The Opportunity Join our team as Engineering Manager.
This is a new role created due to company growth. You will lead our Product Design & Engineering team and be responsible for developing the product stack and engineering capability required to build the world-leading company in slurry transfer technology.
Key aspects of this role are: Autonomy: autonomy to build team, engineering capability, and product stack. Global Scope: global growth strategy supported by Australian engineering. Product Development: exciting new product development roadmap. Digital Transformation: create 100% digital 'design-to-manufacture' tech stack. Centre of Excellence: build the company's product engineering 'centre of excellence'. Fast-Growing Company: startup 10 years ago, targeting $200-250m in 2-3 years. Strong Financials: able to internally fund product development, technology development, manufacturing expansion, team expansion, company growth strategy. Entrepreneurial Culture: founder-led business that is fast-moving and ambitious. This is an opportunity to get on board and lead the development of our Product Design & Engineering capability as we expand to become a global business.
The Role You will lead our Product Design & Engineering team with the mission to develop the product stack and engineering capability required to build the world's leading company in slurry transfer technology. You will be responsible for developing the people, processes, and systems to make our product engineering capability a key competitive advantage. This is a high-growth environment with the resources to fund the team and invest in product development and digital systems required to build a global original equipment manufacturer (OEM).
Key responsibilities for this role include: Lead & manage team. Technical authority. Product design & engineering. Pre-production engineering (incl DFMA). New product development (incl R&D). Product quality engineering. Engineering processes, systems & standards. The Ideal Candidate We are looking for an Engineering Leader who wants the autonomy to develop the product engineering capability required to be the best in the world in our specialist area. This will require a 'startup mindset' with strong drive to take the initiative and get things done ('ask forgiveness, not permission'). You will be independent, assertive, competitive, and self-confident. You will like solving challenging engineering problems and demand high standards from yourself and your team. You will be capable of calculated risk taking, with a commercial overlay on your engineering mind, and a strong desire to win. You will embrace learning new things and like using technology to do things better/faster/cheaper. You will take ownership of the team with strong accountability for delivering the required results.
You will be a strong fit with our Core Values: Core Values.
The ideal candidate will have the following experience:
Engineering degree in relevant discipline (mechanical or similar). Experience leading and managing engineering teams. Ideally – prior experience building the product design & engineering capability (including pre-production engineering) for a build-to-order manufacturer. Ideally – prior experience helping select and implement digital product design & engineering technology stack (working with Technology team). How to Apply To learn more, please contact Janice Vincentia from our Recruitment Team at ******.
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