Lead Engineer, RCA

Job Description

• JOB DETAILS:
  
  

Position Title: Lead Engineer

Broad Band: M11: Experienced professional

Talent Pipeline Layer: Managing Self Expert Consultant (MS)

• OVERALL JOB PURPOSE:
  
  

Improve technology application and integration for at least one technology and/or a key (major) role within area of expertise/or portfolio of projects. (Operating level: Tactical)

• QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE & SKILLS:
  
  

Qualification

• Bachelors of Engineering (Specific discipline) + 4 years as Snr Engineer
• Masters of Engineering (Specific discipline) + 2years as Snr Engineer
  
  

Experience

• 8 years experience as Engineer (subject to qualification)
• International experience advantageous
  
  

Skills

• Expert in analysis and modelling of engineering components, systems, processes
• Effective leadership and management skills
• Operational improvement optimisation, balancing technical, operational and financial requirements
• Advanced competence performing risk Management/Analysis
• Managing portfolios of projects
• Resilience
• Intercultural intelligence
• Conceptualising engineering components, systems
• Able to independently manage own work planning and delivery according to targets; proven application
• Advanced knowledge of technical trends, interpretation and application of industry knowledge
• Effective verbal and written communication skills
• Expert analytical and problem solving skills
• Results driven (meeting customer expectations)
• Research and development
• Entrepreneurial and commercial thinking
• Management skills
• Competent in managing projects
• Sound decision making skills
• Presentation and facilitation skills
• Advanced persuading and influencing skills
• Ability to think and interact globally
• Change agent
• Creating and innovating
• Design thinking
  
  

25 . Advanced , presentation and negotiation skills

• KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:
  
  

Focus Area

Get results through individual expert contributions, influence & efforts

Operational / Functional

• Consistently deliver solutions which contribute to business results and improved competitiveness (consulting advice, business options)
• Deliver quality solutions/ service cost effectively on time and within risk parameters
• Provide advice that are generally accepted and implemented on programmes and systems, creating a competitive advantage for organization, leading to quality results
• Continuously develop extensive knowledge relating to the field of work and personal mastery in technical skills application
• Deliver cost effective results
• Risk results
• HSE targets
• Conduct research & development that leads to new solutions being implemented in the organization
• Play a lead role for a portfolio of projects
• Solve problems involving multiple stakeholders (e.g. on related Affiliate level and impact value chains)
• Identify, prioritise, and select stakeholder needs in order to set specific technical requirements (involves pre-empting known and unknown)
• Translate stakeholders needs/wants into specific technical deliverables
• Independent idea generation within multi-disciplines/multi-affiliate (tactical impact)
• Analyse work processes and implement actions to improve own team's technical performance
• Develop quality standards, specifications and technical requirements
• Ensure quality of a function's technical delivery by the review and sign off of technical work within the discipline
• Take decisions which optimise total cost of ownership
• Balance cost, schedule, quality as per risk level
• Review policies, procedures and methods and develop where necessary; apply policies with discretion
• Ensure that the quality of decision making with regards to projects are high
• Solve problems on affiliate level and impact related affiliate by enhancing meaningful steps (define, defend, enhance)
• Verify quality of group delivery; manage junior staff
• Continuously research the field of expertise to develop the area with the company; improve technology application and integration
  
  

Leadership

• Understand, support and live the Ma'aden vision, values and goals
• Expert utilization & direction through selling and obtaining support for value adding ideas leading to business improvement
• Takes accountability for personal improvement, personal development, skills development and effectiveness
• Expertise transfer, sharing and development
• Plan and project management
• Establish policies, practices, standards, procedures and methods; application, review and development
• Deliver expert solutions as a thought leader, to meet changing business & work requirements through Trends, analysis, problem solving and quality decision making
• Process and risk impact, reporting and corrective action
• Extract, capture and disseminate knowledge within knowledge management standards
• Provide technical leadership within the discipline (also acting as coach and mentor within team)
  
  

11 Ensuring continuous personal and professional growth and development

• Improve group work processes and play leading role in implementation of new ideas/opportunities
• Facilitating transformation and change processes
• Facilitating continuous improvement
• Communicate best practices, technical reports and positions statements with the appropriate stakeholders
• Lead discussions with contractors and licensors
  
  

Relationships

• Creating effective stakeholder and expert networking relationships (e.g. customers, suppliers, universities and specialist bodies)
• Demonstrate influential relationships with manager peers and company business leaders
• Contractor/consultant relations & management
• Communication of expertise (best practices, technical reports, position statement) in a collaborative and consultative approach which consistently meet business needs
• Develop and facilitate the implementation of new solutions in area of expertise
• Participate in and maintained expert networks
• Build credibility and constructive working relationship with teams, managers and business leaders to enhance the knowledge base of the company
• Maintain healthy and stable relations with contractors, consultants and management
• Create and maintained well developed internal and external network
• Liaise with external engineering companies to share knowledge and benchmark
• COMPETENCIES:
  
  

Technical/Functional

• Advanced knowledge of relevant technical procedures, specifications and legal frameworks
• Advanced knowledge of applicable engineering technologies
• Advanced knowledge of the fundamentals of the value chain and business drivers (own and stakeholders)
• Advanced proficiency in the application of appropriate technologies
• Advanced technical analysis and problem solving capability
• Advanced technical integration
• Advanced capability implementing technical solutions
• Advanced proficiency at conceptualising engineering solutions
• Advanced capability making professional technical recommendations
• Advanced risk analyses and management
• Advanced understanding of principles of total cost of ownership
• Advanced knowledge of engineering design
• Advanced ability to develop innovative technical solutions
• Excellent understanding of business processes and value chain in order to defend own value addition
• Advanced Ability to balance financial, operational and technical requirements
• Advanced knowledge of company standards, procedures and methods
  
  

Leadership

• Developing self and others
• Drive digitalisation within the function
• Teamwork and collaboration
• Ability to transfer knowledge within own
• Coaching and leadership
  
  

Safety

• Safety advocate - anywhere and everywhere
• Advanced knowledge and application of HSE rules and procedures
• Sound knowledge of applicable HSE legislation and regulations and its practical implications
• Concern for own wellbeing and that of others
• Ability to contribute to fostering a safety culture
  
  

Ability to lead and present incident investigations