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Internal and External Position
Position: Engineering Site Leader
Job family : Engineering/Technology
Sub-job family : Engineering/Technology Management
Job title : Engineering Site Leader
Reporting to : Mananging Director
Ownership and key responsibilities :
Engineering Site Leader represent Engineering on the site and to the whole Engineering Community
Job Purpose :
- Represent Engineering Functions on site Represent and drive the transformation initiatives on-site
- Ensure HSE on site Ensure proper working condition for engineering (at WSA and FIPSA)
- Act as representative to both customer and suppliers. Regular engagement with Wabtec sister companies and team members to address and resolve engineering and productions issues.
- Attend local leadership team meetings and spin-off meetings as engineering representative.
- Represent Engineering leadership for the ENG community, Regularly collect feedback from staff on-site
- Be present on site and informally communicate with staff to identify latest concerns
- Act as go-to-person for all site incidents and concerns
- Act as figurehead and role model Reporting. Report the cost of operating engineering to management (incl. budget, overhead need, etc.)
- Act as interface for site-related engineering issues, audits, quality plan, etc.
- Establish clear view on site-specific transformation plans and report on progress and critical risks
- Support identification of capacity and capability issues and mitigation plans
- He/She can directly lead some specific domains like the local laboratory, localization plan or assesments.
Main responsibilities :
- Leading a team locally at FIPSA and WSA to identify and raise design/ engineering concerns raised by the customer, supplier or in house production teams;
- Directly responsible for all engineering processes, certification of engineering processes, engineering tooling, organizational- and people development;
- Responsible for delivery of design- and continuous improvement projects;
- Leadership in technology development; both in production technologies as in product- and material technologies;
- Wing to wing ownership and tracking of Engineering projects that requires a resolution.
- Co-ordinate with sister companies across the globe to find solutions to issues the business faces
- Develop templates/PPTs and spreadsheets to track reports and stages to identify and resolve issues.
- Work directly with the customer and PM to gather information on the prescribed issue and map out a work stream to find a closure for the open issues.
- Develop FISH Bone or problem statement analysis to clearly define the problem to the business and work with Engineering teams to find a solution and report weekly or as required to the broader audience.
- Support in EHS compliance activities at WSA/ FIPSA
- Develop a Tracking and method to ensure timely closures to engineering or localization requirements are met.
- Support Local team with supplier visits/ engagement, QC recommendations, to achieve localization requirements.
- Weekly and monthly reporting to the local and global management teams or the customer as required.
- Assist with maintenance planning of the plant equipment tied to our global teams standard practices. – help develop a maintenance plan and ensure that the system is functioning.
Job requirements :
- BTech in Engineering (or equivalent or studying towards one)
- Experience in a regulated industry with high quality standards;
- 5 Years Experience as an Engineering Leader/Manager in a discrete, high mix, low volume assembly environment;
- Excellent English language ability (written and spoken);
- Ability to work effectively in varying teams and as an individual;
- Process oriented and well organized;
- Experience in developing professional standards in engineering team(s);
- Organizational development in engineering team(s)
Closing Date:
To apply please visit our site www.wabtec.com under careers and select South Africa, and apply under this job requisition
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