Lead Mechanical Engineer

Description

Make decisions and recommendations recognized as authoritative and have important business impact on extensive engineering activities in planning and designing tools engines machines and other mechanically functioning equipment as well as installation operation maintenance and repair of equipment such as centralized heat gas water and steam systems. Demonstrate creativity foresight and mature engineering judgment in anticipating and solving unprecedented engineering problems determining program objectives and requirements performing feasibility studies organizing programs and projects and developing standards and guides for diverse engineering activities.

Conceive develop and evaluate plans and criteria for broad areas of considerable novelty and importance that are regarded as major advances in the field. Solve a variety of unique and complex engineering problems. Assess feasibility and soundness of proposed engineering solutions. Act as an expert and authority in the company in a broad area of specialization.

• Needs Assessment: Uncover emerging issues or needs identifying potential causes barriers and key stakeholders as well as related issues.
• Improvement/Innovation: Identify shortcomings in existing business practices then suggest and implement improvements while developing and delivering projects or a work stream within the organizations change management program. Involves working with guidance from senior colleagues.
• Culture of Innovation: Drive a culture of innovation by creating multistakeholder solutions that boost creativity innovation and collaboration across business units such as idea generation platforms jam sessions and hackathons.
• Engineering Solutions Design: Design engineering solutions and the associated validation process to enable the realization of a design brief (for example in terms of functionality performance aesthetics and cost) that conforms to organizational and/or regulatory standards.
• Engineering Standards Specification: Analyze information draft engineering standards and specifications and evaluate the effectiveness of those standards within own engineering discipline to ensure work of the required quality is delivered and to inform engineering work in the organization and/or of its suppliers contractors and consultants.
• Knowledge Management: Develop policies and processes create best practices set up case studies and deliver internal knowledge-sharing sessions to capture and share knowledge among colleagues on project/program outcomes and innovative practices in a particular area of expertise and to support the practice.
• Technical Developments Recommendation: Discuss and recommend more complex or innovative technical developments to improve the quality of the website/portal/application software and supporting infrastructure to better meet users needs.
• Professional Supervision: Lead and oversee the provision of professional supervision to ensure that there is effective professional supervision that supports practitioners professional development and embeds reflective practice.
• Feasibility Studies: Conduct complex feasibility studies from a technological and organizational perspective and document findings to complete cost-benefit analysis on implementing changes to business processes products or business unit structure.
• Product and Solution Development: Analyze and evaluate the feasibility and relevance of proposed complex products and services and develop and amend as necessary with guidance from senior colleagues. May also be responsible for supervising activities performed by a product development or specialist team.
• Project Management: Manage a portfolio of projects while reporting to senior colleagues.
• Client & Customer Management (External): Manage important client relationships with guidance from senior colleagues or oversee relationship management with a group of more transactional clients and customers.

• Action Oriented Takes on new opportunities and tough challenges with a sense of urgency high energy and enthusiasm. For example takes timely action on important or difficult issues. Identifies and pursues new opportunities that benefit the organization.
• Ensures Accountability Holds self and others accountable to meet commitments. For example tracks performance and strives to remain effective learning from both successes and failures. Readily takes on challenges or difficult tasks and has reputation for delivering on commitments.
• Collaborates Builds partnerships and works collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives. For example readily involves others to accomplish goals; stays in touch and shares information; discourages us versus them thinking; shows appreciation for others ideas and input.
• Manages Complexity Makes sense of complex high quantity and sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve problems. For example asks questions to encourage others to think differently and enrich their analyses of complex situations.…