Engineering Manager

PERSOLKELLY brings together the legacy and experience of four organisations that shaped the staffing landscape over the past century: Kelly Services, who pioneered the modern temporary help industry in 1946; SKILLED, who crafted the staffing industry in Australia in 1964; Programmed, the leading provider of operations and maintenance services across Australia and New Zealand; and PERSOLKELLY, the largest workforce solutions provider in APAC.

Our client is a multinational scientific product company and empower scientists to solve for complex analytical challenges. They are currently seeking for a Engineering Manager to join their Adelaide team.

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**About the role**
- Lead a diverse team of engineering and design engineers in collaboration with customers for process facility solutions in Minerals, Cement, and Coal Industries.
- Oversee real-time monitoring, sampling, and control of processes to enhance operational efficiency and effectiveness.
- Ensure targets for engineering requirements are met within agreed timeframes.
- Drive a safety, quality, and performance mindset within the team.
- Manage timely execution of new products, sustaining engineering, pre-sales, and project designs.
- Develop manufacturing drawings and specifications according to project schedules and customer requirements.
- Play a key role in PPI development and implementation of lean processes for both owned processes and the wider business

**Responsibilities**
- Cultivate and champion a safety-centric culture with a focus on "Safety First" and "Right First Time, On Time." Instill a high level of safety awareness and implement 5S principles among associates.
- Foster a culture of customer awareness and satisfaction by improving on-time delivery in engineering.
- Provide engineering support to global minerals and PGNAA sales teams, ensuring timely delivery of product documentation and drawings to meet customer project documentation VDDR and MDR requirements.
- Develop and maintain Standard Work for all engineering work cells, incorporating Leader Standard Work (LSW) into daily management practices.
- Document, audit, and enforce engineering processes and procedures, demonstrating continuous improvement and corrective action processes to meet ISO 9001 certification requirements.
- Uphold core values of Integrity, Intensity, Innovation, and Involvement.
- Ensure compliance with required or statutory certification and licensing for engineering work, aligning all designs with relevant safety, environmental, and design standards or regulations.
- Actively participate in the PPI-Lean Enterprise (PPI-LE) program, leveraging ISO 9001 certification to utilize practical process improvement (PPI) tools and the 8-step methodology as the process champion for the A-M value stream business.
- Utilize the Root-Cause Counter-Measure (RCCM) 5-whys tool to assess performance gaps and establish sustainable corrective and preventative actions, including those related to customer satisfaction scores.
- Contribute as a key member of the CARES/CAS program, collaborating with the engineering team to identify improvement programs enhancing customer satisfaction.
- Serve as a Role Model Leader (RML), emphasizing values, communication, customer and employee focus, aiming for growth, high customer satisfaction (CAS), and employee satisfaction (EOC score).
- Create a work environment that challenges staff to develop competence and provides opportunities for professional development.
- Empower staff to be innovative and involved, promoting waste elimination and efficient problem-solving to meet or exceed customer expectations.
- Achieve customer satisfaction goals for on-time delivery, quality, and reliability standards, collaborating closely with Supply Chain, Customer Service, Engineering, Quality, and Project Management functions.
- Develop a successful team by motivating, challenging, and coaching direct reports, fostering accountability and facilitating ongoing personal development for themselves and their teams.
- Provide support as the acting Site Leader when required at the manufacturing facility.

**Skills and Experience**
- Possess a Mechanical/Mechatronics Engineering degree with a minimum of 5 years of leadership experience or equivalent, along with professional membership in an engineering association, which would be advantageous.
- Thorough understanding of the mining industry and its specialized high-value capital equipment, coupled with knowledge of associated documentation requirements.
- Proficient knowledge of electromechanical assemblies, instruments, or devices.
- Demonstrated track record in leading diverse teams of engineers and drafters in the development of highly engineered capital equipment or industrial products.
- Substantial experience in industrial design engineering, including expertise in flow and sample handling systems.
- Ability to ensure adherence to engineering standards for design and safety.
- Familiarity with "New Product