Chief Engineer, Wind

Jobtailor; Salzbergen; Vor Ort; EUR 130.000 - 190.000; Vollzeit

Jobbeschreibung

Responsibilities

• Overall leadership for Product Safety
• Drive standards to improve Product Safety including safety by design, human factors, and functional safety
• Drive rigor in resolving safety concerns and connecting lessons learned back into design practices/methods
• Ensure proper operating rhythms and rigor in SPMTs and PSRB
• Responsible for governance, rigor, and approval of Engineering Design Practices and Design Methods to ensure quality, high‑performing products
• Determine most critical, impactful updates and partner with leadership team to prioritize
• Drive design review rigor to ensure that technical risks are identified, clearly communicated, and appropriately mitigated with focus on safety & product quality
• Own the controlled title holder policy for Wind, the competency matrix for Controlled Title Holders and the Controlled Title Holder pipeline
• Drive the engineering Design Boards – ensure that teams are focused on the most critical areas and have the right operating rigor
• Develop a plan on how Design Boards should work, leveraging lessons learned from other GE businesses, including how to lead and resource them with both Controlled Title Holders and other engineers in the team
• Ensure Chief Engineering Office is engaged with the Subsystem Engineering teams on RCA’s providing technical expertise and urgency for our most complex technical challenges
• Partner with cross‑functional stakeholders including Quality, Supplier Quality, and Lean teams to drive step‑change improvement in product quality
• Role model identifying, quantifying, and mitigating technical risk
• Mentor and coach the broader technical community in this area
• Assist with strategic thought‑leadership on how to improve customer outcomes including Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost, and Technology while balancing design cycles, processes, and technical rigor
• Provide direct leadership to a global team of technical experts including setting priorities, collaborating on challenges, providing feedback, and supporting individual development

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree from an accredited university or college in Engineering or related discipline, or equivalent knowledge and experience
• Extensive relevant engineering experience
• Significant relevant leadership experience
• Ability and willingness to travel up to 25% of the time

Core Competencies

Demonstrates strong leadership in Product Safety, driving standards for safety by design and functional safety while ensuring rigorous engineering design practices. Capable of mentoring technical teams and collaborating with cross‑functional stakeholders to enhance product quality and mitigate technical risks.

Highest‑signal resume keywords

• Product Safety Leadership
• Engineering Design Practices
• Technical Risk Mitigation
• Cross‑Functional Collaboration
• Mentoring and Coaching

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

• Engineering Degree
• Safety By Design
• Functional Safety
• Design Review Rigor
• Technical Risk Identification
• Root Cause Analysis
• Quality Improvement
• Controlled Title Holder Management
• Design Board Leadership
• Strategic Thought‑Leadership

Soft Skills

• Leadership
• Collaboration
• Mentoring
• Communication
• Problem‑Solving

Industry Keywords

• Product Quality
• Human Factors
• Engineering Governance
• Subsystem Engineering
• Lean Methodologies