HEAD OF ENGINEERING EXCELLENCE - CHAMBER SOLUTIONS DIVISION

Functional area: Engineering
Country: UK - United Kingdom
City: Burgess Hill
Company name: Edwards Ltd
Date of posting: Jul 1, 2025

THE ROLE:

This strategic leadership role focuses on the development of globally robust design and product differentiation through driving adoption, collaboration of best practice engineering methods, tools, process. The role shall partner with our engineering managers to deliver excellence in engineering and efficient support model. Shall facilitate the cross functional benefits from market-in into concept to product for increased market share and profit in Cryogenic/Turbo/Valve market. This role will lead on engineering assurance and independent assessment to maintain safety and compliance.

RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO, THE FOLLOWING KEY AREAS:

• Head implementation and the drive to embed engineering efficiency improvement and engineering best practice with clarity on process, system and tools. Bringing to our entities the insight of the Group and BA learning. Partnering with the Engineering Managers at PCs for full implementation and benefit
• Work with the engineering teams in setting requirements that develop product platforms that service a broader customer base and enable operational efficiency throughout our value stream to create long term economies, for example, standardisation and common parts/features
• Partner the product management teams to enable improved business case outcomes through comprehensive master specification creation, optimised design thinking and with alignment to through life management into service
• Champion the cross functional imperative of new product introduction, gaining clear ownership and accountability to improve our product time to market Engage with other divisional teams to create once and use many times
• Coach and support the PC teams to ensure full embodiment of concept to product through proactive upfront governance
• Provide leadership and guidance to assure independently our design process and compliance activities
• Act as single point of contact for the nominated product line to aid the time-zone locality interface constraints for the benefit of the Product Company and to improve bandwith
• Work with the Product Company’s to create right sized global capability for each product line that defends political or trade limitations for our product to market
• Ensuring the engineering divisional strategy is executed to ensure we can optimise our product lines, continue growth and supporting the business line management focus
• Lead on establishing the engineering support model shared resources, this group will report into the role. Head of Engineering Excellence will navigate priorities.