Manager - Engineering (General)
Scania Jing'an District, Shanghai, China
Automotive · 1,001-5,000 employees
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About the role
The manager provides administrative and technical supervision to a team of engineers to ensure the successful completion of projects. They are responsible for directing work assignments, managing personnel performance, and ensuring engineering solutions meet regulatory and organizational standards.
What they look for
Requirements
The role requires a Bachelor's degree and significant experience in leading professional engineering teams. Candidates must possess strong technical expertise in their discipline and the ability to manage complex engineering processes and staff development.
Full description
Role Summary
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Provide first-level, day-to-day administrative and technical supervision for a staff of professional engineers and technicians within an engineering department unit to accomplish specific engineering projects. Review technical feasibility of proposed solutions to engineering problems. Specialize in areas of competence (electrical, mechanical, etc.) depending on the function, according to the type of product or process. Responsible for the results of the unit's efforts and for the effectiveness of their overall integration within other units. Direct work assignments, scheduling, and reviews of work in progress. Handle personnel actions, including performance reviews, salary recommendations, and coordination of training and development. Help solve difficult technical problems. Typically lead a staff of five to ten professionals.
Job Responsibilities
Engineering Inspections
Carry out inspections to evaluate the quality of engineering works and/or the integrity of existing installations or structures, and specify the remedial works needed to ensure conformance with specifications and regulatory requirements.
Engineering Drawings
Create complex engineering drawings to support the communication, evaluation, and implementation of engineering solutions.
Engineering Solutions Design
Design engineering solutions and the associated validation process to enable the realization of a design brief (for example, in terms of functionality, performance, aesthetics, and cost) that conforms to organizational and/or regulatory standards.
Engineering Standards Specification
Contribute to the analysis of information, the drafting of engineering standards and specifications, and the evaluation of the effectiveness of those standards within own engineering discipline to inform engineering work in the organization and/or of its suppliers, contractors, and consultants.
Process Design Engineering
Analyze information and specify the methods and process steps, as well as the plant, machinery, and equipment, required to design and continuously improve manufacturing or materials processes and process systems to deliver the end product within specified cost and quality parameters.
Leadership and Direction
Communicate the local action plan; explain how this relates to the function's strategy and action plan and to the broader organization's mission and vision; motivate people to achieve local business goals.
Performance Management
Develop and propose own performance objectives; take appropriate actions to ensure achievement of agreed objectives, using the organization's performance management systems to improve personal performance. Or manage and report on team performance; set appropriate performance objectives for direct reports or project/account team members and hold people accountable for achieving them, taking appropriate corrective action where necessary to ensure the achievement of team/personal objectives.
Solutions Analysis
Analyze specific problems and issues to find the best solutions. Solutions could be technical or professional in nature.
Internal Client Relationship Management
Contribute to the management of partnering relationships with internal clients, building effective working relationships and providing high-quality professional services to support in delivering business strategy and plans.
Organizational Capability Building
Use the organization's formal development framework to identify the team's individual development needs. Plan and implement actions to build their capabilities. Provide training or coaching to others throughout the organization in own area of expertise to enable others to improve performance and fulfill personal potential.
Education
- Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent Level 6
