Main characteristics
- Location
- City of Aberdeen
- Company
- Berkeley Resourcing
- Salary
- £70000 - £75000/annum
- Employment type
- Permanent
- Category
- Manufacturing / Surveying
Job summary
JOB TITLE: LEAD R&D ENGINEERING MANAGERLOCATION: ABERDEEN
SALARY: £70,000 TO £75,000 DEPENDING ON EXPERIENCE, PLUS CAR ALLOWANCE, HEALTHCARE & PENSION
OPPORTUNITY OVERVIEW
An exciting opportunity for a Lead R&D Engineering Manager has arisen with a market leading Subsea & Marine Organisation. A company known for their quality product range and excellent service levels. The role requires to provide effective leadership of the Aberdeen engineering team and development projects. Coordinating and taking the lead for projects and non-project team activities as well as other management tasks as allocated to you.
JOB ROLE
* Provide supervision to engineers to include day to day workload and planning.
* Research and evaluate new technologies.
* Assist R&D Director as well as Product owners with strategic direction for new products & technologies.
* Project manage development projects
* Product architecture and systems-level design and integration.
* Support project teams to solve problems and implement solutions.
* Identify areas for improvement in existing designs and implement effective enhancements.
* Provide technical support and guidance to Engineering Service, Operations, Sales, and Business Development functions.
* Provide technical input to non-standard proposals, and funded development projects.
* Manage and provide guidance on issues relating to Intellectual Property.
* Provide line management, training and mentoring to technical staff.
* Ensure that new products are compliant to the relevant industry standards.
* Product import/export classification.
* Provide technical guidance and support to team members
CANDIDATE EXPERIENCE
The ideal candidate for this role will have the following experience and capabilities:
Experienced engineering manager with a technical background
It would be helpful of subsea equipment experience but that is not a deal breaker.
Good understanding and management experience with development and maintenance of products
Be the technical lead of systems level activities
Positively motivate and support the development team to enable them to be highly effective
Flexible with respect to job assignments
Good team player with strong problem-solving ability and a can-do mentality
Bachelors or Masters degree in Engineering