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This role also plays a critical part in supporting the PD Cloud integration of the Busbar Product Line, ensuring sustaining engineering processes, data, and workflows are aligned with the digital transformation. Reporting to the Global Sustaining Manager, this role owns the sustaining engineering function at the site level - setting priorities, driving cross-functional execution, managing team performance, and delivering measurable improvements in quality and cost.\nRESPONSIBILITIES\nStrategic & Functional Leadership\nOwn the sustaining engineering strategy for the busbar division, aligned to the Global Sustaining Manager's priorities and overall product line objectives.\nDefine and manage the sustaining engineering roadmap - balancing reactive issue resolution with proactive design improvements, cost reduction, and quality initiatives.\nEstablish and track key performance indicators (KPIs) for sustaining engineering, including engineering change cycle time, repeat issue rate, cost-of-poor-quality reduction, and first-pass yield improvement.\nProvide regular reporting and executive-level updates to the Global Sustaining Manager on sustaining performance, risks, and resource needs.\nPD Cloud Integration - Busbar Product Line\nSupport the PD Cloud integration of the Busbar Product Line, acting as the sustaining engineering lead to ensure product data, engineering change processes, and bill of material structures are migrated and maintained accurately within the PD Cloud environment.\nPartner with the PD Cloud programme team to define sustaining engineering requirements, validate data integrity, and drive user adoption across the sustaining team.\nEnsure sustaining engineering workflows - including drawing management, BOM updates, ECO processing, and product lifecycle governance - are transitioned to and fully operational within PD Cloud.\nIdentify and resolve sustaining-specific gaps, risks, and process misalignments during the PD Cloud rollout, escalating to the Global Sustaining Manager as needed.\nDrive engineering team readiness for PD Cloud, including training, process documentation, and change management within the sustaining function\nTeam Leadership & Development\nLead, mentor, and develop Sustaining Engineering Supervisors and their teams, building bench strength and technical capability across the function.\nSet clear performance expectations, conduct performance reviews, and manage talent development plans for direct reports.\nDrive workforce planning, including headcount forecasting, hiring, onboarding, and succession planning for the sustaining engineering team.\nFoster a high-performance culture of accountability, collaboration, continuous improvement, and technical excellence.\nCross-Functional Execution\nServe as the primary sustaining engineering point of contact for Operations, Quality, Supply Chain, and Product Management leadership - ensuring alignment on priorities and timely resolution of production-impacting issues.\nLead cross-functional review forums (e.g., engineering change boards, design review gates, quality escalation meetings) to drive disciplined decision-making and execution.\nPartner with Quality to lead systemic root cause investigations (8D, 5-Why, fishbone) and ensure corrective actions are validated, sustained, and institutionalised.\nCoordinate with Supply Chain on component obsolescence management, supplier quality issues, and alternate sourcing engineering support.\nEngineering Change & Configuration Management\nOwn the engineering change management process for sustaining activities - ensuring changes are properly evaluated, documented, approved, and released with minimal disruption to production.\nDrive standardisation of bills of material, drawing practices, and product data management to improve accuracy and reduce variation across the product portfolio.\nEnsure compliance with product lifecycle management processes and engineering governance standards.\nContinuous Improvement & Cost Reduction\nIdentify and lead cost reduction initiatives through design optimisation, material rationalisation, and process improvement - delivering measurable savings against annual targets.\nChampion design for manufacturability across the sustaining portfolio, reducing recurring manufacturing issues and driving first-time-right performance.\nLead lessons-learned processes and ensure systemic improvements are embedded into engineering standards and practices.\nNew Product Introduction Support\nPartner with the NPI and R&D teams to ensure smooth transition of new products into sustaining ownership, including design maturity assessments and readiness reviews.\nEnsure sustaining engineering input is incorporated early in the NPI process to prevent downstream quality and manufacturability issues.\nQUALIFICATIONS\nRequired\nBachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related engineering discipline\n8+ years of experience in product design, sustaining engineering, manufacturing engineering, or a related engineering function\n3+ years of experience in a formal engineering leadership role, including direct management of supervisors or team leads\nDemonstrated 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