Engineering Team Leader

Expleo; Preston; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Collaborative working environment

ExpleoAcademy

Competitive benefits

Team culture of achievement

Job summary

Expleo is seeking an experienced Engineering Team Leader to lead the engineering team on a Marine Defence project for a key client. The role is based at the Derby offices, reporting to the Business Manager, and requires a proactive leader who can drive delivery to time, cost and quality.

You will coordinate multiple technical functions, manage resources, support risk and change control, and mentor engineers to develop skills while fostering a collaborative, inclusive team culture.

Qualifications

• Ability to apply problem solving techniques to routine or moderately complex scenarios.
• Coordination of people and activities to meet business demand.
• Plan, prioritise and manage multiple work streams and deliverables.

Responsibilities

• Manage the engineering team to achieve SoW deliverables on time, cost and quality.
• Understand project contractual and legislative requirements and cascade to the team.
• Integrate technical functions to meet the project’s requirements.
• Ensure resources and skills are allocated appropriately for the project.
• Provide technical governance and ensure compliance with QMS.

Skills

Problem solving

Coordination

Planning & prioritising

English communication

Marine hardware experience

Engineering leadership

Customer facing

Education

Manufacturing/Mechanical Eng

Tools

SAP

Teamcenter (PLM)

Job description

Overview

Expleo have a requirement for an experienced Engineering Team Leader who will have responsibility for leading the engineering team to deliver within a Marine Defence project to a key client.

This is a challenging but rewarding role and the candidate must be able to demonstrate their experience, and proven capability, to manage a team to deliver project objectives.

The Engineering Team Leader will be based at the Expleo Derby offices and will report directly to the Business Manager.

We are looking for a dynamic individual who sets high standards in the service Expleo provide to our customers and understands the importance of getting results through a motivated and engaged workforce.

Responsibilities

• Manages the engineering team to ensure that all deliverables defined in the Statement of Work (SoW) are achieved in terms of time, cost and quality.
• Fully understand the Project contractual and legislative requirements and ensure these are clearly cascaded to the team.
• Integrates all the different technical functions of the project team to ensure that the technical requirements are met.
• Ensures resource capabilities and skill allocation are suitable for the project.
• Manage and control checking of deliverables.
• Manage continuous process improvement.
• Be the technical focal point of the team and build good working relationships with customers.
• In conjunction with the PM, hold regular meetings with project Team leaders and Team members as agreed at the start of the project to ensure that the project is on track.
• Supports Project Managers in planning activities and tracking progress against the plan and identifying and prioritising project dependencies.
• Provides input into Project Managers on additional scope and change impact.
• Provide technical governance to an engineering team and ensure the technical aspects of the project comply with the QMS.
• Ensures the Quality representative has RFT data, reviews the processed results and ensures corrective actions are communicated to team members.
• Supports Project Managers on continual risk assessments during the life of the project.
• Work with your team to identify, develop, test and deliver cost saving initiatives.
• Develop team members through new skills, adding responsibility and encouraging them to contribute to team activities.
• Develop all team members so they have an appreciation of the different functions that are involved in the delivery of the project.
• Create a positive and inclusive environment where people feel valued for the skills and knowledge that they bring to the team and build a team culture of shared events and rewarding behaviour.
• Conduct annual & mid-term appraisals and maintain constructive feedback throughout the year.
• Recommends training needs, to Head of Business & Chief Engineers, of individuals in support of the project.

Qualifications

HND/Degree Standard in Manufacturing/Mechanical engineering

Essential skills

• An ability to apply problem solving techniques to routine situations or situations of moderate complexity.
• Working in conjunction with standardised procedures and practices, maintaining a high accuracy of tasks and output.
• Skills in coordinating people and activities to meet business demand.
• The ability to plan, prioritise and manage different work streams, requirements and deliverables at once.
• Excellent liaison and communication skills (English) are essential in this role as you will be dealing with the customer, senior management, the team and wider business on a daily basis.
• Experience of Marine hardware, systems requirements and standards.
• Experience in leading Engineering Teams to deliver complex multi-functional projects.
• Strong Engineering background for the capabilities listed.
• Demonstrated experience in a customer facing engineering role.

Experience

• An understanding of the manufacturing processes and procedures used within the business.
• Competent with the reviewing and interpreting engineering drawings including a solid grasp of Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T)
• The ability to access, have a clear understanding of and apply the Quality and HS&E Management System documentation, eg Process Instructions, Workmanship Standards, Risk Assessments etc, applicable to your particular work scope and to obey all HS&E rules and control measures.
• Knowledge of Business processes and procedures.
• Experience of working with SAP.
• Experience of working with PLM systems (Teamcenter).

What do I need before I apply

• Recognising the RESTRICTED nature of the work, suitable candidates will need to be a UK National with minimum BPSS, SC Clearance will be required.

Benefits

• Collaborative working environment – we stand shoulder to shoulder with our clients and our peers through good times and challenges
• We empower all passionate technology loving professionals by allowing them to expand their skills and take part in inspiring projects
• ExpleoAcademy - enables you to acquire and develop the right skills by delivering a suite of accredited training courses
• Competitive company benefits
• Always working as one team, our people are not afraid to think big and challenge the status quo

Disability Confident Commitment

• Ensure our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible
• Communicating and promoting vacancies
• Offering an interview to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the job
• Anticipating and providing reasonable adjustments as required
• Supporting any existing employee who acquires a disability or long term health condition, enabling them to stay in work at least one activity that will make a difference for disabled people

“We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age”.

We treat everyone fairly and equitably across the organisation, including providing any additional support and adjustments needed for everyone to thrive