Head of Engineering

1 month ago


Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom Marshall Full time

Marshall Engineering Leadership Opportunity

The Head of Engineering (Systems and Projects) will lead the development and implementation of effective systems engineering practices across the business, driving business growth through world-leading engineering.

  • Develop and lead the transformation of the Systems Engineering function, promoting best-in-class systems engineering practices throughout the organisation.
  • Establish and implement processes and governance to support programme delivery timelines for design and development activities, ensuring maturity of design into production.
  • Lead the progressive development of our product offering, ensuring it anticipates and meets current and future customer requirements to drive a differentiated and competitive market solution.
  • Drive a commercial approach to engineering within the business line, ensuring costs are managed and cost-down initiatives are implemented to drive long-term financial growth.
  • Ensure the bid inputs for engineering take account of lessons learned and actual costs for previous projects, supporting the 'go to market' strategy.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Support business growth through effective systems engineering practices and world-leading engineering.
  • Develop and implement strategic plans to embed effective systems engineering practices into the fabric of our organisation.
  • Drive initiatives for continuous improvement, leveraging systems thinking to optimise processes and workflows.
  • Accountability for the engineering schedule and budget in line with the overall project and product schedules and allocated cost budgets.
  • Provide strong and inspirational leadership to the Engineering teams as they deliver against the portfolio projects, establishing clear lines of communication and ensuring cross-functional teams are integrated into the engineering programme as required.

Requirements:

  • Experience of working at a Head of or equivalent level within a matrix organisation.
  • Proven experience of building and leading high-performing teams in a product manufacturing and systems engineering environment.
  • Proven track record of increasing quality, customer-focus, and revenue growth through effective leadership of an engineering function.
  • Led strategic decision-making and system governance for an engineering portfolio.
  • Experience of new and innovative engineering processes and digital technology.
  • Experience of defining and implementing an engineering strategy.
  • Experience of partnering with a range of internal and external stakeholders and clients.
  • Full product and system engineering lifecycle experience, along with a solid understanding of a breadth of engineering disciplines, including mechanical and electrical engineering design and development.


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