Job Title: Head of Engineering
Location: Southampton
Salary: Competitive salary dependent on experience
Closing date: Friday 29th March 2013
Employer information:
Our client is a well known designer, manufacturer and operator of high speed craft and have built a creditable reputation within their field. Their hovercraft are used in various sectors including military, paramilitary, commercial and rescue sectors.
Summary of role:
Lead the design and production engineering team in order to support project manufacturing and product / market development
• Lead the prioritisation and allocation of design and production engineering resources to deliver production ready designs on time to support procurement and production
• Deliver work planning and prioritisation in the design department, drive productivity by instilling a sense of urgency. Engage with project, production and supply chain management to ensure design delivery matches the business needs
• Deliver an improvement in project cost to build through value engineering, simplification and design innovation
• Lead and control the relationship with Lloyds and other registries as appropriate
• Engage with the business to extract lessons from manufacturing to be integrated into design and to build in customer market requirements
• Set the design engineering quality standards and enforce a standard design process
• Provide design engineering expertise to the Customer support team for in service craft.
Required qualifications and experience:
• Qualified and experienced Naval Architect with demonstrable skills and experience in the high speed craft field managing design engineering
• Have been the engineering authority within an organisation or on a significant project
• Demonstrable experience of applying design engineering to the standards required of Lloyds or similar registries. Significant experience of engaging with and controlling a relationship with the registry
• Experience running a marine design engineering team
• Demonstrable ability to apply a process and to achieve continuous improvement
• Commercial and budget management skills
• Communication (written and verbal) and customer facing skills
• Demonstrable sense of urgency / ability to get things done / ability to prioritise without compromising quality and technical content
• Evidence of technical skill within the at least one of the marine engineering disciplines highlighted in the objectives
• Adept user of MS Office business applications (Outlook, Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Project)
• Significant experience working on or leading users of CAD (2D and 3D) systems
• Experience on air cushion or weight-sensitive marine vehicle projects an advantage
Please Note: All non European Nationals must have a valid permit to work in the European Union.
If you would like further details on this role or to be considered please apply or contact one of our consultants directly on 02380 225454 or email lrich@clydemarine.com
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