Product Line Engineering Manager UK
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Triumph is seeking a Product Line Engineering Manager in Wales, onsite, to lead engineering efforts that win new contracts, develop proprietary products, maintain program schedules and budgets, and provide in-service support and technology maturation. The role sits on the engineering leadership team and requires aligning resources, developing talent, and delivering measurable results across proposal development, product introduction to the supply chain, and ongoing customer support. The ideal candidate has 10+ years in aerospace/defence engineering, a collaborative leadership style, excellent communication, and a proven ability to meet cost, schedule and performance targets, with experience in Lean and/or Six Sigma, plus a valid UK driving licence and willingness to travel. To apply, tailor your CV to quantify outcomes, highlight wins and team development, and include concrete examples of cross-functional collaboration and successful proposals.
Product Line Engineering Manager
Triumph Mission: We partner with our customers to triumph over their hardest aerospace, defence and industrial challenges to deliver value to our stakeholders.
The engineering team plays a significant role in solving these challenges and has the following core purpose:
• To develop new products, maintain program schedule & budget, propose & win new contracts, and support existing products & customers.
Position Summary
The Product Line engineering manager is a leadership position within the engineering team and is responsible for functional performance in some or all of the following areas:
• Contribution to new business proposals – proposing and winning new contracts.
• New Product development of proprietary products and introduction to the supply chain.
• Maintain program schedule and budget.
• Engineering support to existing, in-service products and customers.
• Technology acquisition and maturation prior to new business development.
The role is part of the engineering leadership team and necessitates a collaborative and team-based approach to delivering tangible results.
Responsibilities
• Responsible for aligning resources within their control with the engineering team strategies, to meet both short term and long-term business objectives.
• Responsible for the development of the human capital in the team. Includes load vs capacity analysis, recruitment, motivation, teaching, development and performance assessment of team members, addressing employee relations issues and resolving problems.
• Responsible for new business proposals. Includes proposal development, market awareness, customer relationship building, and developing new strategies for winning new contracts.
• Responsible for new product development from contract award through to introduction of new products in the supply chain. This requires measuring and meeting cost, schedule, and performance.
• Responsible for in-service engineering support to our products. Includes concession support, failure/problem identification and in-service issue resolution.
• Responsible for technology acquisition and maturation. Market trend analysis, gap identification, strategy planning and maturation of technology to acceptable risk levels.
• Responsible for contributing to the development measures that allow the health of the key business processes to be assessed, meet or exceed goals, and improved. Additionally, development of people in the measuring, reporting, and lean execution tools to drive continuous improvement.
• Responsible for supporting, attaining, maintaining and improving necessary certifications and approvals and associated processes and procedures.
General Requirements of the individual:
• Commitment to Honesty: doing the right thing for our stakeholders, valuing integrity, safety, honour and respect to all.
• Collaboration/Teamwork: seeks opportunities to win as one team – one company. Unafraid to solicit help from others in pursuing team wins.
• Communicating Effectively: clearly conveys ideas in a manner that engages others and helps them understand and retain the message
• Managing Performance: Engages, counsels, and coaches team members to enable the employee to obtain outstanding results for the company.
• Value Generation: Uses formal and informal tools and techniques to achieve operational excellence for the business.
Specific Requirements of the individual:
• Degree qualified or demonstrable equivalent experience.
• At least 10 years aerospace/defence (ideal) engineering experience sufficient to build domain expertise.
• Collaborative, team player. Able to interact effectively and deliver results through people.
• Demonstrated analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Demonstrated effective oral and written communication.
• Professionalism in dealing with adverse or difficult situations.
• Excellent time management skills.
• Experience in Lean and/or Six Sigma.
• UK driving licence holder.
• Able and willing to travel domestically and internationally.