Design Head/AGM-Design

Head of Design
The candidate should be a Graduate Engineer with minimum 10 yrs. of Machine Design experience and applied working knowledge of Autocad and Solid Works.
Responsibilities
Head of Design will have overall responsibility for all design work completed by the Design team and for providing the strategic direction for the department in advancing the organization to its potential.
These responsibilities include:
Inspiring creativity throughout all design work.
Ensuring that all Designs are completed to the highest standard.
Working with the Technical Director & Senior Vice President - Operations to produce Key Performance Indicators that provide a holistic & balanced view of the team
Overseeing the Design of all team members including performance appraisals (including code reviews), and monitoring succession planning.
Ensuring that working processes (planning, testing, & documentation, etc) are efficient & adhered to by the Design team.
Making recommendations for process improvements demonstrating regular audits and necessary amendments.
Ensuring that the Design Department is aware of trends & improvements in both techniques & technology that are relevant to the business & assessing which will contribute to the business & its customers
Line management of the Design team.
Quality control and improvement of departmental output.
Maintain communication and relationships between Design and other departments within Bainite.
Responsible for maintaining and monitoring the design department for preparing the design as a cost centre in future.
Developing expertise in specific areas related.
Developing the structure of the design department to encompass smaller areas that will maximize the potential and expertise within the department.
Project level
Individual procedures and process including adherence to Bainite’s ISO standards.
Quality of work produced to meet project requirements.
Being the point of contact for customers in situations where a high level perspective is required on the strategic direction for a customer or in situations of issues being escalated by team members.
Awareness of the impact that your work may have on your own and other ongoing projects for a particular customer. This includes awareness of others and their involvement in the project
Conformity to strategy defined by the customer or Bainite.
Ensuring suitable communication/updates are being provided by the Design team to internal and external customers on project status.
Identification of opportunities to improve end product if applicable.
Monitoring the financial success of all projects within Bainite.
Customer level:
The Head of Design will work with other Senior Managers to recommend strategies for customers and will ensure consistency of solution and promote a high level of output both functionally and creatively for these customers’ work within production. In addition you will:
Be the point of escalation on any issues considered a threat to the customer relationship.
Assist and communicate with the marketing team to support customer requirements.
Oversee the Design team’s output to ensure that customer requirements are met and that appropriate documentation and feedback to Customers on project progress is completed.
Design:
The Head of Design has the responsibility of ensuring that Bainite delivers exemplary work whilst meeting both the customer and audience objectives. He will ensure that the Design team:
Are able to make use of the latest technologies.
Contribute to driving Bainite forward through contribution across areas such as new products, technologies and/or processes.
Demonstrate a very high standard of solution design.
Work to develop expertise within the department in key areas.
Be highly proficient in industry standard software.
Actively seek to further departmental knowledge and personal development through training and experience.
Have a working knowledge of practices and opportunities across spectrum applicable to a Customer’s requirements.
Have the capability to identify and solve technical problems.
Have a thorough knowledge of Design Production processes and procedures.
Promote and champion new technologies and their use within Bainite.
General
Ensure up-to-date industry knowledge through reading publications/journals and undertake appropriate training and Design.
Demonstrate some knowledge of the processes and procedures used within Customer Services and ERP.
Communicate proactively and professionally with customers and your colleagues.
Prioritize daily workload - organize, monitor and control resources to meet plan.
Identify and react appropriately to events threatening the plan.
Continually work to improve customer satisfaction.
Identify where you add value to the business and its products.
Understand your role, obligations and responsibilities.
Talk to your line managers about any issues to prevent problems escalating.
Use your working time both efficiently and effectively to the benefit of Bainite.
Keep your workspace and environment clean and tidy.
Understand and comply with Bainite’s HR and Company policies as defined.
Ensure an understanding of the Bainite Quality policy and adhere to the relevant sections of our ISO9001: 2000 procedures.
Protect information and confidentiality of Bainite and its customers by adhering to and understanding the relevant sections of our Information Security Management System.
Undertake other reasonable duties as defined by the Reporting Manager or Management.