Lead Production Engineer

Job Description**

Responsibilities:

• Ensure safe and efficient WTG operations by improving preventative and corrective maintenance activities, helping the organization fix issues on the first try and provide top-quality scheduled services.

• Develop and maintain standardized technical solutions in collaboration with our customers to meet SQDC (Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost) targets effectively.

• Exemplify GE Leadership Behaviours - Act with Humility, Pioneer with Transparency, Deliver with Focus.

• Support the GE Lean program, by identifying opportunities for process optimization, facilitating waste reduction initiatives, and fostering a culture of efficiency and excellence across the organization.

• Facilitate customer queries to GE Engineering teams, enabling exceptional customer service through the life of the project.

• Oversee the production engineering team, establishing priorities and managing key performance indicators (KPIs) to drive operational efficiency and meet strategic objectives.

• Monitor and manage the production-based availability metrics within your area of responsibility and ensure that the transparent recording and reporting is aligned with the customer.

• Streamline and centralize the process for deploying documentation, including customer discussions, approval processes, and engineering coordination for improvements

• Prepare Maintenance Instructions and Troubleshoot Guides for operational deployment into planned work packages, integrating documentation, part requirements, customer approvals, PPE, tooling, special tooling needs, and equipment bagging and kitting.

• Support the feedback process for alarm handling to continually improve and standardize corrective maintenance documentation and procedures.

• Ensure the effective execution of deployable work scopes by promoting the implementation of a safe system of work, including low voltage (LV), high voltage (HV), Wind Turbine Safety Rules (WTSR), and other electrical requirements

• Facilitate alarm handling feedback to ensure continual improvement and standardisation of corrective maintenance documentation and processes.

• Coordinating with central engineering teams to support the prioritization of issues, efforts for root cause analysis, plans for implementing corrective actions, and programs for preventative measures.

• Enhancing knowledge of wind turbine technology to enable more effective conclusions on technical prioritization.

• Support the wider team on authorisation panels and technician competency development.

• Utilizing Problem-Solving Reports and the DMAIC methodology to guide a culture of continuous improvement within your area of responsibility, ensuring high-quality knowledge is maintained and enhanced, and facilitating feedback to the necessary stakeholders across the organization.

• Provide support and guidance to the planning, supply chain management, and parts coordinators regarding tooling requirements and spare parts

• Serve as the point of contact for tooling suppliers regarding new technologies and addressing issues with tooling in the field.

• Manage the tooling budgets, ensuring expenditures are controlled, and prepare and present capital expenditure requests for tooling.

Travel Expectations

• The role will be predominantly based at the Port of Tyne, South Shields.

• The role requires international travel.

• Ability and willingness to work offshore as required.

Education / Professional Experience

• Degree in an engineering discipline or professional education / apprenticeship in a technical discipline. with extensive professional experience.

• Capable of working offshore at site operational wind farms.

• Significant experience of offshore wind Maintenance operations.

• Known ability to work in a cross-functional, global environment, with remote teams as a solid team player who can enable change and get work over the line.

Technical knowledge and skills

• Successful offshore wind experience or experience in a related discipline.

• High motivation level; self-starter with excellent leadership and communication skills.

• High capability with various office and cloud based software.

• Solid oral and written communication skills.

• Excellent interpersonal and leadership skills.

• Demonstrated ability to research and resolve problems in a structured manner.

• Demonstrated ability to Steer Projects.

• Demonstrated experience leading teams.

Additional Information

Relocation Assistance Provided: No