Manager Mechanical/Electrical Engineering

Location: Hengelo, Netherlands

About the Team

At the Mechanical & Electrical Engineering division, consisting of 170 experts, we develop and design cutting-edge hardware systems for multiple applications, such as search radars, fire control radars, and combat management equipment for our customers in both Naval and Ground-based domains.
The department consists of Mechanical, Electrical, and Procured Parts Engineering teams, as well as our Environmental Competence Center. 

We are Looking for a:

Manager Mechanical/Electrical Engineering

You will be managing a certain team consisting of mechanical/electrical engineers who develop the hardware of our high-tech radar systems. 
As part of the Mechanical & Electrical Engineering (MEE) Management Team, you’ll collaborate closely with other engineering departments, such as System Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Test Engineering, as well as with Supply Chain Management and our own production unit. Your team will mainly partner closely with Supply Chain.

About Your Future Job

We need an enthusiastic and motivated people manager with a strong engineering background to lead the team with the following responsibilities:

• Competence and skill management within your team, in collaboration with the Thales Naval Academy, to ensure the highest level of competitiveness.

• Proactively managing the allocation of resources to successfully staff development projects.

• Leading the deployment and improvement of processes, methods, and tools of your discipline.

• Enhancing the visibility of your team within the organization to assure early involvement in developments.

• Managing the technical innovation roadmap for your discipline.

• Guiding your team through the annual HR cycle.

Why You’d Be a Good Match:

• You are in the possession of a Bachelor’s degree (or higher) in Mechanical, Electrical or Mechatronic Engineering.

• You have strong interpersonal skills to manage and cooperate with stakeholders  

• You have proven experience as a people manager in an engineering role.

• You have a positive and cooperative mindset, continuously seeking improvements (within the own team or the interfaces).

• You have a clear vision, result-oriented, and capable of navigating complex situations.

• You are a team player committed to achieving common goals.

• You are able to leverage your personality and experience to bring out the best in others and yourself.

• You have a "Can-do" and "why-not-this" mentality: entrepreneurial, flexible, and open-minded.

• Fluency in both Dutch and English is required.

A screening and assessment will be part of the selection process.

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