Head of Engineering, Traction Division
Head of Engineering, Traction Division
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08
This position reports to
Division President
Your role and responsibilities
ABB Traction, part of our Motion Business Area in ABB, is a leader in propulsion technologies, driving innovation in rail and e-mobility. Our propulsion, auxiliary converters and traction batteries contribute to making transportation more sustainable, while saving energy every day. Our people and culture are the foundation of our success. We all together make the difference for our customers every day.In this role, you will have the opportunity to provide strategic direction, leadership, management, and coordination of the engineering function. Each day, you will initiate, coordinate, drive, and oversee team development and continual improvement of processes and procedures to strengthen the engineering and design capability. You will also showcase your expertise by ensuring assigned engineering operations are executed in accordance with all relevant specifications, requirements, and targets.This position will be part of Traction Global Management team. The engineering function is a global setup in the division and all the local heads of engineering, will be reporting into this position.The work model for the role is hybrid.With this role, the main responsibilities, will be the following: - Defining the overall function strategy and acting as a key player in its implementation and in strengthening a business model relevant to the scope of engineering.- Drive a culture of continuous productivity improvement inside engineering and with all connected stakeholders and interfaces. - Defining the strategy for the global engineering footprint in terms of capacity and capability in line with division targets and driving the corresponding implementation.- Coaching and mentoring the local heads of engineering to take full responsibility for their assigned project portfolio- Ensuring the projects execution follows sound methodology and practices in accordance with internal standard procedures and that the projects are closed as per contract specifications. Fostering a culture of global collaboration within engineering as well as with other functions interfacing with engineering (e.g., Product Management, Project Management, R&D, Supply Chain).- Initiating, coordinating, driving, and overseeing c improvement of processes and procedures to strengthen the engineering / design capability and efficiency, utilize appropriate methodologies to reduce engineering lead time, and enhance functional safety and cybersecurity.- Establishing senior level contacts in the customer organization and developing long-term relationships with key customers who work at the strategic level.
Qualifications for the role
- - Bachelor/master's degree in engineering.
- - Higher technical education around electrical engineering, automation, power electronics, electronics
- - Knowledge about electric traction technology is preferred
- - 15+ years industry experience
- - Excellent English communication skills to motivate your team, collaborate globally and satisfy our customers
- - Several years of experience in leading global teams with influential leadership skills
- - Willingness to drive new business with strategic approach
- - Passion for people, customers, quality, and technology
- - Ability to coach, develop, lead, and energize a global organization
- - Broad and deep understanding of Customer engagement
- - Be a proven collaborative team player
More about us
ABB Motion, a global leader in motors and drives, is at the core of accelerating a more productive and sustainable future. We innovate and push the boundaries of technology to contribute to energy efficient, decarbonizing and circular solutions for customers, industries and societies. With our digitally enabled drives, motors and services we support our customers and partners to achieve better performance, safety and reliability. To help the world's industries outrun - leaner and cleaner, we deliver motor-driven solutions for a wide range of applications in all industrial segments. Building on over 140 years of domain expertise in electric powertrains, our more than 22,000 employees across 100 countries learn and improve every day. go.abb/motionWe value people from different backgrounds. Apply today for your next career step within ABB and visit www.abb.com to learn about the impact of our solutions across the globe. #MyABBStory
