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TECHNICAL MANAGER

Duties

Duties

The Technical Manager provides technical leadership and guidance on all aspects of Conveyor Design. They will be focused on supporting all aspects of the business, FEED studies, supporting front-end engineering at the tendering stage by creating and validating conveyor power and tension calculations and providing the specification and validation of conveyor/equipment post-award. Due to the technical nature of the business, the Technical Manager will be expected to liaise and support client facing discussions at various phases within a project. The Technical Manager provides technical support to multiple stakeholders – internally and externally.

The Technical manager supports the bidding team to ensure the best technical and cost-effective solution is offered at the proposal stage. After order placement the technical manager is responsible for the conveyor calculations and design reports which form the basis of all subsequent design work. The Technical manager also provides support during commissioning and operation of the system if required. The role is often client facing and deals with all areas of the business (Engineering and Project Teams, Purchasing and Site / Commissioning Teams) as required.

This position requires problem solving skills with the ability to provide conceptual and strategic solutions. Desired personal qualities include a willingness to seek out challenges and new experiences, and a passion for achieving established goals. This position requires personal interaction with others to achieve desired results, and the integrity to place emphasis on how results were achieved as well as the results themselves. Success in this position demands a positive attitude toward continuous improvement and a willingness to embrace best practices.

Role Responsibilities

Review bid documentation, contract, schedule, and client specifications

Interpret and clarify (where necessary) the customers’ requirements

Support Proposals/Bids with scheme & conveyor design options, main component selection, supporting calculations and reports.

Develop optimum conveyor design solutions.

Produce Conveyor calculations and reports to feed into other departments (powers / tensions calculations, technical specification of major proprietary items such as winches and transmissions)

Produce Engineering Design packs to detail technical design concepts to clearly transfer information to the engineering and design team.

Promote Product Development and best practice.

Promote Cost Reduction and Value engineering.

Participate in internal design reviews meetings.

Participate in design development of existing and new products.

Produce purchasing specifications.

Provide Technical Assistance to all areas of the business as required

Provide Conveyor Design specific training and guidance to engineering staff.

Support and mentor technical engineers as required

Check and/ or approve documents produced by technical engineers ensuring quality and consistency of the technical engineering output.

Liaise directly with Clients where required, always representing the business in a professional manner

Log and communicate any lessons learned on a project to the project and engineering team

Develop and maintain standard technical engineering document templates and checking procedures

Support and contribute to continuous improvement activity within the technical engineering team

Requirements

Essential

Bachelor Science / Engineering / Maths Degree or equivalent relevant discipline

Considerable experience in complex bulk handling systems. (This must include curved conveyors, boosters, brakes, regenerative drives, winch units, hydraulic equipment)

An ability to solve multi-faceted problems with velocity.

Sound decision maker, assertive

Three years in a Technical Engineering position.

Five years’ experience in engineering design, OEM machine specification and application

Experience of Material handling equipment, conveyor design or process engineering

Experience and sound knowledge of British and International Standards relating to conveyor design and safety.

Experience completing a Design Risk Assessment

Knowledge of CE / UKCA requirements

Demonstratable experience of Value Engineering, working to cost targets for conveyor designs without compromising integrity.

Proficient with conveyor design software packages (Belt Analyst preferred)

Experience of using simulation software, FEA, material flow analysis etc and report writing

Proficient using AutoCAD 2D software

Experienced user of MS Office 365 suite

Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with attention to detail

Technical writing skills

On site commissioning experience

Personal rigour and resilience

Highly organised and able to prioritise workload in a multidisciplinary environment.

Ability to set personal goals and objectives and drive Engineering excellence, supporting the line manager

Excellent presenting skills, capable of presenting to Director level / clients Able to motivate, lead and encourage others – setting high professional standards.

Committed to driving continuous improvement, a culture of accountability and results focused against measurable KPIs

Adhere to the business’s core values through working relationships, attitude, and behaviour.

Ability to travel for client meetings.

Desirable

Degree Qualified in a mechanical or relevant engineering discipline.

Professional registration and/or membership in committees and/or technical societies beneficial

Chartered Member of a professional institution

Knowledge of the full suite of Belt Analyst software (Including Dynamics)

Professional registration in engineering committees and/or technical societies

Autodesk product knowledge, most notably Inventor, FEA, and Vault software

Dimensions and Working Environment

The role impacts all areas of the business.

The role requires strong technical leadership, clear and effective communication, and collaboration with stakeholders across the business. The Technical Manager should be focused on delivering best in class compliant design solutions, with a focused approach on cost, scope, quality, DFM and ease of installation.

The role requires cross functional relationships with all departments as well as regular dialogue with the Senior Team. There will also be a requirement to support/and or lead client meetings to ensure that scope and technical content is understood and communicated effectively and efficiently.

Flexibility is essential due to the nature of the role, for example, supporting site and commissioning teams may be required outside of core hours