Technology Director at Electronics Manufacturing Company

About the job

An excellent opportunity to join an innovative electronic equipment manufacturer globally respected for its quality and excellence as a supplier to the defence industry.

This is a senior executive leadership role in the business, reporting to the CEO. The Technical Director will lead and supervise a technical team of Line Managers, Engineers and Technicians in the R&D, Instrumentation and production support as well as project management departments. The Technical Director will provide leadership and direction for the above departments to engineer new products, product solutions; provide effective production equipment and services supporting the production of products.

Key deliverables:

• Provide Support via Technical Function to Operations/Production

• Manage technical solution risks on the company’s product portfolio by providing technical assessment and support to Operations, Production, Business Development and Commercial functions.

• Manage a compliment of circa 40 staff members, including engineers, technical and other support staff.

• Review and write reports, decision making on the purchase of required equipment.

• Manage the R&D department, Proto-type Manufacturing department, Configuration department, Drawing Office, Instrumentation and Pre-Production department.

• Set scientific and technical goals within broad outlines in consultation with the executive management team.

• Direct, review, and approve product design and changes.

• Develop and implement policies, standards and procedures for the engineering and technical work performed in the company.

• Prepare budgets and direct the overall management of research projects.

• Confer with senior management, production, and marketing staff to discuss project specifications and procedures.

• Coordinate and direct projects, overseeing detailed plans to accomplish goals. Direct the integration of technical activities.

• Analyse technology, resource needs, and based upon information relating to market demand, plan and assess the feasibility of projects.

• Manage the planning and direct the installation, testing, operation, maintenance and repair of required instrumentation and related equipment

• Technical Leadership to ensure the successful qualification of Products with customer entities (e.g., Safety Review Boards)

• Technical representation at internal and external meetings.

• Lead and direct technical investigation teams.

• Generate technical reports for Senior Management meetings.

Essential skills qualifications and experience required:

Experience:

• Managed a team of at least 30 engineering/technical staff

• 5 years + experience at the Executive level

• 10 years’ experience at the Senior Management level

• Manufacturing and electronics industry experience

• Design/development environment

• Track record in research and development

Knowledge/Skills:

• Management in a manufacturing environment

• Managing budgets, finances/costings (sign off on project costs)

• Reporting

• Electronics knowledge/skills

Qualifications:

• Electronic or Mechanical Engineering degree