System Engineering Manager

Job # EM25015

Job Title System Engineering Manager

Office Location Roanoke, VA

Business/Department Industrial Systems

Sales Territory, if applicable N/A

General Role Description

Develop and maintain a software and hardware system engineering team to meet Mid-Range Plan (MRP) commitments within a set of capital and human resources on a rolling 2 year time horizon.

Role Accountabilities

Build and lead a team of committed and capable employees to ensure successful engineering of products and systems delivered to customers

Create, implement and monitor a process for efficient resource assignments

Develop, monitor and manage team engineering capitalization budgets to meet business targets

Provide input for the development, implementation, and management of a process to acquire and monitor key information on engineering performance, such as, but not limited to, sales, costs, margin and schedules, as requested

Use project performance data to make or suggest necessary adjustments to ensure that sales and margins on engineering projects meet business unit targets

Provide input for the development, implementation, and management of a process to provide status updates to business and functional units, and customers, and proactively recommend improvements, as requested

Provide input for the development of a process to track and measure quality and efficiency, as requested

Identify opportunities, initiate, and lead process improvement initiatives

Define and implement a process to monitor skill base within the team

Monitor skill base within the team and report opportunities for skills improvement to immediate manager

Ensure skills database is accurate and current

Ensure team members possess the necessary knowledge and skills and are trained to meet current and future needs per the business unit (BU) MRP

Cooperate with other functional groups and other group companies to ensure projects are executed successfully

Establish and maintain a pool of qualified contract engineers to meet current and future needs per the BU MRP

Ensure client issues are resolved, at job site if necessary. Escalate to appropriate management as needed

General Employee Accountabilities

Bring full effort to bear on tasks assigned by manager

Give manager best advice

Give earliest notice when work cannot be delivered as specified

Cooperate and collaborate with peers and interact cross-organizationally as specified by manager

Exemplify Company Core Values: Integrity, Client Focus, Team Orientation, and Personal Commitment

Comply with all Company policies, practices, and procedures and all regulations and laws

Recommend viable improvements proactively

Ensure effective utilization of business tools and processes

Manager Accountabilities

Build and lead a team of committed and capable employees

Plan for, appropriately assign, resource, and integrate the work of the team

Lead, expect, and implement continuous improvement

Own the output of the team

Ensure team members fulfill functional and general employee accountabilities

Exercise effective managerial leadership to include

Two-way managerial team working

Fair and just treatment of direct reports

Context setting

Planning

Task assignment

Ongoing performance management

Coaching

Selection and orientation

De-selection and dismissal

Requirements

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor of science in electrical, electronic, mechanical or computer engineering or equivalent via education and/or work experience

5 years of technical leadership or technical management experience in any combination of the metals, material handling, paper, or related general industries

10 years of experience specifying, designing and/or commissioning electrical and automation systems for metals, material handling, paper, or related general industries

Demonstrated success leading high performance engineering teams to accomplish business goals

Demonstrated successful working relationships with customers, suppliers, and other internal and external contacts

Demonstrated successful and positive leadership, interpersonal, organizational, administrative, and communication skills

Demonstrated successful working relationships with consultant engineering firms

Demonstrated continuous improvement in areas of responsibility

Demonstrated success managing financial results to plan in a manufacturing or industrial services business

Demonstrated experience in the review of the commercial terms and technical requirements of contract documents to ensure that project requirements are met and that identified risks to the business are managed effectively

Proficiency in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Outlook, MS Projects and an ERP business system

Availability to travel domestically and internationally, approximately 15%, sometimes on short notice

Preferred Qualifications

Proficiency in Oracle

Demonstrated success leading remotely located teams

Link to TMEIC Corporation Americas website: https://www.tmeic.com/. To be considered an applicant for any available positions, individuals must complete an online job application for each posting. A resume may be attached to the online application but is not considered a substitute for the information in the application. Applications will be considered only for the specific position for which the application is submitted.

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