Team Leader/Sr. Engineer- Projects

Team Leadership & Coordination:

• Provide leadership, mentoring and supervision to project managers, project engineers and coordinators to build a high-performing project team.
• Assign project tasks, monitor progress actively, ensure timely delivery of milestones and adherence to project plans.
• Conduct regular team meetings, performance reviews, training sessions and foster continuous professional development.
• Promote a collaborative culture across the project management team and facilitate clear communication of roles, responsibilities and targets.
• Demonstrated change management and continuous improvement mindset: ability to challenge status quo and drive operational excellence.

Project Planning & Execution:

• Track project milestones, conduct resource management and ensure alignment with company standards, methodology and best practices.
• Ensure integration of engineering, procurement, installation, commissioning and startup activities in a seamless project lifecycle.
• Monitor project performance, enforce corrective actions in case of deviations and escalate as needed.

Risk & Issue Management:

• Proactively identify project risks and issues (technical, schedule, cost, quality, supply-chain, safety) early, and develop robust mitigation or resolution plans.
• Escalate critical issues to the HOD and senior management with clarity and recommendations.
• Documentation of risks, issues, lessons learned.

Stakeholder Communication:

• Maintain effective and transparent communication with internal stakeholders (engineering, operations, procurement, quality, maintenance) as well as external stakeholders (vendors, clients, contractors).

Quality, Safety & Compliance:

• Ensure that project deliverables comply with defined quality standards, manufacturing/automation requirements and client expectations.
• Monitor compliance with safety regulations, environmental guidelines, company policies and manufacturing best practices (including lean, Industry 4.0 integration).
• Participate in project audits, reviews, commissioning hand-over and ensure proper sign-off procedures are followed.

Continuous Improvement & Innovation

• Champion best practices in project management, process improvements and automation adoption within the team and wider organisation.
• Encourage knowledge-sharing, training, use of project-management tools (MS Project, Primavera, JIRA etc.), and adoption of digital solutions (dashboards, analytics).
• Promote innovation in project delivery methods, manufacturing integration, lean manufacturing techniques and respond to evolving industry trends.