Engineering Manager

Key Responsibilities

Leadership & Growth

• Build the Digital Operations team and sub-discipline capability (CMMS, Operations support, design & drafting, Data Engineering) 
• Set the vision and strategic direction for the engineering group 
• Share the Digital Operations group's vision, mission and strategy and communicating the actions needed to implement these; motivate people to commit. 
• Develop GEC growth plans with input from the regional leadership and support strengthening and deepening the use of GEC operations in project execution. 
• Support Digital Operation leadership to prepare short-term and annual workforce plans to identify the number and mix of staff required to meet the demand forecast, provide bi-weekly & monthly update on project billability, resource utilization, invoice status, resource onboarding to immediate supervisor.

People and Planning

• Create a positive working environment for diverse engineering resources to flourish, ensuring recruitment, selection and development processes are inclusive and free from bias
• Support the development of a positive culture in the Chennai office and work with local leadership to attract and retain top talent.
• Manage team competency and training and ensure the highest possible standards of integrity, safety, quality and performance excellence.
• Direct management of people; including pay reviews, performance reviews, career progression, training and development 
• Determine future resource and capability requirements to deliver current and future projects. Support recruitment and selection of key hires.
• Oversee the career development of the team; and provide input into the global talent reviews conducted by Digital Operations.
• Manage and report on the performance of a growing, diverse team; set appropriate performance objectives for direct reports and wider engineering team members and hold them accountable for achieving these; take appropriate corrective action where necessary to ensure the achievement of team objectives. 
• Plan and prioritize work to meet discipline commitments aligned with organizational goals. Look ahead to determine and obtain needed resources to complete plans.
• Manage and work within departmental overhead budgets and manage utilization of resources vs workload.

Engineering delivery and performance

• Establish and continuously improve engineering systems and tools required by the engineers to deliver cost effective and competitive engineering execution.
• Support engineering connectivity and knowledge transfer with other regions with the goal of maintaining global best practice.
• Drive Project Delivery Assurance and ensure the appropriate level of QA/QC is in place on all projects.
• Work collaboratively with ops leaders, engineering managers, technical authorities and subject matter experts across the group. 
• Ensure discipline engineering integrity is maintained across work scopes.

Proposals Support

• Provide engineering support to proposals to demonstrate capability and identify appropriate key engineering resources.
• Provide technical input to bids and bid reviews including identification and support of subject matter experts from your team.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical/ Electrical/ Chemical/instrumentation/Civil or related professional degree with consistent outstanding academic record; an advanced degree or MBA is preferred.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

• Proven experience in building the team. 
• Previous operational experience working in a Global Execution Center environment supporting global business growth.
• Minimum 15 years in project execution/engineering management / project delivery role in area of preferably in Oil & Gas, Refining & Chemical, Life Sciences, Mining & Mineral Processing sectors.
• Broad and deep understanding of applicable industries and demonstrated networks and relationships. 
• Strong business acumen and entrepreneurial spirit. 
• Strategic thinker
• Strong problem-solving skills. 
• Ability to cultivate and unify a diverse multicultural community. 
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work cross collaboratively and create trust with peers and leaders. 
• Builds partnerships and works collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives. 
• Strong team building skills; motivating people, proactively enabling cross functional best practice.
• Committed to developing people and fostering an inclusive work environment
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.