Role
- Provide professional guidance to your team whole design process from initial involvement with Applications through to support for the Service Department for the projects in your portfolio.
- For projects in your portfolio working with the Engineering Managers provide technical risk mitigation plans to minimise the technical risk of delivery through the whole life of a project, from concept to Service involvement, with respect of safety, functionality, environment, cost, machine life, reliability, through the adoption of proven methods.
- Assist your design teams to always design machines to have an operating window within the target required by Commissioning and the Customers requirements.
- Provide clear instructions and ‘how-to’ aligned to Mpac’s SOP’s, Templates, WI and Handbooks, and advise where needed additional are developed or enhanced.
- Manage the delivery plans aligned with Project requirements from initial sales order.
- Working with your team assign roles and responsibilities for project leads for the mechanical function making sure to prioritise the needs of electrical and software functions to a successful delivery.
- Working with the Engineering Managers guidance for the teams to deliver safe, fit for purpose, maintainable, reliable, sustainable, fully integrated electro-mechanical modules and machines, balancing the technical risks with agreement the EC&I manager and the Mpac Specialist Engineers.
- Provide the Engineering Delivery with the correct dates, metrics and support to allow for accurate documentation planning and delivery.
- Guide your Design teams to maximise proven technology, reducing project specific bespoke designs to a minimum.
- Support the Apps and Mechanical Design managers with accurate estimates for Mechanical design and support Engineering delivery with accurate assessment of the level of documentation required for build.
- Working with the Mechanical Design manager and Project lead engineers to efficiently plan projects through the business from Sales enquiry through to SAT and handover to Service.
- Working with the Specialist Engineers and Product Specialists to ensure the Designs are aligned with best practice and customer expectations.
- Assess and guide where necessary corrective action plans to ensure fit for purpose delivery is possible within cost and delivery constraints.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide clear resource requirements for projects, including necessary skill set and aid with interviewing for your projects in your portfolio.
- Assist with Interviewing suitable candidates for projects in your portfolio.
- Work in constantly improve the business processes are optimised in the delivery of mechanical design to deliver best results for Mpac and our customers.
- Ensure documentation is checked and fit for purpose, any improvements are fed to the Mechanical & Electrical Quality leads.
- Ensure any design resource for build, commissioning, FAT, SAT, and Service are planned and provided to the Engineering Delivery and Service Dept.
- Provide scope for improvement projects to improve delivery efficiency and Quality improvements.
- Provide planning and liaison with outside contractors required for project delivery.
- Assist in planning meetings with the Mpac management team to ensure timely delivery.
- Develop your team with Personal Development plans and Appraisals aligned to the goals of the Engineering Department.
- Check design documentation is completed correctly and available for all project releases, ensuring quality, suitability and correctness and aligned to the specific project requirements.
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Ability to manage priorities for stakeholders and providing clear reporting.
- Ability to provide clear technical instruction.
- Understand and deliver efficiency improvements.
- Methods of improving delivered Quality of design.
- Planning work and scheduling resource.
Desirable
- Track record designing and delivering engineered projects, within a multidisciplined team.
Skills and Qualifications
Essential
- A further qualification in a discipline of Engineering, or equivalent.
Desirable
- Design Management experience, Chartered Engineer.
Relationship and Reporting Line
- Line Manager – Mechanical Design Manager
- Responsible for – Mechanical Designers, Engineers, training Engineers of all levels