Principal Engineer

2 months ago

Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, United Kingdom Survitec Full time
Job Summary

This role oversees the design engineering process for a highly specialized Survitec product set. The successful candidate will provide expert engineering subject matter expertise to drive forward product development and innovation. They will have a deep understanding of how all aspects of design for their product set meet customer needs, regulatory requirements, and commercial requirements of Survitec. Tight product alignment enables them to develop and innovate at pace.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Providing expert design engineering subject matter expertise within individual contract terms or service level agreements. Will also plan, coordinate, and supervise activities relating to major contracts.

• Identifying shortcomings in existing product design or use, then suggesting and implementing improvements while developing and delivering product roadmap changes and new product development within Survitec's NPD and change management process.

• Managing the knowledge management system with guidance from senior colleagues, including contributing to the development of the system.

• Uncovering emerging design, quality, safety, and operational issues or needs. Identifying potential causes, barriers, and key stakeholders as well as related issues.

• Developing procedures and interpreting and applying policy and regulatory requirements to own product area, ensuring product set keeps pace with or sets the pace for compliance and best practice. Monitoring impact of product developments, ensuring design remains commercially successful.

• Analyzing and evaluating the feasibility and relevance of proposed complex products and services, making recommendations for development, replacement, or retirement. May be responsible for supervising activities performed by other members of the team in service of overall product development.

• Managing a portfolio of change projects while reporting to senior colleagues.

• Recommending changes to policies, processes, standards, and practices that would improve operational support.

• Identifying and evaluating complex, expertise-led solutions against a range of criteria to find the ones that best meet business and customer needs.

• Contributing positively to creating an inclusive environment where our people feel valued, appreciated, and free to be who they are at work.

• Understanding, upholding, and contributing to creating a safety-first culture within Survitec.

• Developing own capabilities by participating in assessment and development planning activities as well as formal and informal training and coaching; gaining or maintaining external professional accreditation where relevant to improve performance and fulfill personal potential. Maintaining an in-depth understanding of technology, external regulation, and industry best practices through ongoing education, attending conferences, and reading specialist media.

Key Skills

• Making sense of complex, high quantity, and sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve problems.

• Optimizing work processes - knowing the most effective and efficient processes to get things done, with a focus on continuous improvement.

• Holding self and others accountable to meet commitments.

• Building partnerships and working collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives.

• Planning and prioritizing work to meet commitments aligned with organizational goals.

• Communicating effectively - developing and delivering multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences.

Core Values

• Drives safety culture

• Is a reliable source of reference on relevant safety standards and where these standards are at risk. Provides important insight into the root cause and corrective actions for such safety risks and issues. Raises issues and highlights own mistakes without fear, consistently to improve safety and wellbeing of self and others.

• Demonstrates commitment to delivering real value and confidence to our customers.

• Understands the importance of being the representative of both internal and external customers. Demonstrates respect for those customers and is open and transparent about the delivery of service – only promises what they can deliver and delivers what they promise.

• We care for our people, investing in the development of teams and individuals.

• Understands own role within the team and takes accountability for delivery – is good at closing out actions and proactively asks for help when issues arise. Communicates appropriately, shares knowledge (coaching, mentoring, and supporting others to develop skills as appropriate). Works collaboratively with own team and others to meet business goals.

• Takes time to listen and treats others with dignity, accepting and respecting other people's points of view or individuality. Understands how own behaviors impact others.

• We aim for excellence in everything we do.

• Takes personal responsibility for ensuring excellence, getting the task done on time and to the right standard. Consistently achieves targets, even when timescales are tight.

• Committed and passionate about continuous improvement, looking to solve problems and avoid workarounds. Takes the initiative and acts with confidence.

• We seek to innovate at every opportunity.

• Takes an entrepreneurial approach to change, being comfortable and willing to try out new methods, processes, ways of working, or techniques to make improvements.

• Takes time to understand and explain the rationale for change to support the understanding of self and others.

• We act with integrity.

• Acts in accordance with Survitec Values, especially in situations when it is difficult to do so.

• Represents self and Survitec in an ethical manner that engenders trust from colleagues, customers, and external regulators.

(Refer to Survitec Code of Conduct for further information and examples)

Experience and Qualification

• Educated to University/Post-graduate master's degree level.

• 10 years of wide and deep general experience of providing expert engineering competence.

• 7-12 months experience of general supervision of more junior colleagues.

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