The Engineering Leader is responsible for managing workflow, performance, and development of the engineering team, ensuring compliance and driving process improvements and customer satisfaction, while engaging with cross-functional teams to achieve financial goals.
RESPONSIBILITIES
QUALIFICATIONS
Total Rewards: We understand compensation is an important factor as you consider the next step in your career. The estimated salary range for this position is $107,000 to $130,000 USD and is based on multiple factors, including job-related knowledge/skills, experience, geographical location, as well as other factors. This position is eligible for annual bonus compensation with a target payout of 20% of the base salary. This position also provides health benefits such as medical, dental and vision; wellness benefits such as mental and financial health; and retirement savings (401K) commensurate with the standard rewards offered in each individual location or country. We also provide full-time employees with paid time off including vacation (15 days), holiday including floating holidays (12 days) and sick time off (72 hours).
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ABOUT US
A global leader in applied safety science, UL Solutions (NYSE: ULS) transforms safety, security and sustainability challenges into opportunities for customers in more than 110 countries. UL Solutions delivers testing, inspection and certification services, together with software products and advisory offerings, that support our customers' product innovation and business growth. The UL Mark serves as a recognized symbol of trust in our customers' products and reflects an unwavering commitment to advancing our safety mission. We help our customers innovate, launch new products and services, navigate global markets and complex supply chains, and grow sustainably and responsibly into the future. Our science is your advantage.
- Implements and executes capacity and capability management under the guidance of the Engineering Manager.
- Ensures effective workflow by engaging with cross functional leads and customers in order to understand scope of projects and technical needs to assign resources effectively.
- Responsible for driving process improvements to ensure financial results are achieved.
- Typically supports local members of a team but may support remote employees in other locations.
- Drives a high performing team by managing the performance and development of team members.
- Operates effectively in the UL matrix to actively support and drive high performance culture changes, transformation efforts and people engagement.
- Holds team and self accountable for results, assists engineering Manager in defining goals and performance objectives and metrics to execute strategy.
- Develops and coaches by providing, training, career counseling, feedback, guidance to drive high performance and morale.
- Ensures understanding of and compliance with all established policies and requirements.
- Increases customer loyalty, anticipates customer needs and provides proactive solutions.
- Gathers, shares and responds to customer feedback. Coaches and mentors employees to do the same.
- Supports sales by building relationships with customers, requiring a deep understanding of what is in pipeline, obtaining feedback on how UL can do better, what is working well and identifies actions and solutions. Provides direct support to customers and team by providing technical guidance and engineering judgment to complete projects and address all issues arising needing resolution (i.e..
- customer complaints, unusual requests, technical advice).
- Ensures quality and adherence to policies and standards requirements. Leads and/or participates in discussions to drive business initiatives through brainstorming discussions.
- Empowers and holds team accountable to find new opportunities to effectively drive growth & financial goals (revenue, profit, enterprise value, etc. ).
- Delegates Project Handlers to establish the appropriate test programs.
- Supports and guides project handlers to ensure compliance with requirements, changes in project scope or specifications and customer notifications.
- Explains UL family of company's policies, procedures and requirements, negotiates completion dates and sample requirements, and ensures an effective experience with the UL family of companies.
- May handle some projects and/or act as lead reviewer to support workflow and demand.
- Communicates and exemplifies ULs Vision and Mission.
- Leads, promotes and embraces change through self and team.
- Collaborates and builds trust within the organization and with customers to meet or exceed their expectations.
- Develops strong, flexible cross-functional networks and global relationships to promote becoming the fastest, highest quality and most customer-friendly organization. Coaches and mentors employees to do the same.
QUALIFICATIONS
- University degree (equivalent to a Bachelors degree) in Business Administration, Management, Engineering or related field
- 2-5 years of leadership experience.
- Lean Sigma Green Belt or Lean Leadership Training, Gage R& R experience or equivalent preferred.
- Demonstrates knowledge of how decisions impact business results, working with a diverse team and planning and thinking strategically.
- Demonstrates the ability to manage employee performance using performance expectations and goals and responding to employee relations issues.
- Demonstrates the ability to lead in a Lean Sigma organization.
- Demonstrates the ability to make the complex simple and present information in a concise, relevant and powerful manner.
- Demonstrates the ability to analyze and interpret analyses, data, process documents and plans.
- Demonstrates the ability to take calculated risks and plan for contingencies.
- Demonstrates the ability to listen, learn and teach.
- Demonstrates awareness of the challenges of working in diverse cultural environments.
- Demonstrates proficiency in local language and basic English.
- Demonstrates customer collaboration, project management and business acumen skills.
Total Rewards: We understand compensation is an important factor as you consider the next step in your career. The estimated salary range for this position is $107,000 to $130,000 USD and is based on multiple factors, including job-related knowledge/skills, experience, geographical location, as well as other factors. This position is eligible for annual bonus compensation with a target payout of 20% of the base salary. This position also provides health benefits such as medical, dental and vision; wellness benefits such as mental and financial health; and retirement savings (401K) commensurate with the standard rewards offered in each individual location or country. We also provide full-time employees with paid time off including vacation (15 days), holiday including floating holidays (12 days) and sick time off (72 hours).
#LI-EH1
#LI-Hybrid
ABOUT US
A global leader in applied safety science, UL Solutions (NYSE: ULS) transforms safety, security and sustainability challenges into opportunities for customers in more than 110 countries. UL Solutions delivers testing, inspection and certification services, together with software products and advisory offerings, that support our customers' product innovation and business growth. The UL Mark serves as a recognized symbol of trust in our customers' products and reflects an unwavering commitment to advancing our safety mission. We help our customers innovate, launch new products and services, navigate global markets and complex supply chains, and grow sustainably and responsibly into the future. Our science is your advantage.
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