Engineering Manager

As an Engineering Manager at Lucy Electric Manufacturing & Technologies India in Halol, Vadodara, India, your primary responsibility will be to lead the Current Product Engineering team. This will involve providing technical guidance, allocating resources, and overseeing the execution of CPE special projects, ECRs, standardization, and value engineering activities. You will collaborate with various sites and BOC members, leveraging their expertise in MV/LV switchgear product design, product lifecycle management, engineering change management, manufacturing processes, and team management. In this role, you will supervise a team of 4 direct reports and be accountable for guiding the team in creating comprehensive project plans, ensuring timely completion of deliverables, and monitoring project timelines, expenses, and risks in coordination with the project manager. You will also prioritize ECRs based on criticality, maintain ECR completion targets, and ensure effective usage of Lucy PLM & CAD system guidelines for drawings & bill of material preparation. Leading Value Engineering initiatives, driving cost reduction efforts, enhancing process efficiency through standardization activities, and promoting continuous improvement will be part of your responsibilities. Additionally, you will be responsible for approving and allocating ECRs raised by different Lucy teams during BOC meetings, setting performance and development objectives for your team, aligning team goals with department head objectives, participating in Internal Budget Reviews, providing information for Management Reports and Forecasts, and assisting in the recruitment of competent employees for replacement or new roles. Ensuring compliance with engineering change processes in alignment with ISO requirements, participating in audits, mentoring the team to maintain required competencies, and identifying skill gaps for management to address will also be crucial aspects of your role. As a key leader within the team, you will be accountable for planning, monitoring, and executing all allocated CPE projects, including Engineering Change Management, Value Engineering, and standardization activities. Collaboration with NPD, Sales, and other Lucy sites globally to achieve desired outcomes, enhance processes, and improve efficiency will be essential. With a Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical/Mechanical with an MV/LV switchgear background, and 12 to 16 years of experience, you should possess job-specific skills like understanding of LV/MV switchgear products & applications, Value Engineering, Cost analysis, Manufacturing processes, Engineering Change Management, and Testing and validation of switchgear products. Behavioral competencies such as a positive attitude, effective relationship building, good communication skills, and team building abilities are also required. If this opportunity excites you, we encourage you to apply today as our application process is quick and easy. We look forward to hearing from you.,