Project Field Engineering Manager

Project Field Engineering Manager duties & responsibilities:

• Supervising engineering teams: Oversee the operations of their teams. Monitor performance, facilitate growth and handle disputes within the team to ensure efficient operations.
• Establishing project goals and timelines: Define the technical objectives of projects and establish timelines. This involves determining the resources and milestones to achieve project success.
• Managing design processes: Supervise the design processes, which may involve working with designers and architects. It may also involve working with computer-aided design (CAD) software for developing materials or devices that meet client needs.
• Overseeing equipment maintenance strategy: Develop and oversee the maintenance strategy for equipment. This ensures that equipment remains operational, helps reduce non-functional periods and maintains productivity.
• Conducting risk assessments: Conduct risk assessments to anticipate potential project challenges. Identifying risks early helps develop mitigation strategies and ensure a project's success.
• Coordinating with team members, partners and clients: Oversee contact between the team members, project managers, clients and partners. Apply communication skills to inform clients about project progress and engage and instruct team members.
• Ensuring regulatory compliance: Ensure that all projects adhere to the relevant regulations. This involves understanding relevant legislation, monitoring changes and ensuring work processes and outcomes comply.
• Managing budgets: Handle project budgets to help save on costs and track progress. Monitor expenditures, allocate resources efficiently, lobby for additional resources for emerging circumstances and make necessary adjustments to keep the project within budget.
• Implementing technical standards: Enforce technical standards to maintain quality and consistency across projects. Regularly monitor these standards to learn about changes in industry practices, ensuring that the team's work remains current and relevant.
• Integrating new technologies: Lead teams in using new technologies that improve work efficiency. This helps the team adapt to new industry developments and deliver excellent results.
• Finding solutions for technical issues: When technical problems arise, lead in finding viable solutions. Understanding of systems helps identify issues and devise efficient solutions.
• Negotiating and managing contracts: Negotiate and manage contracts with clients and suppliers. Ensure the team meets all needs to foster positive relationships with external parties.
• Establishing safety procedures: Work with a safety officer to establish and implement safety procedures in the workplace. This involves analysing the risks of various methods and tools and creating protocols to reduce hazards and protect the team from potential accidents.
• Overseeing quality assurance: Oversee project quality assurance to ensure that all output meets standards. Implement robust quality control processes to detect and correct final product quality deviations.
• Recruiting team members: Participate in the recruitment process, selecting candidates who align with the team's needs and the company's values. Evaluate prospective candidates' technical skills, problem-solving abilities and teamwork aptitudes to create a versatile and efficient team.
• Conducting performance reviews and giving feedback: Conduct performance reviews for teams to ensure productivity and help members develop their careers. These reviews analyse individual contributions and achievements, discuss areas for improvement and set new goals to foster continuous professional development.