Engineering Manager

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Christeyns North America is a privately-owned organization considered the experts in supplying detergents and related chemical products to the commercial marketplace. Specializing in high-quality laundry, kitchen (warewash) and housekeeping products, we focus on providing the best products and service to industries such as hospitality, healthcare, and athletics.

We are currently seeking a Engineering Manager to join the Christeyns North America family. The Engineering Manager has responsibility for Scoping, Estimating and completion of internal Quotation documentation. This also includes the Project Management of the installation of Christeyns Engineering Equipment, MIS systems and ancillary equipment from order placement ending after the customer approved commissioning. Whilst adhering to the company’s vison, purpose, and values.

Duties and Responsibilities:

The main duties and responsibilities of the role include the following:

Health and Safety

• Ensure all resources whether internal or external have suitable training, knowledge to undertake tasks required
• Ensure all Health and Safety training is kept up to date
• Ensure all accidents, injuries and near misses are reported to the Engineering manager and logged in Q-pulse
• To support the Health and Safety Manager with any investigations required
• Adhere to the Company Health & Safety policy regarding them self and others
• To ensure site assessment checklists are completed where possible for installations as part of the initial site survey, these are to be reviewed with the Laundry Field Team and stored within the project folders
• To assist the Health and Safety manager in compiling Health & Safety procedures in line with current legislation

Project Management:

• To ensure the field employees / subcontractors are aware of the requirements of equipment and installation for each job.
• To ensure that appropriate materials are available.
• To provide details of time constraints to field employees of installations of equipment.
• To ensure the field employees / subcontractors are aware of the standard of quality to which they must work.
• To be responsbible for all installations, and follow up should any problem arise from a job.
• To see that equipment and installation meet or exceed the best practise guidelines
• To ensure all projects have a suitable kick off meeting with all stakeholders and periodic visits to site to ensure an adequate quality of installation is being achieved.
• To commission or ensure sufficient resources are in place to commission the installations
• To train employees on Christeyns engineering equipment and MIS systems ensuring that all relevant training paperwork and certificates are documented, and copies stored in the relevant project folder.

Technical Support and Best Practise

• To become the lead technical support for engineering and the Laundry Field Team in relation to the equipment we install.
• Technical troubleshooting on the phone or on site to support the engineers and contractors during the commissioning process.
• Provide input into Training team for equipment training requirements
• Drive best practise in the team through leading by example includes but not limited to management and completion of documentation used on customer projects.

Training

• To train Christeyns employees on Christeyns engineering equipment and MIS systems ensuring that all relevant training paperwork and certificates are documented and updated in skillstation.

Quality:

• To provide field employees or subcontractors with an accurate Scope of work and Layout drawings where applicable for all projects prior to any work commencing
• To provide field sales employees with time forecasts of jobs.
• To keep project folders up to date with all the relevant project documentation
• To ensure all projects are signed off and completed paperwork is recorded in the project folder
• To ensure all designs and drawings of equipment in use is stored within the project folders
• To design and develop equipment when this is the most appropriate solution to a problem.
• To develop existing equipment to improve its performance.
• To maintain the correct level of knowledge and advise of any problems encountered and improvement opportunities
• To keep abreast of current wiring regulations and ensure all installations are to that standard
• To be aware of the latest information relating to materials compatibility

Resource Management:

• To ensure the correct level of manpower is inplace to achieve installations within the timescale and cost forecast.
• To liaise with Field employees to ensure they are present during key stages of the project i.e. Surveys, etc.
• To advise of any resource problems.

Financials:

• To ensure projects are delivered within budget through effective cost and time management.
• To ensure change management is in place throughout the execution of projects and the all changes are documented within the change register.
• To ensure standard configurators are used when selecting equipment, these configurators need to be stored within the project folders

Compliance with all Company policies, procedures and statutory requirements.

• To be aware of and comply with Company policy relating to the operation of the Division.
• To be aware of and comply with correct procedures and statutory requirements.

Behaviours:

Ø Possess the ability to work with and involve others in individual projects/tasks.

Ø Displays passion for the team and its capabilities.

Ø Drive to achieve 100% customer satisfaction.

Ø Demonstrate a positive approach towards change.

Ø Strive to be an active/accountable team member.

Ø Work towards the Christeyns Way values and beliefs.

Ø Work towards continuous improvement and other goals to ensure the department procedures are functional, robust and mistake proof.

Ø Motivated to achieve.

Ø Enthusiastic, keen to learn and develop self.

Ø Highly organised and able to multi-task.

Ø A good time manager, with the ability to prioritise and achieve deadlines

Ø An excellent communicator, with coaching and motivating skills

Ø Analytical, precise and accurate with ability to use own initiative.

Ø A credible role model for colleagues, and stakeholders.

Ø Proactive and attempts to anticipate problems before they arise.

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid jury duty
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Work Location: Remote