Senior Engineering Manager

Overview

Senior Engineering Manager, ANZ. Smith+Nephew develops technology to break health barriers, empowering people from farmworkers to grandparents to accept limitless possibilities. Our purpose : Life Unlimited.

This position has the responsibility for project management including planning, tracking, and administration to produce completed functional product and product system designs.

What will you be doing?

• Consult with the marketing staff, sponsoring surgeons, and manufacturing staff, as required, to facilitate proper design of products.
• Act as a consultant on the design of special products.
• Review design drawings, as well as approved final drawings.
• Staff department personnel, conduct career planning, performance and promotional reviews, and long-range personnel planning for department growth.
• Manage fiscal responsibilities including yearly expense and capital budget planning, maintenance of expenditures to budget, and expense authorization below approved manager level.
• Oversee project assignment of personnel and resources to ensure progress of design to schedule; manage departmental projects including creation of new products and engineering maintenance of existing products within department scope.
• Assist the director in strategic input to assess and propose projects to meet market needs.
• Coordinate with marketing and manufacturing to provide short and long-term project communication and interdepartmental coordination.
• Align group objectives with departmental objectives and distribute responsibilities and objectives to individuals; provide department plans and objectives on a yearly and as-needed basis to group management.
• Establish relationships with key surgeons (domestic and international) and leading researchers.
• Ensure integrity and innovation of all product designs within the specific product group.
• Address legal issues, including patents, regarding specific product group products.
• Assist in organizational and budgetary issues in the Visionaire Development Department.

What will you need to be successful?

To apply, please ensure that you include a cover letter addressing it to Talent Acquisition Lead ANZ. Due to a high volume of applications, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

We believe in creating the greatest good for society. Our strongest investments are in our people, the patients we serve, and the wider health of the planet and society. You. Unlimited.

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