Engineering Infrastructure and Standards Lead

Vacancy: R-011866 Engineering Infrastructure and Standards Lead

Location: Royston

Job Family: Engineering

As an Engineering Infrastructure & Standards Lead, you will hold a senior leadership position within JM, focusing on establishing a standardised approach to our engineering practices to further drive innovation, foster collaboration, and to elevate our organization's position as a leader in engineering excellence. You will provide strategic direction, thought leadership, and technical guidance to ensure our engineering foundations are fit for purpose and adhered to across the network.

Johnson Matthey, a FTSE 250 organisation, is a global leader in sustainable technologies specialising in catalysis, precious metal products, chemicals and process technology.  With operations in over 30 countries, we employ more than 12,600 people.  We have more 200 years of success behind us; be part of the next stage of our growth journey and help maintain our reputation as one of the most admired organisations in our field. Our unique culture and people give us competitive advantage and will ensure our success for years to come. You can be part of that success story.

Your responsibilities:

• Develop and communicate a strategic vision for engineering management system that aligns with organizational goals and objectives to drive continuous improvement, operational excellence, and sustainable growth.

• Define long-term roadmaps and tactical delivery plans to contribute to achieving company financial targets as part of the engineering transformation

• Directly manage a team of technical experts (5-10 direct reports) to support our global sites with identifying cost-effective opportunities for improvement and reducing operational risks

• Manage the definition, deployment and assurance of engineering standards, strategy, and ways of working across the businesses, sites, and capital projects.

• Contribute to the delivery of capital projects globally to maximize the opportunities for Capex avoidance and ‘safety by design’, contributing to our engineering improvement financial metrics

• Establish a robust engineering standard process for expert technical choices, ensuring alignment with best practices, regulatory requirements, and organizational goals.

• Own the design and deployment of a global governance framework to support the business with the adoption of the standards, supporting the assessments and assuring the mitigation plans for the identified gaps

Requirements for the role:

• Engineering degree in chemical, mechanical, electrical, or approved equivalent discipline. Significant experience working in a chemical, oil and gas, pharmaceutical, steel, or other process rlelated manufacturing environment - Essential

• Chartered Engineer, PE or another equivalent credential as defined by JM. - Essential

• Demonstrated experience in leading the creation and deployment of new engineering standards and procedures, which have been cascaded and are in use - Essential

• Extensive experience in engineering management roles with a track record of line management of technical experts, change leadership, and technical excellence - Essential

• Exceptional strategic thinking, problem-solving, and decision-making skills with a focus on driving business results and achieving organizational objective - Essential

• Demonstrated examples of a stringent attitude towards working safely - Essential

How you will be rewarded:

We offer a competitive compensation and benefits package including bonus, excellent pension contributions and 25 days annual leave (varies for shift-based roles).

At JM, an inclusive culture is integral to our values and ambitions for the future. We are committed to ensuring that everyone can bring their full self to work and thrive in their career.  Welcoming everyone to JM, regardless of their unique characteristics, experiences or thoughts allows us to bring many different voices and experiences together to tackle the world's biggest challenges. Being truly inclusive means that all colleagues feel valued for their differences, views and contributions, and feel a sense of belonging at JM.

Johnson Matthey is open for discussion on part time, job share and flexible working patterns.

Closing date for applications: This job advertisement will be posted for a minimum of 2 weeks; early application is advised.

For any queries or should you have any accessibility requirements, please contact [email protected] who will work with you to implement suitable adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process. All conversations are treated in the strictest of confidence and we would appreciate your feedback to ensure we can provide an accessible and enjoyable recruitment process.

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