Materials Engineering Lead

Job Description

Job Purpose:
The team lead of Materials Engineering will lead the Materials Engineering team and is responsible to provide global expertise on metallurgy, manufacturing processes of castings, fabrication, forging and connection technologies (like welding, bolting) with his team. The team lead Materials Engineering will make sure the right materials / technologies are chosen for the different new developments or turbine upgrades as well as will support to understand root causes and solve field issues fast. Also new technologies/materials will need to be analyzed and qualified for introduction in the wind turbine.

Key Responsibilities:
Lead the materials engineering team in order to deliver in full (on time, at cost and at quality) on all deliverables (material choices, process / manufacturing expertise, bolting and welding technology, RCA)
Set-up a global materials engineering team (competency and efficiency)
Set-up cooperations with 3rd parties (e.g. engineering centres) to ensure fast support
Take part in expert gremium as well as support in defining guidelines
Implement / Drive new developments for materials, manufacturing processes as well as connection technologies
Developing processes and tools to optimize the work of the materials engineering team (e.g. enable fast and automated RCA resolution/documentation)
Support certification activities related to grid behaviour DECS/Type Certificate
Make sure NCR´s are solved on-time and with respective quality.
Monitor execution tightly and pro-actively mitigate/Eliminate risks.
Support / Drive customer communication on RCA / failure analysis
Implement lean processes and management mechanisms for superior performance.
Support sourcing and quality teams in vendor qualification and quality control
Communicate effectively and constructively within own team, with colleagues across P&T and global organization
Comply and ensure compliance of the team to all processes and procedures of Senvion India about program execution progress, risk, milestones etc.
Ensure 100% compliance to QMS processes

Desired Professional Experience:

M.Sc./M.Tech /B.E in Materials/Metallurgy or equivalent Graduate with overall 10-15 years of experience.
Must have experience in

material technology, connection technologies (e.g. welding / bolting) and failure analysis
Direct/Indirect exposure and working experience with

certification

bodies,

customers on RCA/failure analysis

and

manufacturers regarding the quality process
Direct/Indirect exposure to work with technology team, sales team, customer and supplier teams
Good Reporting and Documentation skills using MS-office tools.
Must have experience in co-development of technologies / simulation tools with third parties
Experience in leading teams/departments with up to 15 people.
Must have good organizational and communication skills in a global set-up, Ability to drive on own

Behavioral / Leadership Competencies
Demonstrated bias for action and ability to get things done
Honesty, transparency and persistence
Effective and constructive communication with employees and management
Collaborative, team player, ability to facilitate, negotiate and coach.
Demonstrated ability to get things done and execution focus (delivering to promises)
Ability to make decision with uncertain information and ability to make trade-offs satisfying quality, schedule and budget requirements