Technical Manager

Nexans•Charleston, SC

About The Position

At Nexans our global vision is to electrify the future. In Power Transmission, this means delivering the world’s longest and most complex subsea and land cable systems to connect nations and drive the global energy transition. Nexans recognises the differences that make each employee valuable and unique. Diversity is key to performance and to our global ambition to lead the world in the energy transition towards a sustainable planet. This we know from experience. All differences are appreciated and respected at Nexans. As a result, you will be an active part of a multinational organisation where we cultivate the culture of sharing your unique point of view. This is why we encourage diversity in our recruitment – Bring yours to Nexans, it is welcome! #PowerToInnovate #PowerToImpact #PowerToCare Technical Manager PURPOSE: The plant technical organization consists of the following departments: Product & Process Engineering, and Tendering. The Plant Technical Manager leads and develops the plant technical organization with the goal of maximizing customer satisfaction, ensuring and optimizing product quality, while supporting competitivness and continuous improvement. This means : Being responsible for people development and operational performance. Understanding the role of this department in the business and developing relevant strategy and objectives. Promoting a customer focus culture in operations, while being attached to a constant respect of the law, plant environment protection and Nexans local image.

Requirements

Strong Leadership skills (Coaching, influencing, leadership, motivating)
Business acumen and understanding of Industrial KPIs
Communication skills and knowledge (interpersonal skills, listening, oral communication, presentation, questioning, reading comprehension, written communication)
Abilities to understand and act according to intercultural differences
Results Driven
Wide exposure to different materials, processes and corresponding tools & methods
Wide exposure to preventive & analysis tools: 8D, analysis methods ( Ishikawa, …) ,FMEA, SPC
MSc or PhD, with > 5-10 years technical / engineering / industrial experience in the cable industry
Language: English fluent
Core Competencies: Take Responsibility Global Team Player High Standards in Excellence People Leadership and Initiative Customer and Market Focus

Responsibilities

Being responsible for people development and operational performance.
Understanding the role of this department in the business and developing relevant strategy and objectives.
Promoting a customer focus culture in operations, while being attached to a constant respect of the law, plant environment protection and Nexans local image.
Process engineering ensures the consistency of the actions and initiatives related to process: process control development, process continuous improvement, process optimization breakthrough.
It drives process continuous improvement activities, with the view to reduce manufacturing variance and improve competitiveness, and participates to industrial benchmark activities.
Provide Tender Production cost for the Factory, including relevant investments.
Keep Plant factory cost standards up to date.
Propose investments and solutions in order to improve equipment capability and to produce new projects; is part of the specification preparation; is part of the team in charge of installation, commissioning, and ramp up of new equipment.
Coordinate with Technical and R&D departments and relevant stakeholders qualification activities for new materials, new suppliers and new designs.
Product evaluation process, product engineering to establish product specification.
Participates in design reviews and handover engineering/manufacturing meetings and approves cable specifications.
Ensures proper identification of industrial risks and that mitigating actions are in place.
Supports the production team by driving or facilitating non conformities analysis and problem solving.
Drives alert system for critical issues, including AMS; checks that actions are implemented and lessons learned are integrated.
Ensures that the organization has the right skills and competences in place, and have a development plan for each member of the plant technical organization.