Head of Materials / Chef, Matériaux

Head of Materials / Chef, Matériaux

About the Role

Location Canada Quebec Montreal Remote vs. Office Hybrid (Remote/Office) Company Siemens Energy Canada Limited Organization Gas Services Business Unit Distributed Full / Part time Full-time Experience Level Experienced Professional

A Snapshot of Your Day

The aeroderivative gas turbine business will rely on you to supply Materials guidance, principally to support component manufacture to achieve quality requirements as well as to deliver reliable data and guidance on material behaviour to support design engineering.

Your staff will engage in the full chain of activities from specimen test and data release to support the product development process, through to manufacturing requirement definition and assessment of manufacturing qualification information. This includes ownership of Materials-specific processes and control of the delegations needed to operate them.

With three teams of engineering staff distributed between Montreal Canada, Querétaro Mexico and Warwick UK, you’ll guide engineering and procurement groups in Canada, the UK, India, China and Mexico to develop and support reliable and safe gas turbine products to our customers.

Throughout the year you’ll dedicate time to guiding the careers of your staff, both giving and receiving performance feedback.

How You’ll Make an Impact

• You will be accountable to the Head of Core Engineering for delivery of work that meets the cost, quality and timeline expectations of the business
• You will develop and maintain the required level of capability (people, methods, tools, and technology) within your department through personal development, continuous improvement and performance management activities
• You will develop and manage global engineering teams to enable your department capacity to achieve the required throughput and to absorb variations in demand
• You will be the primary Engineering Control Authority Chair for the Aeroderivative gas turbine business
• You will be responsible for the operational effectiveness and cost center management of the group, including short interval control, metrics and process improvement

What You Bring

• You have a Bachelor's or Master’s degree in a Materials or Mechanical Engineering discipline and are a member or eligible to become member of the "l'Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec"
• You have a strong track record of leading either teams or projects
• You have at least 10 years’ experience in gas turbine engineering, with deep knowledge of at least one discipline and broad knowledge of the field
• You have experience of working in or leading internationally dispersed project teams, including management of intellectual property and export control compliance
• You have extensive experience of working with component manufacture
• This position is in a French-speaking environment but requires fluency in English to comprehend documentation and technical terms from international sources, and to communicate with customers, suppliers, or international colleagues.