Mechanical Department Manager

2 weeks ago


Dublin, Dublin City, Ireland DPS Group Global Full time

Arcadis DPS Group is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets. With sustainability at the heart of everything we do, our focus is on maximizing our impact aimed at improving quality of life. The solutions we develop, address important societal challenges around resilience, places, and mobility. Leveraging data and technology, we have the capabilities and services to meet client demands driven by global trends such as urbanization, climate change, digitalization, evolving stakeholder expectations and potential unforeseeable events.

With over 36,000 people, in over 70 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life, a career at Arcadis DPS Group is truly rewarding with excellent benefits and opportunities to develop your technical and professional development.

Arcadis DPS Group has an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated, passionate, and ambitious individual to work in our Advanced Technology Group (ATG), to manage and lead our global Engineering, Procurement, Construction Management (EPCM) Mechanical Department, based out of our European ATG Group Headquarters.

Position Summary:

The EPCM Mechanical Department Manager is a senior leadership role supporting our ATG Business, based in Ireland and reporting directly to the EPCM Technical Director. The successful candidate will be responsible for managing, developing, and expanding our diverse design team to ensure that all mechanical engineering design deliverables are met.

To succeed in this position the candidate must have a strong engineering background in mechanical engineering, ideally associated with semiconductor greenfield and brownfield industry experience, and be detail oriented with excellent stakeholder management skills.

The successful candidate will be a champion of equality, diversity and inclusiveness in their continued pursuit to lead and build on this centre of excellence team, while working with Business Development to secure opportunities for new business.

The individual must be able to demonstrate achievements accomplished throughout their career that clearly identifies strong leadership and people management, mechanical and multidisciplinary engineering acumen, strategic vision, and a strong analytical approach to developing teams and growing their value.

Key Responsibilities:



As the EPCM Mechanical Department Manager, the successful candidate will be responsible for leading and developing this global engineering team's capabilities and processes, including directing, coordinating and managing controls and resolutions, to achieve the optimum quality and performance required. Key responsibilities include:

  • The day-to-day management of the team to ensure that both program milestones and team needs are met.
  • Ensuring all quality requirements are adhered to.
  • Developing, monitoring, and ensuring that the project deliverables can be achieved, on time and on budget, and are fully coordinated and barrier free with other disciplines.
  • Ensuring that change management is correctly implemented and managed for successful project delivery.
  • Implementing and developing policies, standards, and procedures for the department.
  • Identifying resource gaps within the team, interviewing, and hiring key people to build out the team for the successful project delivery.
  • Developing and implementing a training plan for the team to maintain and broaden the teams' capabilities and competencies to meet existing and future project needs.
  • Analysing and solving engineering-related department problems with the assistance of subordinate leads and department personnel.
  • Analysing technology, resources, and market demand, to plan and assess the requirements of projects.
  • Weekly reporting of departmental metrics including monitoring team utilisation and identifying resource needs.
  • Follow up on corrective action plans to resolve any outstanding issues related to quality, production, customers, and production controls.
  • Approving all design processes and changes to process standards and deliverables.
  • Promote and enforce a safe and healthy work environment in accordance with legislation and company policies and procedures.
  • Drive continuous improvement through innovation to maintain profitability and competitiveness.
  • Responsible for maintaining design standards and compliance of group.

Skills & Experience Required:

  • Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering or equivalent.
  • Minimum 5+ years working as a design discipline lead with 5 years (desirable) relevant semiconductor experience.
  • Chartered Engineer or Equivalent
  • Min. 3 years management experience, with technical leadership skills for problem solving and resource management.
  • Extensive knowledge of multidiscipline engineering practices and principles as well as understanding scientific methods of problem solving.
  • Demonstrated ability with professional service estimating, product design methods, interpersonal skills, and the ability to integrate all these skills to a productive cost-effective result.
  • Must be proficient in Microsoft products (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Access, Project).
  • Excellent program and project management skills with strong document management.
  • Excellent analytical skills including the ability to analyse, troubleshoot, process, change and improve design.
  • Familiar with legislative requirements.
  • Strong presentation, written and verbal skills.
  • Able to communicate ideas and recommendations.
  • Able to manage multiple projects and tasks at once.

Other:

  • Able to travel to client meetings, presentation, conferences nationally and internationally (15%).
  • Ability to work professionally and effectively with internal and external customers and suppliers.
  • Knowledge related to legal regulations and contractual relationships which can affect performance and applications in the workplace.



DPS Engineering Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer and employment selection decisions are based on merit, qualifications, and abilities. DPS does not discriminate in employment opportunities or practices based on race, colour, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by country, regional or local law.


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