Engineering Team Lead

BACKGROUND TO THE COMPANY

Avtron is the global leader in power test equipment and specializes in the manufacture of Load Banks. We are experienced in working with, and satisfying, multi-national organizations, utilities, and government departments, as well as specialist companies involved in mission critical, OEM, service, plant hire and power generation. Customer service always takes top priority. We are always available to talk to our customers, sharing our experience on all aspects of testing and test equipment, both before delivery and at any time in the years to follow. There are no limits, and no detail is too small to warrant our interest and help. Our own purpose-built factories are well equipped with modern computer-aided design and manufacturing facilities. We are enthusiastic, highly skilled and have in place the necessary management and quality systems to ensure that we meet our customers' needs, right first time, on time, every time.

Main Purpose of Job & Key Responsibilities

To provide technical leadership for new product development, complex sales order engineering plus technical analysis & research support tasks. The primary focus being the delivery of new and enhanced products that meet the needs of our customer base in a timely and cost-efficient manner to the correct performance and quality standards. This will involve supporting all aspects of product development; from concept, early mock ups, product proceeding technology, prototype builds, engineering validation and testing through to preproduction and infant care.

• Lead, coach and mentor a defined technical team consisting of mechanical, electrical, design drafters, specialist support and or fluidics engineers.
• Set direction working with the assigned product manager, project leader to ensure the agreed technical requirements and deliverables are met as per the Avtron NPD gated review process/specific project plan or defined support task.
• Undertake the necessary research, analysis and validation to support the introduction of any new technology to manage business risk.
• Propose and develop the necessary mechanical, electrical and other physical attributes to generate product concepts, then finalized designs to ensure customer requirements are met.
• Conceptualize ideas into prototypes using various modelling and analysis tools and develop materials list (BOM’s), drawings, supporting documentation and the cost framework as necessary.
• Prepares engineering submittals for filing product with agencies such as UL/CSA/CE working through third party product certification and test houses, as necessary.
• Work with Engineering management to plan team member goals and individual work and development plans. Manage assigned team holidays.
• Conduct check-in sessions with team members to ensure goals and tasks are on schedule; providing remediation plans as necessary.
• Assists in new employee recruitment and selection, administering on-boarding and suitable training plans.
• Interface with key customers and suppliers to help define the scope and technical solutions.

• Provide updates on project status or timeline for agreed tasks. Support gated project reviews as necessary working with the project manager.
• Any other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Suitable engineering qualifications (e.g.BS / BEng Degree) preferred, advanced degree would be a plus.
• Medium voltage experience would be a plus.
• 5 to 10 years NPD experience ideally linked to load bank design or adjacent 3-phase power equipment design such as diesel generator, power distribution, switch gear, etc..
• Experience of Avtron design tools and SAP Beas. Proficient Microsoft 365user.

Proven Skills

• A strong personality with energy, drive, adaptability, problem solving and decision-making capability. Ideally, having worked with similar electrical products and can bring an aligned and best practice experience to allow the continued growth of the engineering team / business.
• Good communication skills, both verbal and written, comfortable discussing and engaging with key working parties both internally and externally.

Personal Qualities

• Organized, self-discipled, numerate, with excellent attention to detail and the ability to deliver in a timely manner as required.
• Both people and process orientated to help them drive and achieve common goals through relationship building and collaboration.

General Statement

The duties listed are not set forth for the purposes of limiting the assignment of work. They are not to be construed as a complete list of the many duties normally to be performed under a position title or those to be assigned and performed temporarily outside an employee’s normal line of work.