Provide leadership, direction and support to the team to ensure designs are managed effectively through pre-design to post-design review and checking. The role will report to the Head of Design & Engineering or a nominated substitute.

Responsibilities:

Lead the team to deliver a number of design projects through the process from pre-design to post-design checking and review.
Ensure productivity targets are delivered, through stringent planning and tracking of design approach.
Ensure on-time-delivery (OTD) of design work to ensure Prodieco meets its customer commitments and maintains its benchmark delivery lead times
Develop, coach and mentor the team to raise individual and team capability.
Work closely with Technical team to ensure all inputs required to the design process are available and correct.
Complete technical reviews of completed projects
Liaise with Sales, and directly with customers when required to gather information necessary in order to ensure right-first-time design work.
Continuously improve the feeder design process based on best practice and standards.
Carry out projects to achieve advanced levels of design automation using packages such as e.g. Driveworks to yield productivity improvements.
Conduct regular performance review meetings with the Design team to track progress against a defined set of performance KPIs.
Ensure that quality related non-conformances from both external customers and internal departments (e.g. Manufacturing) are actioned and closed-out in a timely manner
Ensure a customer centric culture within the team.
Initiate studies and projects to continuously enhance the capability of the feeder team
Be a role model in the group for Prodieco’s values

Key Performance indicators

Productivity of design team
On-time-delivery of design work

Right first time % of assemblies delivered to customer site
Innovation - # of new projects and efficiencies achieved
Development of team members

Person Specification:

Technical Skills

Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering; with experience in a complex design engineering role.
Minimum of 3 years’ experience of leading a team within a Design or Engineering function.
High level of proficiency in CAD software; Solidworks, would be advantageous
Project management skills either acquired through professional qualification and/or extensive on the job experience

Competencies

Excellent leadership skills and the ability to motivate and develop the team.
Proven ability to drive a culture of accountability within the team and live / develop clear standards
Strong passion for continuous improvement and a proven ability to execute projects to achieve significant benefits.
Excellent communication skills, capable of dealing with people/customers from all levels of the organization.
Ability to create a participative, inclusive and involved environment.
High level of tenacity and ability to work persistently to gather information and seek solutions to problems.
Excellent planning and prioritising skills, with the ability to apply a systematic and logical approach when organising workload and tasks.
Ability to manage multiple tasks, manage timelines and set priorities for others and delegate work
Detail orientated, with a high level of accuracy
Ability to remain calm in pressurised circumstances and able to deal with challenging situations.
Excellent customer awareness & focus

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