering resources to meet project and operational demands escalating capacity risks where necessary.
• Act as the first point of escalation for all issues encountered within your engineering team.
• Ensure adherence to all company policies and prevailing business regulations.
• Perform design engineering activities within Design Engineering on a day-to-day basis.
• Ensure that all products are designed in accordance with customer requirements company practice and recognised engineering standards.
• Improve product design methods and procedures.
• Lead departmental continuous improvement initiatives.
• Generate technical presentations for either internal or external purposes.
• Ensure information in drawings and documentation is both correct and complete.
• Provide technical support for products associated with the Business Group activities.
• Provide technical support relating to production plant and equipment if required.
• Assist in the communication of technical data to Customers and sub-contractors.
• Interface with Supply Chain and Operations as required.
• Support and participate in company-wide improvement initiatives.
• Support the Business Group in the process of winning new work.
• Promote a positive collaborative and accountable team culture.
• Support recruitment and onboarding activities where required.
• Other appropriate activities as defined by the Business Group management.

What are we looking for in our Product Group Engineering Lead:

• Demonstrates a consistent track record of delivering high-quality engineering solutions.
• Ability to work to defined company processes and standards.
• Maintain customer focus and ensure customer satisfaction through delivery of your work.
• Proven ability to identify and implement improvements to engineering processes and product design methodologies.
• Work in a logical and analytical a champion for procurement and related processes within the organisation.
• Work effectively on simultaneous projects; manage time flexibly and effectively with minor supervision.
• Advise and agree reasonable timescales for completion of engineering with sales and projects colleagues.
• Communicate effectively with good written and verbal skills.
• Build strong working relationships and work well within a multi-discipline team.
• Set an example for and provide support/training to less experienced engineers.
• Awareness understanding and effective application of relevant technical and HSE standards.
• Experience in working across cultural boundaries communicating effectively both internally and externally.
• Experience working within a manufacturing environment.
• Experience in conducting analytical calculations.
• Demonstrated ability to build customer confidence and maintain high levels of customer satisfaction.
• Strong leadership and coaching skills with the ability to motivate and develop engineering teams.
• Effective decision-making skills with the ability to balance technical commercial and operational requirements.
• Strong stakeholder management skills across customers suppliers and internal functions.
• Previous experience leading or supervising technical teams.
• Experience managing multiple projects and competing priorities.
• Experience working with design reviews engineering change processes and product lifecycle management.
• Experience working with customers and suppliers.
• Minimum 5-10 years engineering experience in a manufacturing or engineering environment.
• Degree qualified in Mechanical Engineering or other similar discipline (BEng (hons) or MEng (hons) or equivalent).

What are the benefits of being our Product Group Engineering Lead:

• Up to 60000.00 per annum DOE
• Discretionary annual bonus of up to 15% of basic salary
• Life assurance of 4 x annual salary
• Single Private Medical Insurance
• Comprehensive employee assistance programme including 24/7 GP unlimited mental health support and legal consultations
• Group personal pension scheme

AIS is a global leader in the engineering manufacture and application of insulation and passive fire protection systems as well as buoyancy and SURF (subsea umbilicals risers and flowlines) products. Our advanced materials deliver mission-critical solutions for the energy industrial automotive chemical and marine sectors.