Team Leader

ALTEN; Herstal; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company car or mobility budget

Meal vouchers

Mobile phone plan

Hospitalisation and group insurance

Job summary

ALTEN Belgium is seeking a Team Leader in Herstal to lead a team of five to six mechanical designers and engineers, providing daily technical steering and workload balance.

You will plan resources, ensure on-time drawing releases, check drawing consistency, and enforce dimensioning conventions while mentoring junior designers.

Qualifications

• Engineering degree or equivalent technical background in design.
• 7 to 12 years of mechanical design experience in a design office.
• Proven team management experience: workload planning and reviews.
• Ability to check drawings: dimensioning, tolerancing, formalism.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of 5 to 6 mechanical designers and engineers: daily technical steering and workload balance.
• Plan resources and workload, and hold the delivery dates on drawing release.
• Check drawing consistency and enforce dimensioning conventions and formalism across the team's output.
• Carry the people-management duties: annual reviews, recruitment interviews, talent reviews.
• Develop your team technically - teach, mentor and raise the level of the junior designers.
• Contribute to the restructuring of the office into product cells, and to the recovery of its documentation.

Skills

Team leadership

People management

Resource planning

Drawing checking

English proficiency

French knowledge

Education

Engineering degree or equivalent technical background

Job description

Team Leader - ALTEN Belgium

The Position

As part of our ongoing growth, we are looking for a Team Leader to join our teams and work on client projects located in Herstal. You You will take the lead of a team of designers and engineers, and carry the people-management duties.

As a Team Leader, your main responsibilities will include:

• Lead a team of 5 to 6 mechanical designers and engineers: daily technical steering and workload balance
• Plan resources and workload, and hold the delivery dates on drawing release
• Check drawing consistency and enforce dimensioning conventions and formalism across the team's output
• Carry the people-management duties: annual reviews, recruitment interviews, talent reviews
• Develop your team technically - teach, mentor and raise the level of the junior designers
• Contribute to the restructuring of the office into product cells, and to the recovery of its documentation

Your profile

• Engineering degree or a strong technical background with equivalent design-office experience
• 7 to 12 years of experience, gained inside a mechanical design office rather than beside one
• You have really managed a team: workload planning, annual reviews, recruitment interviews
• You can check a drawing yourself: dimensioning conventions, tolerancing, formalism
• You come from a rigorous environment - defence, aerospace, medical, railway or automotive
• French B1/B2 minimum and English B1 minimum
• EU nationality, required by our client for this defence programme

Working Conditions

• A permanent contract and a package built around your profile: gross salary, mobility solution (company car or mobility budget), meal vouchers, mobile subscription, hospitalisation and group insurance.
• A clear career path - Junior, Consultant, Confirmed, Senior - reviewed with your manager and the technical department, with salary reviews in career committee.
• Technical training and certifications adapted to your project and your ambitions.
• A business manager who follows you throughout the mission, with regular consultant and project follow-ups.
• Technical communities, internal mobility across ALTEN's countries, and a referral bonus when you bring a colleague on board.

About ALTEN

ALTEN is a world leader in engineering and technology consulting, with over 57 000 employees in more than 30 countries. We support major companies in their innovation, R&D, and digital transformation projects across sectors such as automotive, aerospace, energy, finance, life sciences, and telecommunications.

Present in Belgium for over 25 years, ALTEN Belgium operates from its offices in Brussels and Antwerp. Today, with a team of 700 consultants ALTEN Belgium offers a wide range of expertise across Engineering, Life Sciences, and IT fields. From Automotive to Railway, and Medtech to Agrifood, our experts deploy their knowledge to provide innovative solutions in a dynamic and forward-thinking environment.

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