Product Group Engineering Lead

The role:

CRP Subsea is looking for a Product Group Engineering Lead to support our Engineering Team in Skelmersdale.

What will you do as our Product Group Engineering Lead:

• Support the Engineering Team Manager to provide design engineering cover across the Business Group and across CRP when necessary.
• The deployment of critical strategic objectives agreed with the Engineering Team Manager within your engineering team.
• Ensure appropriate engineering reviews, design verification activities, and risk assessments are completed in accordance with company procedures.
• Manage performance, objectives, and development plans for engineers within the product group.
• Conduct regular one-to-one meetings and performance reviews.
• Identify training and competency development requirements.
• Support succession planning and talent development activities.
• The day-to-day supervision of all engineering resources within your engineering team, recognising their development needs and implementing plans for improvement.
• Accountable for the successful delivery of all engineering activities within the designated product group, ensuring quality, schedule, and cost objectives are achieved.
• Plan and prioritise engineering resources to meet project and operational demands, escalating capacity risks where necessary.
• Act as the first point of escalation for all issues encountered within your engineering team.
• Ensure adherence to all company policies and prevailing business regulations.
• Perform design engineering activities within Design Engineering on a day-to-day basis.
• Ensure that all products are designed in accordance with customer requirements, company practice and recognised engineering standards.
• Improve product design methods and procedures.
• Lead departmental continuous improvement initiatives.
• Generate technical presentations for either internal or external purposes.
• Ensure information in drawings and documentation is both correct and complete.
• Provide technical support for products associated with the Business Group activities.
• Provide technical support relating to production plant and equipment if required.
• Assist in the communication of technical data to Customers and sub-contractors.
• Interface with Supply Chain and Operations as required.
• Support and participate in company-wide improvement initiatives.
• Support the Business Group in the process of winning new work.
• Promote a positive, collaborative, and accountable team culture.
• Support recruitment and onboarding activities where required.
• Other appropriate activities as defined by the Business Group management.

What are we looking for in our Product Group Engineering Lead:

• Demonstrates a consistent track record of delivering high-quality engineering solutions.
• Ability to work to defined company processes and standards.
• Maintain customer focus and ensure customer satisfaction through delivery of your work.
• Proven ability to identify and implement improvements to engineering processes and product design methodologies.
• Work in a logical and analytical manner. Be a champion for procurement and related processes within the organisation.
• Work effectively on simultaneous projects; manage time flexibly and effectively with minor supervision.
• Advise and agree reasonable timescales for completion of engineering with sales and projects colleagues.
• Communicate effectively with good written and verbal skills.
• Build strong working relationships and work well within a multi-discipline team.
• Set an example for and provide support/training to less experienced engineers.
• Awareness, understanding and effective application of relevant technical and HSE standards.
• Experience in working across cultural boundaries, communicating effectively, both internally and externally.
• Experience working within a manufacturing environment.
• Experience in conducting analytical calculations.
• Demonstrated ability to build customer confidence and maintain high levels of customer satisfaction.
• Strong leadership and coaching skills with the ability to motivate and develop engineering teams.
• Effective decision-making skills with the ability to balance technical, commercial, and operational requirements.
• Strong stakeholder management skills across customers, suppliers, and internal functions.
• Previous experience leading or supervising technical teams.
• Experience managing multiple projects and competing priorities.
• Experience working with design reviews, engineering change processes, and product lifecycle management.
• Experience working with customers and suppliers.
• Minimum 5-10 years' engineering experience in a manufacturing or engineering environment.
• Degree qualified in Mechanical Engineering or other similar discipline (BEng (hons) or MEng (hons) or equivalent).

What are the benefits of being our Product Group Engineering Lead:

• Up to £60,000.00 per annum DOE
• Discretionary annual bonus of up to 15% of basic salary
• Life assurance of 4 x annual salary
• Single Private Medical Insurance
• Comprehensive employee assistance programme including 24/7 GP, unlimited mental health support and legal consultations
• Group personal pension scheme