Head Of Engineering
Fishbone Solutions · Chaddesden, England ·
About Fishbone We’re an engineering solutions provider to the transport, energy and infrastructure sectors. Founded in 2012, we’re independently owned and are led by a team of forward-thinking engineers who thrive on the possibilities of innovation and data technology to turn complex challenges into cost-effective solutions.
The role We’re looking for a Head of Engineering to lead our combined Engineering and Design function. This is a senior leadership role with responsibility for the people, engineering resources and delivery performance and capability behind a varied portfolio of technically challenging projects.
The Head of Engineering will have overall responsibility for Engineering and Design delivery across the portfolio, from understanding future demand and supporting new opportunities through to ensuring projects have the people, capability, planning and technical disciplines required to deliver successfully.
The role combines people leadership, engineering delivery, portfolio management and commercial awareness. It will suit somebody who is equally comfortable developing an engineering team, reviewing a portfolio of live projects, challenging delivery assumptions and supporting the business in determining how new work can be successfully delivered.
This is a senior leadership appointment with significant scope to shape the Engineering function, and we are open to candidates whose experience has been gained through different technical and leadership career paths.
Key responsibilities
Lead the Engineering function Lead the combined Engineering and Design team Establish clear objectives, responsibilities and expectations across the function Develop a strong culture of engineering ownership, accountability and delivery Lead recruitment, development and succession planning Identify capability gaps against current and future workload Develop technical specialists and future engineering leaders Ensure people have the appropriate support, tools and development to perform effectively.
Engineering Delivery Management Maintain oversight of the complete engineering workload across the business Plan Engineering resource and capacity against current projects and forecast demand Set priorities and resolve competing requirements for engineering resource Ensure projects have appropriately skilled engineering resources and clearly defined engineering ownership Maintain visibility of engineering milestones, commitments, risks and delivery performance Intervene early where engineering delivery is moving away from plan - Work across teams as required to resolve issues affecting successful delivery.
Engineering Business and Pipeline Development Act as the principal Engineering interface into Business Development and commercial activity Provide Engineering input into proposals, estimates, quotations and customer discussions Ensure engineering scope, resource, timescale and technical ris...