Product Engineering Manager – Controls Solutions

Aggreko; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job description

We're the global leader in providing energy solutions that help businesses grow and communities thrive.

We work as a team and we’re proud of the difference we make to customers, to local communities, and towards a sustainable future for the world.

We’re looking for a Product Engineering Manager – Controls Solutions based in the UK. In this role you will take responsibility for the technical specification, acceptance and through life performance of control solution products in Aggreko. As a Product Engineering Manager, you translate business needs for control products into technical specifications for 3rd party purchase, co-development with partners or in-house design and manufacturing, aiming to maximise product applicability across all regions and sectors while minimising the product variability. For this product range, you will be the ultimate technical authority and will continuously identify technical and operational innovations to ensure that our product portfolio keeps pace with market opportunities and that we are ahead of our competitors.

Why Aggreko? Here are some of the perks and rewards.

• A competitive salary and benefits package (including but not limited to pension plan, bonus scheme, and Life Assurance)
• Generous holiday entitlement, with option to ‘buy’ or ‘sell ‘
• A focus on continued personal development
• Refer a friend scheme
• Access to 24/7 online/telephone GP service
• Discounts & perks: Cycle to Work scheme - Paid time off work for volunteering in the community
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme, which helps promote and support a healthy lifestyle

What you’ll do:

• Engage with the regions to understand the technical requirements of new products
• Translate and own the technical product specification of new product developments, 3rd party purchases or lifecycle upgrades
• Contribute to technical decisions for make or co-develop product developments
• Guarantee interoperability and compatibility of storage and generation products with other system interfaces and Aggreko products
• Understand the market landscape and maintain continuous engagement with key suppliers
• Ensure our products pass sales & operational readiness requirements through the guidance of our sales and operational teams, by guaranteeing high-quality documentation, and by supporting the definition of installation, maintenance and testing procedures

You’ll have the following skills and experience:

• Degree in electrical engineering, control systems or a related subject.
• Technical expertise in the field of controls engineering, with applications in energy storage systems and renewables
• Strong communication skills – both abilities to listen and empathise as well as transmit information and rationale
• Strategic thinking, able to consider broader implications for group objectives.
• Ability to clearly articulate, form a reasoned opinion, and explain the rationale of decisions

Find out more and apply now.

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We are an equal opportunity employer. If you apply for a role at Aggreko, we will consider your application based on your qualifications and experience, and not on your race, colour, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.