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About The Role
Head of Engineering and Asset Management
Full time, Permanent
Home Based with travel
Job Purpose
As the Head of Engineering & Asset Management and part of the Leadership Team, you will be responsible for overseeing all engineering activities and ensuring the successful delivery of high-quality projects and operations. Your expertise will be crucial in executing safe and effective engineering and technical processes, from design development to end-of-life stages, both at JFR and our customer sites.
A key aspect of your role will be to develop and implement cutting-edge Asset Management Strategies for Transmission Systems, optimizing performance and extending these principles across our entire portfolio. You will be a champion of engineering excellence, fostering a culture of innovation and high standards within our personnel and supply chain. Additionally, you will play a vital role in expanding JFR's engineering consultancy capacity.
If you are passionate about leading engineering teams, driving strategic initiatives, and making a significant impact, we invite you to join us and be a part of our exciting journey!
Principal Accountabilities
* Manage and develop a resource pool of engineers (HV, blade, cable) to achieve engineering excellence.
* Integrate talent from JFR Academy into the organization.
* Support allocation and utilization of engineering resources.
* Provide engineering consultancy services through service lines.
* Develop and implement engineering solutions in alignment with Product Development (PD) to improve competitiveness & sustainability (e.g., gross margin improvement, price increase, IP).
* Develop technology partnerships in alignment with PD and Procurement Manager.
* Define and manage JFR’s engineering management systems, governance, standards, and processes.
* Provide technical leadership and robust decision-making on complex and varied engineering risks and solutions.
* Lead the engineering team, achieving high levels of engagement, promoting a resilient, diverse, high-performing team.
* Oversee excellence in asset management for wind farm system assets, with a particular focus on the transmission systems.
Knowledge, Experience And Skills Required
* Degree qualified or professional registration (IEng/CEng) in Electrical Engineering or related discipline with a focus on power systems/transmission.
* Post-graduate or professional qualification, e.g., chartered engineer status, is desirable.
* Extensive experience in High Voltage Transmission System Operations, with demonstrated expertise in system planning, operations, and maintenance.
* Demonstrated experience in a leadership role for engineering in an international business.
* Experience and knowledge of the Offshore / Energy sectors.
* Experience setting and delivering medium and long-term strategy, budget, and resource plans.
* Demonstrated management experience.
If the above captured your interest, click "Apply".
James Fisher and Sons are committed to taking positive action on diversity and strongly encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds. We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and recognize that our success depends on our talented and diverse workforce.
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Seniority level
* Executive
Employment type
* Full-time
Job function
* Engineering and Information Technology
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