Design Team Lead
2 days ago
Bradley Stoke
Design Team Lead Reporting to the Head of Function / Engineering Director, the Team Leader will play an important role in all aspects of the technical delivery of work undertaken for our clients. The Team Leader will have a proven track record of providing team leadership to multiple clients with particular emphasis on delivery and quality. Key Roles and Responsibilities: • To lead and manage a team of ~5 Mechanical Design Engineers in delivering design based work packages to time, cost and quality., • Work packages will typically consist of the production of design data for changes to aircraft and/or equipment / components., • To ensure compilation and delivery of all design documentation meets internal and customer required standards, and where applicable demonstrate compliance with the regulatory requirements., • If suitably qualified and on award of delegated technical signatory, check design data and deliverables., • Provide design input to and attend customer programme meetings, ie Technical Review Meetings, PDR & CDR etc., • Support the checking of design data and deliverables prior to customer delivery., • Team competency and performance management including allocation of tasks to appropriate team members., • Manage and provide technical guidance to the team, managing enablement and dependencies, ensuring the team perform the tasks assigned to them to the highest technical standard, in a timely manner and within the prescribed budget., • Point of contact to the customer Technical and Project team from task scoping, project launch, progression and reporting through to delivery., • Working with the Operations and Project Management team in managing and maintaining project risk and dependency trackers., • Working with the Lead Engineer and Engineering Director to ensure adequate and suitably capable resources are available to meet the current and planned customer requirements., • SoW compilation reflecting verbal or written customer requests for approval by Engineering and Operations., • Internal status reporting on work complete, budget, enablement etc, ensuring any matters arising which may affect quality, on-time delivery or technical compliance are raised to the Operations and Engineering leadership team. Essential Skills and Experience • Proven track record of team leadership and technical management., • Airbus Aircraft Programmes, • VPM/PASS/APS, • Airbus Methodology, • Aerospace design experience, • Metallic and composite material design experience, • Experience of working directly with customer technical leadership teams, • Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to build successful working relationships with customer points of contact as well as internal stakeholders., • Ability to articulate project progress to Operations Manager, • Experience of working to tight deadlines on projects and interfacing with clients., • Demonstrated experience in risk and dependency management, • Good organisational skills., • Good estimating skills, • Resource management, • Quick learner and highly self-motivated., • Commercial awareness and discretion.