Engineering & Documentation Strategy Lead

Description

TITLE: Director of Engineering and Documentation

Reports To: President

Supervise: Documentation Supervisor and Engineers

Salary: Negotiable with the right candidate

JOB SUMMARY

This role provides strategic leadership and oversight for the sustainability engineering functions and documentation and configuration management. Guiding and directing a documentation and a team of engineers. This role is accountable for the sustainability engineering and full documentation disciplines — from tactical execution quality to long-term strategic direction. This role also partners closely with senior leadership, program management, and key stakeholders to align sustainability of product adoptions within business growth objectives, drives enterprise-wide process transformation initiatives, and ensures the organization meets its highest standards for compliance, data integrity, and operational excellence.

Supports the interaction between engineering, manufacturing operations, and program management. This role requires the vision to see the future state, the credibility to influence it, and the execution discipline to deliver it.

COMPLEXITY & PROBLEM SOLVING

Works on issues where analysis of situations or data requires conceptual thinking and an in-depth knowledge of organizational objectives. Problems are not clearly defined and lack strategic direction. Implements policies and select methods, techniques, and evaluation criteria for obtaining results. Drives the strategy and success of larger projects which contribute to multiple areas of the organization.

This role may also work on complex issues where problems are not clearly defined and where fundamental principles do not fully apply. Translates business segment strategy into functional plans and guides execution. Participates in corporate development of methods, techniques and evaluation criteria for projects, programs, and people. Ensures budgets (partial) and schedules meet corporate requirements.

SCOPE OF MANGEMENT & SUPERVISION

Manages activities of two or more disciplines within a department. Oversee experienced level professionals and/or may be responsible for subordinate supervisors. Frequently advises team(s) on moderately complex matters. Accountable for department budget which may be broad and have far reaching impact on the business segment. Directs the activities of a functional areas through team and team supervisor. Leads team(s) to develop new methods and solve complex matters.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Strategic Leadership & Organizational Development

• Define and execute the multi-year documentation and configuration management strategy, aligning functional capabilities with the organization's growth, quality, and compliance objectives.

• Build a culture of excellence, ownership, and continuous improvement that attracts and retains top documentation talent.

• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of engineers and technical staff, providing regular feedback, career guidance, and professional development opportunities

• Serve as a key contributor to department strategy development, translating organizational goals into actionable team objectives and initiatives

• Ability to think and draw conclusions quickly, adapt to change, be open to new ideas, take on new responsibilities, handle pressure, and adjust plans and priorities to meet changing needs

• Plans for and uses resources efficiently, looks for ways to reduce costs, creates accurate and realistic budgets, tracks and adjusts budgets, contributes to budget planning

• Effectively communicate project expectations to project team members and stakeholders in a timely and clear fashion.

• Facilitate the definition of project goals, tasks, and resource requirements; resolve or assist in the…