Engineering Director
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Job Description
Engineering Director overseeing engineering teams in Germany and the Czech Republic for Lear Corporation. Leading innovations in automotive technology and ensuring project management excellence.
Responsibilities:
- Lead Engineering Team
- Lead German and Czech Republic engineering managers and EU Laboratory managers
- Enhance the definition and refine the design and development process
- Secure adherence to all internal and external standards, policies, and laws
- Support escalation of quality claims and alignment of engineering / lab team direction
- Promotion of teamwork and leading the team to define and achieve objectives
- Ensure good motivation and engagement is present within the team
- Evaluation of employee skills and training requirements
- Provide mentoring to potential leaders in the organization
- Vet and hire new talent
- Actively support development of global product roadmap
- Participation in benchmarking/ research into new technology areas
- Developments may be outside of traditional CS product types (ex: CCS).
- Leverage global cross functional capabilities
- Guide engineering through RFQ process and Technical Design Review preparations
- Present Lear CS Engineering capabilities and product focus to customers in TDR
- Strategic planning of Vertical Integration product to EDS (Wire Harness Division)
- Manage European Engineering and Laboratory budget
- Current year month end close and forecasting
- Develop "Next year" budget
- Approval of spend
- Execution of corporate cost reduction "tasks" including Footprint optimization and expanded utilization of locations Brno and PETC in CS
- Efficiency improvement actions including integration digital tools, simulation, and automation of engineering value added steps
- Build cooperative relationship between adjacent departments Sales, Purchasing, Finance, Cost and Price, EDS, Electronics, High Power, Seating, Lab, Quality …
- Support lab to enhance Connection Systems validation capabilities.
- Lead the CTO activities (cost saving initiatives) to ensure we hit our annual targets by ensuring a roadmap is developed via regularly scheduled workshops with clear take away actions (who is doing what by when)
Requirements:
- Technical University degree
- Extensive experience over many years in Engineering management and/or Project Management, preferably in Terminal & Connectors business.
- Knowledge in operations/manufacturing (progressive die stamping, injection moulding, assembly).
- Metals and plastics.
- Quality and Engineering processes, methods and tools, such as APQP, DFMEA, DFSS, FEM.
- Fluent in spoken and written English.
Benefits:
- Good cooperation in an experienced team, where trust, openness and respect are part of everyday life.
- Independent and autonomous work as part of our philosophy.
- Long-term prospects in a steadily growing international company with flat hierarchies.
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