Design Office Manager (M/F)

Reporting to the Operations Director, the Design Office Manager leads all engineering and design activities. He/she guarantees the completion of studies in compliance with quality, cost, and deadline requirements, while contributing to the continuous improvement of engineering methods, tools, and processes.

A true technical expert and manager, he/she supervises the Design Office teams and actively participates in industrialization, innovation, and product evolution projects.

Your missions:

Steering of studies and technical projects:

• Provide Design Office expertise during the pre-sales phase, supporting the Studies and Realization department in analyzing client specifications.
• Analyze internal requests and plan studies between the different units (Electricity / Automatisme, Equipment, Boilermaking).
• Guarantee the progress of studies and support teams during critical project phases.
• Validate technical plans and ensure their consistency throughout the product life cycle.
• Supervise document management and the updating of plans and versions.
• Ensure compliance with quality, cost, and deadline requirements.

You also contribute to innovation, industrialization, and product range evolution projects in connection with R&D teams.

Improvement of engineering methods and tools:

• Lead the continuous improvement of design and standardization methods.
• Develop and ensure the reliability of the Design Office's digital tools (CAO, PDM/PLM, GED, ERP).
• Structure the management and capitalization of technical data.
• Deploy the digitalization of engineering processes.
• Promote the standardization and reuse of technical solutions.

Steering Design Office performance:

• Define and monitor performance indicators (KPI).
• Optimize interfaces between the Design Office, methods, production, purchasing, construction sites, and services.
• Reduce study cycles and improve process efficiency.
• Structure engineering practices: standardization, technical libraries, solution capitalization.
• Deploy Lean Engineering and continuous improvement approaches.

Management of Design Office teams:

You supervise the Unit Managers and Design Office Technicians.

In this capacity, you:

• Organize the workload and plan activities.
• Set objectives and monitor team performance.
• Support skill development and employee autonomy.
• Guarantee communication and coordination between teams and other departments.
• Participate in HR processes: recruitment, annual interviews, skill development.

The sought profile

Education

• Engineer or higher technical education (Bac+5).

Experience

• You have significant experience in a Design Office within an industrial environment, including management of technical teams.
• Experience in managing complex industrial projects is a major asset.

Technical skills

• Mastery of Design Office methods and tools.
• Knowledge of technical industrial environments (equipment, automatisme, mechanics, or energy).
• Mastery of CAO tools and technical data management systems (PDM/PLM).
• Good mastery of industrial project management.
• Professional English.

Expected qualities

• Technical leadership and ability to unite teams
• Strategic vision and ability to structure an organization
• Ability to arbitrate and prioritize
• Culture of performance and continuous improvement
• Ability to lead cross-functional multi-stakeholder projects

Useful information: Attractive remuneration according to profile and experience, including: 13th month, objective bonuses, profit-sharing and incentive bonuses, RTT.