Engineering Manager - Software

at  General Electric

JOB DESCRIPTION SUMMARY

This a great opportunity to join our Aircraft Services Business. As a People Leader in our team, you will be responsible for the Ground Service Network Engineering team in developing high quality cloud software solutions to support our aircraft systems. You will thrive on providing guidance to ensure that they understand the business needs and enable your team to solve technical problems, in collaboration with other engineering functions.
You will be joining an inclusive and diverse team who care about ensuring full-lifecycle completeness and consistency. We are committed to improving our project execution through taking a lean and innovative approach to problem-solving and continuous improvement. We share technical knowledge and lessons learnt with others in the team, the department and across the wider engineering organisation. We are passionate about professional growth and developing our team culture, capability & capacity to meet customer needs, whilst enabling every engineer to reach their potential through continuous learning. If this sounds like an environment in which you would thrive, then this could be the next role for you.

QUALIFICATIONS / REQUIREMENTS

• An appropriate degree or HND in a Technical or Engineering based discipline, or equivalent experience.
• Experience leading engineering teams - preferably Software Engineers.
• Shows a logical mindset, alongside good problem solving and solution building skills.
• Demonstrable experience in executing technical projects within the required cost and schedule constraints.

• Serve as the technical leader/manager to develop a scope of work and plan schedule and monitor engineering activities for customer projects. Provide technical leadership and interface with Proposal Management, Cost Estimating, Partners, Customers, GE Product Management, Sourcing, Engineering sub-contractors.
• Hold direct people management responsibility including staffing and performance development. Utilizes in-depth knowledge of a technical discipline and analytical thinking and technical experience to execute policy/strategy.
• Project Management Responsibilities for executing projects; managing the technical scope, schedule and budget whilst guiding the team to ensure the quality of the project outcomes.
• Have knowledge of best practices and how own area integrates with others; is aware of the competition and the factors that differentiate them in the market
• Use technical experience and analytical thinking. Use multiple internal and external sources outside of own teams to arrive at decisions.
• Explain information; develop skills to bring team members to consensus around topics within field. Convey performance expectations and may handle sensitive issues.