Engineering Manager - NAM & LATAM

Engineering Manager - Regional Engineering NAM

Division (Weir Minerals)

Location Weir EnSci

Onsite/Hybrid

Purpose of Role: Purpose of this role is to lead Regional Engineering for the engineering requirements of North America and Latin America region.

Why choose Weir:

Be part of a global organization dedicated to building a better future: At Weir, the growing world depends on us. It depends on us constantly reinventing, quickly adapting and continually finding better, faster, more sustainable ways to access the resources it needs to thrive. And it depends on each of us doing the best work of our lives. It’s a big challenge – but it is exciting.

An opportunity to grow your own way: Everything moves fast in the dynamic world of Weir. This creates opportunities for us to take on new challenges, explore new areas, learn, progress and excel. Best of all, there is no set path that our people must take. Instead, everyone is given the support and freedom to tailor-make their own career and do the best work of their lives.

Feel empowered to be yourself and belong: Weir is a welcoming, inclusive place, where each individual’s contribution is recognized and all employees are encouraged to innovate, collaborate and be themselves. We continually focus on people and their wellbeing. We believe in fairness and choose to be honest, transparent and authentic in everything we do.

Key Responsibilities:

• Managing Engineering across North America region from Weir EnSci
• Demonstrate 100% commitment to our zero harm behaviors in support of our drive towards developing a world class safety culture.
• Ensure compliance with established company policies and procedures.
• Improve efficiency and sustainability of processes and designs, and to reduce waste.
• Manages staff and assigns projects to engineering and technical personnel
• Resolve customer complaints to the full satisfaction of the customer.
• Assist in the generation of budgets, technical proposals and cost estimates.
• Lead the evaluation of design IPs, and work with external and internal IP partners.
• Provide thought leadership and technical guidance to engineering staff.
• Communicate plans, status, and issues to higher management levels.
• Provide general peer to peer training support to those new to department.
• Maintain and review quality and key KPIs
• Make recommendations for hiring, performance improvement and promoting of employees.
• Lead the team to begin to leverage automation and other Engineering Efficiency tools and processes.
• Available to provide the inputs to any action items, deliverables, etc.
• Set and maintain product technical vision and technical roadmap.
• Define, manage and evaluate team members on goals and performance metrics.
• Participate in teams working on opportunities to promote engineering excellence.
• Collaborate with product stakeholders to translate business problem statements into technical solutions.
• Safety First: Demonstrate 100% commitment to our zero harm behaviors in support of our drive towards developing a world class safety culture.
  
  

Job Knowledge/Education and Qualifications:

• Four-year Engineering degree in mechanical or allied disciplines with or without Master’s Degree in Management
• 12 to 20 years of experience with minimum of 2 years’ experience in team management
• Proven experience in project management and team leadership.
• Strong knowledge of mechanical engineering principles and practices.
• Strong Technical knowledge in a particular domain or product like pumps
• Managed engineering efficiency programs across domain and implemented the same.
• Managed teams across multiple regions along with managing global programs.
• Led initiative like, innovation, DEI. Sustainability etc.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Strong attention to detail and problem-solving skills.
• Proficiency in engineering software and tools.
• Knowledge of industry standards and regulations.
• Ability to work effectively in a team environment.
• Strong organizational and time management skills.
• Commitment to continuous improvement and innovation.
• Ability to motivate and inspire a team.
• Experience in budget management and resource allocation.
• Strong analytical and decision-making skills.
• Mentoring and talent hiring and development experience
• Good understanding of business and market
• Proficiency with various Weir I.T. systems e.g. Teams, SharePoint, OneDrive, Teamcenter, Citrix, is assumed and required for this role.
  
  

Founded in 1871, Weir is a world leading engineering business with a purpose to make mining operations smarter, more efficient and sustainable. Thanks to Weir’s technology, our customers can produce essential metals and minerals using less energy, water and waste at lower cost. With the increasing need for metals and minerals for climate change solutions, Weir colleagues are playing their part in powering a low carbon future. We are a global family of 11,000 uniquely talented people in over 60 counties, inspiring each other to do the best work of our lives.

For additional information about what it is like to work at Weir, please visit our Career Page and LinkedIn Life Page.

Compensation: (Where compensation on the job posting is required)

Weir is committed to an inclusive and diverse workplace. We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, veteran status, disability, age, or any other legally protected status.

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