Functional Team Lead - Engineering - Design
- Papendrecht, Zuid-Holland
- Vast
- Voltijds
The NH90 helicopter is a medium size, multi-role military helicopter developed by a collaboration of international European companies.
This team of NH90 Design Engineers (approximately 6 FTE's), designs modifications on the structure and the Landing Gear of the NH90 helicopter. These modifications accommodate new requirements of (new) customers and ensure optimal operation of the NH90 Helicopters in their challenging military environments.What you will do
- Daily performance management (coaching/managing) of the NH90 Design team including managing team engagement, capability development through the management of performance development plans and other initiatives.
- Support technical and customer discussions and reviews, including formal gate reviews, the creation and preparation of technical data and presentations;
- Maintaining contacts with stakeholders in other departments in order to define work package scope and requirements and be able to deliver as agreed;
- Lead team to deliver the assigned tasks to achieve the program/project objectives through planning, work tasking, and execution of required engineering activities;
- Create and verify overall design definitions, including dimensions, materials, parts, process notes, assemblies, and tolerances which are aligned to all design requirements and objectives.
- Develop and implement methods plans, toolsets and solutions that are appropriate and compliant to achieve the design and program/project objectives;
- Ensure designs are cost effective using appropriate techniques for design such as manufacture and assembly (DFMA) and design to cost;
- Assess, manage, and mitigate overall technical risk of assigned activities;
- Generate, sign, check, or approve all assigned project deliverables, documents, and reports as required within limits of signature authorizations;
- Lead continuous improvement within the engineering team to improve quality and reduce waste, and establish the best practice is followed within the team;
- Ensure knowledge and data generated by the team is effectively captured, transmitted, and stored in compliance with applicable quality processes;
- Provide key performance indicators for team activities to drive continuous improvement and provide updates / reports, and standard measures to the senior management team, as required;
- A Bachelor or a Master Degree in (Aerospace) Engineering or equivalent working and thinking Level gained through experience;
- At least 8 years of relevant experience gained within an engineering discipline, ideally within an aerospace environment and in multi-disciplinary engineering project teams;
- Experience in dealing with related functions (Operations/Production, Sales/Customer Relationship Management, Supplier Management and Development);
- A strong technical background and knowledge of design principles;
- Able to hold (internal) technical approval authority within the function;
- Possess project management, planning and organizing skills based on recognized project management methods;
- A solid understanding of delivery and tracking of engineering tasks is essential;
- Have excellent judgement in considering when escalation is appropriate;
- Able to define challenging objectives and achieve them;
- Able to work effectively across functions to achieve engineering objectives;
- Able to clearly present data, reports and presentations to facilitate the decision making process at all levels of the business;
- Awareness of aerospace manufacturing techniques and methods
- Strong communication skills
- Speaking and writing fluently in English and preferable able to speak and understand Dutch;
- Able to work with CATIA V5 and experience with PLM systems
- You are strong minded, convincing and committed, focused on delivery, and you must be able to work under pressure and tight deadlines.
- A gross monthly salary based on the CLA Metalektro Grade M and in line with your experience and qualifications,
- 8% holiday allowance,
- 42 paid holidays for full-time employment,
- Working conditions according to the CLA Metalektro, including an excellent pension scheme (PME) and travel allowance,
- A pleasant and informal working environment, in which we work together to achieve the best result for our customers in a pleasant atmosphere.
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