This is a challenging and exciting role reporting to Vice Present of Engineering in Medical Gas Solutions Division based in Walker Filtration in Washington UK. Together with the Marketing Team and Sales team, you and your team will develop the products with innovations and cost competitiveness to ensure that we keep differentiating ourselves from our competitors, by having best in class products and creating better value for our customers.

You will also work in cross functional teams to support the departmental and operational requirements of the business, with key focus on technical risk management, closing key knowledge gaps and continuous improvement on product, cost and process.

A core knowledge base in Mechanical Engineering and fluid dynamics is essential, supported by a strong competence in the product development of air compressors, vacuum pumps, desiccant dryers or products in medical gas pipeline system. Knowledge of products and application for medical gas pipeline system would be advantageous.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

1. People Development

• Lead and develop the engineering team to ensure they are fully motivated to achieve their full potential.
• Effective daily management of the team to ensure that agreed service levels are maintained in a pro-active and professional manner.
• Engage, train, mentor and develop staff with particular emphasis on the training and development of engineers within the departments.
• Promote a culture of collaboration across Walker Filtration and the wider Atlas Copco group.

2. Product Development & Product Care

• To make sure that the new product development is in the full scope of the spec. with the high quality and within the budget and timing.
• Take a key role in the project teams and provide evaluation of engineering design and provide specialist technical input and support into new product and component development.
• Safeguard the quality through development, best practises and a product testing mentality.
• Ensure product care (maintenance and support) is of the highest standard on quality according to the feedback from the customers and the production.
• Stimulate and support synergies with the entire engineering organisation (e.g. Rock Hill PC in US and Wuxi PC in China) which include the use of resources in GECIA in India.
• Maintain high quality standards of engineering process according to CtP (Concept to Product) 2.0 for the product development from ideation to serial production.
• To support the cost reduction activities to improve the product cost continuously.

3. Business Development (Internal & External)

• Spread a “customer first” culture in the organisation, through swift handling of customer queries and complaints.
• Identify and support development of new technologies and new opportunities with marketing and sales team.
• Provide specialist technical support during customer and supplier meetings and visits.
• Provide authoritative, factual and substantive technical writing and documentation for use by the wider business.
• The development and protection of the company's intellectual property relating to technology.

Professional Requirements

• Degree educated, Mechanical Engineering discipline or equivalent.
• Minimum 3 years’ experience in mechanical design or related engineering leadership.
• Evidence of team leadership / team development.
• Commercially orientated with a proven track record in completing projects on time and to budget.
• Ability to compose accurate technical and business documentation to a consistently high level.
• Ability to comfortably and effectively communicate at a high technical level, but also be capable of detailing and explaining complex information in non-technical terms to a wider audience.
• Highly analytical with the ability to use both theoretical and empirical data to problem solve and model engineering systems.

Personal Competencies

• Innovator with a systematic and organised approach.
• Creative problem solver.
• Positive attitude, strong team ethic.
• Decisive. Ability to rationalise and make reasoned technical and commercial decisions particularly under pressure