Career in Oil and Gas Upstream Industry 2012 : Engineering Manager (Surface Equipment) |

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Company Description

GE IS IMAGINATION AT WORK.

GE Oil & Gas offers VetcoGray systems and services for onshore and offshore drilling and production. With over a century of experience in the oil and gas upstream industry, VetcoGray can offer, through a single interface, customized or standardized solutions to meet the needs of any drilling and production project from concept to full production. The offering covers the spectrum from single well onshore drilling and completion projects to offshore floating production systems and subsea and deep-water EPC projects.

http://www.gepower.com/businesses/ge_oilandgas/en/our_brands/vetcogray.htm

GE is a diversified global infrastructure, finance and media company that is built to meet essential world needs. From energy, water, transportation and health to access to money and information, GE serves customers in more than 100 countries and employs more than 300,000 people worldwide. For more information, visit the company's Web site at http://www.ge.com. GE is Imagination at Work.

Job Description

This role contributes to the overall strategy and manages complex issues within functional areas area of expertise.
  • Provide leadership and technical direction for assigned program tasks and Engineering staff.
  • The incumbent will have 10 direct reports, Provide support council and recommendations to section management.
  • Establish work group goals within framework of section technical and financial objectives.
  • Maintain broad awareness of efforts within group to assure technical quality excellence, timely completion of work and reviews, appropriate use of resources, and responsiveness customer/program needs.
  • Facilitate communication of technical and business information between organizations and within work group.
  • Communicate with management on technical, organizational, resource and personnel issues.
  • Define roles and responsibilities for assigned personnel.
  • Demonstrates accountability for functional, business, and broad company objectives. Integrates and develops processes that meet business needs across the organization. Involved in long-term planning.
  • Conduct performance appraisals and participate in salary planning.
  • Promote professional growth through timely performance feedback, coaching and counseling.
  • Ensure company compliance initiatives and training requirements are implemented within work group.

Desired Skills & Experience

Qualifications/Requirements
  • Bachelor of Science in Engineering in Mechanical or other related discipline
  • Minimum of 5 years of experience in an Engineering leadership role
  • Team with the business leaders to develop business / technical strategy.
  • Demonstrate accountability for functional, business, and broad company objectives ensuring the KPIs meet targets.
  • Able to allocate limited resource to execute a project from start to finish to, meet on time delivery.
  • Effective team building and project management ability
  • Strong oral and written communication skills
  • Contribute to the overall strategy and manages complex issues within functional areas of expertise.
  • Strong interpersonal and leadership skill
  • Coordinate expertise within the group and global engineering team to work on design requirements, field issues, customer complaints, and nonconformance.
Desired Characteristics
  • APEGGA member with good stand.
  • Minimum 5 years experience in design of wellhead equipment with intimate knowledge of API 6A, ASME Section 8 Div 2.
  • Demonstrated success in leading teams of increasing scope and responsibility
  • Ability to guide and influence others particularly working across a matrix environment
  • Demonstrated process orientation in approach to work
  • Ability to prioritize multi-faceted, fast paced job tasks.
  • Demonstrated the capability to achieve team goal through proper delegation.