Engineering / Facilities Manager

LINDAL Group Careers; Sligo; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Performance bonus

Pension

Flexible holidays

Subsidised Gym and Swimming Club Membership

Job summary

LINDAL Group Careers in Sligo is seeking a Strategic Manager for a newly established Engineering Department. You will lead new product development and optimize processes while managing a highly qualified team and collaborating with the management team.

The ideal candidate will have at least a degree in Engineering and 5 years of experience in a manufacturing environment, demonstrating strong project management skills and effective communication. Additional benefits include performance bonuses and flexible holidays.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years in a senior manufacturing environment.
• Proven experience in project management and resource management.
• Strong leadership skills with a focus on quality and efficiency.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the Engineering Department.
• Ensure compliance with Quality Management System and regulations.
• Develop and implement systems for asset management and technology selection.

Skills

Project management

Team management

Analytical ability

Interpersonal skills

Budget management

Education

Degree in Engineering

Tools

Plastic injection mould tooling

Automation technology

Job description

Your mission at LINDAL

This position is to lead a newly created Engineering Department incorporating new product and process development, process optimization/improvement and environment functions. The candidate will have the responsibility on investments for manufacturing machinery, tooling and other production equipment according to the principle that they have to be based on "right-sizing" to achieve optimal flexibility for minimum investment and to reduce risk of write-off losses due to changes in demand patterns and/or technology, whilst at the same time capitalizing on advantages available from new technologies.

The candidate maintains and directs a team of highly qualified employees and provides project participation to support both Litec Moulding Limited and LINDAL Group activities. The candidate will interface with other members of LINDAL Group’s Management Team on a daily basis.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as Strategic Manager of multiple technologies to include all local site services (air, water, electricity)
• Develop and implement the necessary systems, procedures and protocols ensuring that they meet and adhere to Quality Management System and Design Control requirements
• Comply with all the regulations relevant to the role regarding maintenance of effective Health and Safety, Environmental and Quality systems
• Develop and implementation of complete asset management system including maintenance functions.
• Identify and selection of best value technologies
• Prepare of annual operational and capital expenditure budgets
• Manage of agreed budgets, hiring, day to day management and project resourcing
• Deliver of profitable on time product/project launch
• Prioritise and drive the execution of multiple complex department projects. Sponsor and support value improvement in the operation
• Ensure the efficient and timely transfer of process knowledge from project personnel to manufacturing engineers and coordinator the training of production team members on new processes and equipment
• Establish and support a work environment of continuous improvement that supports our customer’s quality policy
• Initiate cross-functional partnerships to identify and resolve production/engineering issues
• Managerial, leadership and employee development, ensuring adequate training is provided to satisfy all operational and health and safety requirements

Technical Skills & Qualifications

• Possess a minimum of Degree in Engineering together with at least 5 years within manufacturing environment at a senior level
• Organised, highly motivated, enthusiastic, energetic individual with a goal focused attitude and able to work effectively with other functional areas. The candidate will demonstrate expertise in project management. The candidate will possess strong competencies in resources management in a complex demanding environment gained from experience in high volume manufacturing environment
• Technically astute, numerate and possessing excellent analytical ability
• A highly confident team player with a quality focused approach and an innovative approach to problem solving demonstrating a "Right first time" approach and attention to detail
• Excellent interpersonal skills dealing with people and situations at all levels
• Strong People Management Skills, written and verbal communication skills along with effective presentation skills
• Knowledge of latest plastic injection mould tool, metal stamping and automation technology
• A proven knowledge of technology deployment
• Possess a good understanding and application of, quality PSW/PPAP/APQP, lean principles
• Measures effectiveness and has a strong business and financial acumen

Leadership Competences Required

• Ability to think and act strategically
• Strong drive to obtain results
• Desire to build organisational capability
• Ability to inspire, energize and motivate their entire team to work together to achieve shared goals, leading to more effective collaboration, innovation, and productivity

Successful Candidate will demonstrate

• Strong and thorough understanding of project management, assembly automation and plastic injection moulding and metal stamping
• Demonstrated experience in creating, developing and executing short and long-term strategic plans and effective implementation across cross functional businesses
• Demonstrated ability to build, communicate and execute a vision for strategic and operational change and will also possess excellent interpersonal and communication/presentation skills
• Ability to lead business initiatives to drive growth and profitability in the business
• Ability to build strong relationships with their team but also with shareholders and customers
• Proven ability and successful track record of leading projects, engineering operations, and delivering quantitative & qualitative results
• Accomplished in meeting and exceeding the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers
• Successful experience working in a complex organization with multiple, geographically diverse locations
• Willingness to travel
• Can get others on board and is engaged and committed to objectives; can overcome resistance
• Expertise in budget management and driving year over year improvement of financial metrics

Why us?

We offer an environment where all employees have the opportunity to develop, supported by the entire management team. Pay will be commensurate with industry standards for the role and experience of the successful candidate.

Additional benefits include:

• performance bonus
• pension
• flexible holidays
• subsidised Gym and Swimming Club Membership