AddressMechanical Engineering Manager
About Breville
Over the past 90+ years Breville has grown to become an iconic global brand, delivering kitchen products to over 70 countries around the globe. Breville enhances people’s lives through the delivery of brilliant innovation and thoughtful design based on deep consumer insights, empowering people to do things more impressively or easily than they’d thought possible in their own home and ultimately allowing them to “Master Every Moment”.
A career at Breville is truly a one-of-a-kind experience. It’s more than working for a global leader; it’s an opportunity to be a part of something that impacts people all over the world.
About the role
Reporting to the General Manager of Engineering, this role is responsible for providing excellence in Mechanical Engineering and manufacturing within the Breville’s New Product Development business unit. As Mechanical Engineering Development Manager (MED) you will work alongside the Head of Mechanical Engineering to foster a world-class engineering design team (talent, capability, capacity, and culture), and ensure Breville provides a nurturing, challenging and highly rewarding career path within ME. You will also play an instrumental role in the allocation of resources to project teams and the design of associated engineering frameworks.
This is a permanent, full-time position based in Alexandria, Sydney.
Your role will include but not be limited to:
- Lead a team of Mechanical Design Engineers to perform efficiently and contribute to their optimum for the achievement of the organizational objectives (recruiting, managing, mentoring, training, motivating, and rewarding)
Develop strategies to attract and develop the best talent to meet project and business needs
Develop a best-in-class career path and reward structure for all team members
Oversee allocation of resources to project teams
Perform assessment of resource mix and capacity based on project goals and deliverables
Provide governance of stage gate requirements and participate in stage gate meetings
Provide support to the Product Development Manager, Category Manager, and project teams in passing the stage gate requirements of the product development process.
Participate in Technical Review Board Meetings or Working Groups
Develop the right combination of Subject Matter Expert (SME’s) and Broad Expert team members to meet the strategy and specific needs of GP and the Breville business. This includes developing team members with relevant and complimentary subject matter expertise
Develop ME department frameworks that guide and define the project team’s delivery of ME standards
Ensure ME and wider project teams are well trained in the ME frameworks and systems in conjunction with other departments and the L&D manager
Collaborate with other departments such as Electronics Eng, Software Eng, Industrial Design, UX, IP and Quality Assurance to ensure the combined frameworks are as simple, well communicated, and effective as possible
Collate feedback from the ME and the rest of the project teams in the portfolios on what’s working and what’s not working, then make any changes necessary
Seek and action feedback from the ME and project teams, domain leaders and PGMs to maximise the ME team potential
Develop and manage the department budget
Management of Third party’s (Consultants) which will include operational relationship management, financial and contract negotiation
Contribute to Supplier / Manufacturer qualification and review
Continually identifying gaps and drive engineering activities to close those gaps
We’re Interested In Hearing From People Who Have:
Bachelor’s / Master’s degree in Engineering
Minimum of 10 years of experience in Engineering
Previous experience in a new product development environment
People management experience
Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills
Demonstrable experience applying analytical and problem-solving skills
Strong computer skills with Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint and Word required
Strong influencing skills with key stakeholders
End to end project management experience
High level of attention to detail
Ability to meet tight deadlines and prioritize workloads
Ability to work independently in a fast-paced and rapidly changing environment
What we offer you:
Flexible work arrangements
Competitive compensation package
A fun and rewarding team environment
Opportunity to work for an Australian Stock Exchange listed company
Employee assistance program
Paid parental leave policy
Employee discounts of up to 50% on all our electrical products
Corporate health and wellness benefits
To Apply
Come and make your mark with this global leader by applying today via the Apply Now button.
Breville Group is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.
