Director, Engineering Dash 7-8

Westerkirk•Calgary, AB

5d•Onsite

About The Position

Reporting to the Senior Director, Product Development Engineering, you are responsible for planning and directing all aspects of engineering activities of the DHC 7-8 Engineering team for all aircraft supported by De Havilland and ensuring that all engineering projects, initiatives, and processes are in conformity with the established policies, procedures, and regulatory requirements.

Requirements

Proven ability to lead, mentor, and develop a strong engineering team with a robust succession plan.
Superior communication skills both to internal and external stakeholders.
Strong ability to seek out and engage a broad range of external vendors able to assist in delivering engineering solutions.
Strong organizational and project management skills.
Experience with developing and managing departmental and project budgets.
Knowledgeable in developing processes and systems that improve and enhance the company’s competitive advantage.
Able to analyze complicated sets of data and utilize the information to manage engineering activities, develop solutions, identify opportunities for improvement, and develop corrective actions.

Responsibilities

Provide direction and leadership to the DHC 7-8 Engineering Team across the De Havilland organization.
Develop and execute strategies to deliver innovative engineering support solutions responding to customer, business unit and corporate requirements.
Provide execution oversight for important research, development, test, and evaluation efforts.
Ensure application of professional standards and company processes are followed in accomplishing work activities.
Ensure that safety and airworthiness of the fleet is prioritized in providing fleet support engineering services.
Apply existing processes and develop new processes for engineering support activities and hold individuals accountable for following them.
Ensure engineering projects are planned and executed following prescribed and accepted project management and systems engineering practices and processes supporting successful project outcomes and that business, programmatic, and technical objectives are met and risk management practices are applied.
Maintenance of the required documentation and data sets for Type Design.
Coordinate the approval of engineering data by external authorities and support the airworthiness approval process as needed.