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Our client in the manufacturing sector is looking for a Technical Director in Woodmead to lead the structural and functional integration of equipment and products to ensure plant optimization and achieve fit for customer needs.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree (Engineering Fields)
• Business Degree at Master’s Level
• 15 years of experience in Technical roles, 5 of which must at least be at the Executive or Senior Management level.
• Experience gained in a manufacturing environment
• Line design - designing production lines or production processes
• Method development - developing production methods, and/or equipment.
• Project Management - setting up new production machinery or equipment.

Job-Related Knowledge:

• Governance and compliance at the Board level
• Experience in leading projects strategies aligned to specific business goals
• Demonstrated ability to interact and influence senior leadership teams.
• Knowledge and experience in manufacturing solutions and systems

Key Responsibilities:

Strategic Planning

• Lead technological improvements in the business through the development and implementation of short to medium-term plans.
• Drive the review of equipment capacity utilization and steer the direction within which the division revisits capital investments.
• Drive focused design work to ensure the business responds quickly to market needs.

Capital Expenditure Management

• Lead the short to medium-term planning process and approval of capital investments related to plant equipment and other assets.
• Lead the equipment procurement process with manufacturers (OEMs).
• Monitors the investment (ROI) returns for all equipment procured.

Project Management

• Identifies and recommends projects to improve and enhance plant efficiencies.
• Drive project management frameworks and principles in the commissioning of new equipment.
• Ensure resource and expertise availability in the implementation of new projects.
• Lead the development and implementation of frameworks, standards, and guidelines for production metrics not limited to safety, efficiencies, and maintenance.
• Lead the identification of risks to improve performance.
• Oversee setting plant lay-outs and production process flow.
• Integrates systems, tools (parts and components), and equipment to reduce complexity in the manufacturing process.
• Monitor team performance and progress against plan, taking corrective action where necessary. Provide feedback to team members and coach where necessary. Ensure unacceptable performance is dealt with effectively and timeously and that good performance is recognized.
• Facilitate and manage team meetings effectively, using Visual Management to discuss team performance. Encourage participation from all team members.
• Drive and encourage the team to apply the Foundation Practices, ensure adherence to standards, and coach the team in Foundation principles and practices.

Managing teams

• Coach teams to build and maintain high-performance standards.
• Drive team behavior to ensure that company values adhere to.
• Implement a talent pipeline supported by team development plans.
• Conduct Plan, Do and Review sessions to drive results.
• Ensure mentorship plans are implemented

Standards

Lead the analysis of product failures in the market and recommends solutions.

• Oversee the development and review of new product standards and specifications.
• Ensure product/spare/equipment design meets internal standards and fit-for-use

Essential Competencies:

Adhering to Principles and Values

Upholds ethics and values; demonstrates integrity; promotes and defends equal opportunities, builds diverse teams; encourages organizational and individual responsibility towards the community and the environment.

Delivering Results and Meeting Customer Expectations

Focuses on customer needs and satisfaction; sets high standards for quality and quantity; monitors and maintains quality and productivity; works in a systematic, methodical and orderly way; consistently achieves project goals.

Leading and Supervising

Focuses on customer needs and satisfaction; sets high standards for quality and quantity; monitors and maintains quality and productivity; works in a systematic, methodical and orderly way; consistently achieves project goals.

Applying Expertise and Technology

Applies specialist and detailed technical expertise; uses technology to achieve work objectives; develops job knowledge and expertise (theoretical and practical) through continual professional development; demonstrates an understanding of different organizational departments and functions

Coping with Pressures and Setbacks

Maintains a positive outlook at work; works productively in a pressurized environment; keeps emotions under control during difficult situations; handles criticism well and learns from it; balances the demands of a work-life and personal life.

Deciding and Initiating Action

Takes responsibility for actions, projects, and people; takes initiative and works under their own direction; initiates and generates activity and introduces changes into work processes; makes quick, clear decisions which may include tough choices or considered risks.

Planning and Organising

Sets clearly defined objectives; plans activities and projects well in advance and takes account of possible changing circumstances; identifies and organizes resources needed to accomplish tasks; manages time effectively; monitors performance against deadlines and milestones.

Following Instructions and Procedures

Appropriately follows instructions from others without unnecessarily challenging authority; Follows procedures and policies; keeps to schedules; arrives punctually for work and meetings; demonstrates a commitment to the organization; complies with legal obligations and safety requirements of the role.

Behavioral Competencies:

Achieving Personal Work Goals and Objectives

Accepts and tackles demanding goals with enthusiasm; works hard and puts in longer hours when it is necessary; seeks progression to roles of increased responsibility and influence; identifies own development needs and makes use of developmental or training opportunities.

Working with People

Shows respect for the views and contributions of other team members; shows empathy; listens, supports, and cares for others; consults others and shares information and expertise with them; builds team spirit and reconciles conflict; adapts to the team and fits in well.

Presenting and Communicating Information

Speaks fluently; expresses opinions, information, and key points of an argument clearly; makes presentations and undertakes public speaking with skill and confidence; responds quickly to the needs of an audience and to their reactions and feedback; projects credibility.

Relating and Networking

Easily establishes good relationships with customers and staff; relates well to people at all levels; builds wide and effective networks of contacts; uses humor appropriately to bring warmth to relationships with others.

Additional Job Requirements:

• Local and international travel.
• Working with cross-functional teams across the continent. Matrix reporting lines.

PREFERENCE WILL BE GIVEN TO PREVIOUSLY DISADVANTAGED/EE GROUPS