Engineering Manager

Gyrus Medical Limited; Penrith; On-site; GBP 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Gyrus Medical Limited is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead a multidisciplinary team across Design Engineering, Process Engineering and Project Management. The role focuses on delivering complex medical device projects on time, within scope, and on budget, while aligning with ATL values and strategic objectives.

The successful candidate will drive resource planning, staff hiring, and performance reporting, with a strong emphasis on collaboration with global teams to ensure seamless project

Qualifications

• Accountable for projects to deliver on time, on scope and on budget.
• Lead teams across Design Engineering, Process Engineering and Project Management.
• Plan resources and hire staff; remove roadblocks to progress.
• Monitor KPIs and report performance to management.
• Foster continuous improvement and training on new technologies.
• Communicate with global resources across shifts to coordinate work.

Responsibilities

• Direct and coach engineering teams to deliver complex medical device projects.
• Coordinate with functional managers to align role expectations.
• Develop training plans and stay current with technology trends.
• Report project status and risks to executives.
• Ensure adherence to ATL values and company policies.

Skills

Leadership

Project Management

Stakeholder Management

Cross-functional Collaboration

Communication

People Management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Tools

MS Project

Visio

CAD/CAE basics

Agile

SCRUM

Job description

The Engineering Manager is a member of the ATL Engineering leadership team reporting to the site head of R&D. At the Manager level, this individual will manage projects and supervise people. Their primary responsibility is to lead their team to successfully execute projects chosen and prioritized by the global engineering leadership and commercial team. The Engineering Manager’s team will primarily consist of people from disciplines such as Design Engineering, Process Engineering and Project Management.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Accountable for project teams executing projects on time, on scope, and on budget while maintaining ATL values with the customer and throughout the ATL organization. Leveraging engineers to take the lead on delivering the technical solutions for the project(s). Leveraging project managers to lead out on project execution with activities such as planning, monitoring and control, executing projects, closing projects and risk management. Resource planning and allocation to projects. This includes identifying when new resources are needed and hiring the right person to fill the requirement. Work interdepartmentally to remove roadblocks for project teams. Monitor and report on the performance of projects and employees to management. Supports internal company initiatives such as continuous improvement projects and business process development. Compiling, reporting, and presenting on project execution performance and status to varying levels of leadership, both internally and externally. Coordinate with other Managers and the Functional team to ensure consistency in role expectations of direct reports. Be an avid learner to ensure regular training for the team in topics pertinent to new and developing technologies, topics of interest, etc. related to the customer base and targeted market segments. Regular proactive monitoring and reporting of performance of KPIs to ensure deviations are identified early and addressed and to ensure successes are recognized and celebrated. Familiarity with the tools and processes used by subordinates to increase understanding of day-to-day expectations and identify opportunities for improvement. Communicating with global resources – flexible work schedule to accommodate early morning and or evening meetings. Launch projects with <5% defect rate in the first year of production. Using ATL resources, and with support from the engineering management team, identify technology and competency gaps in ATL to the market needs and outline: Personnel training plans (including knowledge of surgical procedures, devices, and industry leaders in the company focused market segments) Proactively and effectively participate in external facing communications including resolution of escalated and difficult conflicts to all levels of organizations to build and maintain lasting trust based ethical relationships. Adhere to and implement the behaviours, policies and procedures of the company as laid out in the Employee Handbook All other essential duties as required.

Leadership Skills:

Demonstrable track record of leading professional engineering teams working on complex, multifaceted product development projects.

Technical Skills:

Experience of developing complex electronic equipment highly desirable. Strong understanding of electronics and/or software programming preferrable. Ideal candidate would have electronic / software engineering background and training.

Reasoning Ability:

Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Able to read and interpret business charts, spreadsheets, etc.

Appropriate Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Excellent computer skills (Including, but not limited to: Windows, Office, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, MS Project or other scheduling or project management software Basics in CAD/CAE software tools is a plus).
• Practical skills in project management strategies such as PMBOK, Agile, SCRUM, etc.
• Clear understanding of the elements of a product development processes.
• Familiarity with manufacturing process.
• Familiarity with engineering change control.
• Comfortable reading engineering documents such as drawings.
• Strong Interpersonal and team building skills required.

Our Mission to is partner with the world's leading medical device companies to accelerate the development and manufacturing of innovative medical devices.

We look for employees who live our values; Honesty, Excellence, Accountability, Respect & Teamwork (HEART) as a part of their daily interactions with customers, peers and their communities.

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