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Job Description:<\/b><\/span>1. JOB DETAILS:<\/span>Position Title: Manager: Engineering<\/span>Broad Band: M13: Senior Management<\/span>Talent Pipeline Layer: Managing Others (MO)<\/span>2. OVERALL JOB PURPOSE:<\/span>Improve technology, technology application and integration for more than one technology and\/or a lead role within area of expertise\/or portfolio of projects (Operating level: Tactical)<\/span>3. QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE & SKILLS:<\/span>Qualification:<\/b><\/span>1. Bachelors of Engineering (Specific discipline) + 4 years as Lead Engineer
\n 2. Masters of Engineering (Specific discipline) + 2 years as Lead Engineer<\/span>Experience:<\/b><\/span>1. 15 years experience as Engineer (subject to qualification)
\n 2. International experience preferred<\/span>Skills:<\/b><\/span>1. Expert in analysis and modelling of engineering components, systems, processes
\n 2. Effective leadership and management skills
\n 3. Ability to deal with unknown, combine unrelated data and information to create new insight
\n 4. Expert discipline knowledge
\n 5. Strategic thinking
\n 6. Design thinking
\n 7. Expert knowledge of technical trends, interpretation and application of industry knowledge
\n 8. Effective leadership and management skills
\n 9. Creating and innovating
\n 10. Discernment
\n 11. Expert competence performing risk Management\/Analysis
\n 12. Leading portfolios of projects
\n 13. Resilience
\n 14. Intercultural intelligence
\n 15. Expert in conceptualising engineering components, systems
\n 16. Effective verbal and written communication skills
\n 17. Expert analytical and problem solving skills
\n 19. Results driven (meeting customer expectations)
\n 20. Research and development
\n 21. Entrepreneurial and commercial thinking
\n 22. Presentation and facilitation skills
\n 23. Expert persuading and influencing skills
\n 24. Ability to think and interact globally
\n 25. Change agent
\n 26. epxert , presentation and negotiation skills<\/span>4. KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:<\/span>Focus Area<\/b><\/span>Get results through individual contributions<\/span>Operational \/ Functional<\/span>1. Self & team consistently meets targets, due dates and quality standards (production, service, advice, etc.)
\n 2. Achieve Quality targets by consistently reducing all non-value-adding work
\n 3. Cost target achievement by consistently improving team productivity
\n 4. All Plans and team objectives consistently executed and achieved in a safe working environment
\n 5. Productivity target achievement
\n 6. Achievement of Saudization targets<\/span>7. Play a lead role for a portfolio of projects
\n 8. Solve problems involving multiple stakeholders (e.g. on related Affiliate level and impact value chains)
\n 9. Identify, prioritise, and select stakeholder needs in order to set specific technical requirements (involves pre-empting known and unknown)
\n 10. Translate stakeholders needs\/wants into specific technical deliverables
\n 11. Improve technology application and integration
\n 12. Independent idea generation within multi-disciplines\/multi-affiliate (strategic impact)
\n 13. Develop work processes and implement actions to improve the multi discipline’s and\/or industry performance
\n 14. Define, interpret, defend and approve quality standards, specifications and technical requirements
\n 15. Ensure quality of a function’s technical delivery by the review and sign off of multi-disciplinary technical work
\n 16. Take decisions which optimise total cost of ownership
\n 17. Balance cost, schedule, quality as per risk level
\n 18. Take accountability for risk decisions through appropriate evaluation and risk mitigation practices
\n 19. Develop and review policies, procedures and methods and develop where necessary; apply policies with discretion
\n 20. Ensure that the quality of decision making with regards to projects are high
\n 21. Solve problems on affiliate level and impact related affiliate by enhancing meaningful steps (define, defend, enhance)
\n 22. Verify quality of group delivery; manage junior staff
\n 23. Continuously research the field of expertise to develop the area with the company; improve technology application and integration
\n 24. Conduct Research & Development that leads to new solutions being implemented in the Affiliate
\n 25. Question existing work practices<\/span>Leadership<\/b><\/span>1. Establish High performance in the team through Goal clarity and alignment of all team members (performance direction)
\n 2. Drive Team performance and performance management through regular performance reviews and giving recognition where it was due; Always deal with performance issues in a proactive manner
\n 3. Increase the Team skill level, succession and career progressions though by enabling the achievement of development objectives for one self and all team members
\n 4. Change management and communication well communicated and effectively executed across the business
\n 5. Quality diversity decisions on opportunity utilization (Employee Movements)
\n 6. Creates a high performance culture and values driven environment (team motivation and wellness) by Improving engagement and enablement levels that results in high performance
\n 7. Governance and legal compliance (audits and inspection)
\n 8. work alignment and collaboration across boundaries (value chain)
\n 9. Resources availability and optimization by ensuring that Cost effective resources are available for results delivery on a daily basis
\n 10. Diverse succession pipeline planning and retention<\/span>13. Influence senior Affiliate management through technical leadership
\n 14. Ensuring continuous personal and professional growth and development
\n 15. Improve group work processes and play leading role in implementation of new ideas\/opportunities
\n 16. Facilitating transformation and change processes
\n 17. Facilitating continuous improvement
\n 18. Communicate best practices, technical reports and positions statements with the appropriate stakeholders
\n 19. Lead discussions with contractors and licensors
\n 20. Develop and facilitate the implementation of appropriate business solutions
\n 21. Idea generation through facilitating an interdisciplinary team
\n 22. Provide input on medium and long term technical strategies
\n 23. Influence technical integration between cross boundary business teams
\n 24. Provide technical coaching, mentoring and training to team members
\n 25. Lead team across functions, disciplines and business environments (management track)
\n 26. Solve more strategic technical problems on Affiliate level and impact value chain (Functional tech)
\n 27. Responsible allocation of and motivation to secure resources (management)
\n 28. Play a technical leadership role in a portfolio of projects
\n 29. Lead team and remove obstacles to achieve and improve results (management)
\n 30. Interpret and execute strategy
\n 31. Develop technically orientated and appropriate business solutions
\n 32. Participate in the planning of research programmes<\/span>Relationships<\/b><\/span>1. Fully understand customer and supplier needs and ensure customer\/partner service level agreements
\n 2. Build effective working relationship with managers, peers, team members, customers and suppliers
\n 3. Liaison with service and support functions\/upstream – downstream interface management
\n 4. Ensure knowledge transfer within own area of responsibility
\n 5. Build effective networks (internal and external) to the benefit of the team
\n 6. Use opportunities and appropriate communication tools to effectively communicate information to the team<\/span>7. Build credibility and constructive working relationship with teams, managers and business leaders to enhance the knowledge base of the company
\n 8. Maintain healthy and stable relations with contractors, consultants and management
\n 9. Create and maintained well developed internal and external network
\n 10. Liaise with external engineering companies to share knowledge and benchmark
\n ’11. Lead interactions with Service Providers and Consultants and senior Affiliate management
\n 12. Creating effective stakeholder and expert networking relationships (e.g. customers, suppliers, universities and specialist bodies)
\n 13. Ensure high levels of credibility, influence, trust and respect with internal\/external customers
\n 14. Participate and lead discussions with service providers and consultants
\n 15. Professional communication of expertise (best practices, technical reports, position statement) in a collaborative and consultative approach which consistently meet business needs
\n 16. Develop and facilitate the implementation of new solutions in area of expertise
\n 17. Participate in and maintained expert networks<\/span>5. COMPETENCIES:<\/span>Technical\/Functional<\/span>1. Expert knowledge of relevant technical procedures, specifications and legal frameworks
\n 2. Expert knowledge of applicable engineering technologies
\n 3. Expert knowledge of the fundamentals of the value chain and business drivers (own and stakeholders)
\n 4. Expert proficiency in the application of appropriate technologies
\n 5. Expert technical analysis and problem solving capability
\n 6. Expert technical integration
\n 7. Expert capability implementing technical solutions
\n 8. Expert proficiency at conceptualising engineering solutions
\n 9. Expert capability making professional technical recommendations
\n 10. Expert risk analyses and management
\n 11. Expert in system\/process optimisation
\n 12. Expert understanding of principles of total cost of ownership
\n 13. Expert knowledge of engineering design
\n 14. Expert ability to develop innovative technical solutions
\n 15. Excellent understanding of business processes and value chain in order to defend discipline value addition
\n 16. Expert Ability to balance financial, operational and technical requirements
\n 17. Expert knowledge of company standards, procedures and methods<\/span>Leadership<\/b><\/p>\n