Lead Engineering Standards Manager

Tesco UK; Welwyn Garden City; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading retail and technology company in Welwyn Garden City is looking for an engineering leader. You will drive engineering standards to meet business needs, manage teams, and ensure effective collaboration across departments. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in project management and broad technical engineering knowledge, particularly in HVAC and refrigeration. Flexible working arrangements are available to support a healthy work-life balance.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Inclusive workplace culture

Qualifications

• Track record of achievement in a fast-moving 24/7 environment, preferably retail.
• Experience in project management, installation, assurance, and maintenance of engineering equipment.
• Broad technical engineering knowledge across electrical, lighting, HVAC & refrigeration.

Responsibilities

• Drive engineering standards to provide world-class solutions.
• Work with stakeholders to align engineering objectives with business needs.
• Lead a team to ensure interaction with other business areas.

Skills

Team player

Commercial awareness

Customer focus

Job description

- Drive our engineering standards to provide world class solutions to meet the future business needs.

- Work with senior stakeholders to understand the business objectives and deliver engineering objectives in line.

- Lead our team of Subject Matter Experts to interpret the Engineering vision & ensure the team interact with other business areas.

- Develop and maintain a strong network throughout Tesco businesses to support delivery of the Engineering standards.

- Ensure my team understand the business priorities and are on track to deliver the long term business plans and future innovation.

- Ensure we have robust workflow processes within the Engineering team and wider property teams to define roles, responsibilities and output.

- Work with TBS team to ensure clear WOW & collaboration is sustained between the team, agree priorities and agree objectives.

- Work with Property functions to represent engineering, ensuring there are clearly defined WOW and my team work within the agreed processes.

- Track record of achievement in a fast moving 24/7 environment, preferably retail.

- Experience of specification, design, procurement, project management, installation, assurance and maintenance of engineering equipment.

- Managing remote teams

- Excellent team player, able to develop strong relationships with colleagues and peers.

- Commercially aware and able to understand budgets

- Customer focused

- Clear understanding of project delivery & managing programmes of work.

- Broad technical engineering knowledge across electrical, lighting, HVAC & refrigeration.

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