Team Leader - Lead Engineering Management, (80 - 100%)

Team Leader - Lead Engineering Management, (80 - 100%)

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This position reports to

Head of Local Engineering

Your role and responsibilities

For our traction and mobile e-power business in Turgi, Switzerland, we are looking for a committed and passionate leader (m/f/d) to lead a very experience team of about 12 lead engineers within the local traction engineering. In this challenging role, you will manage a highly motivated team of lead engineers. Your team has the full technical responsibility for the successful engineering of rolling stock propulsion systems, supported by control, power, mechanical and test engineering teams. In close collaboration with product and project management you and your team drive and deliver customer projects. Do you have the necessary skills and drive for executing projects at a high level, the ambition to lead a strong and highly motivated engineering team as well as a keen interest in international collaboration? If so, this is your opportunity to take up a new challenge.The work model for the role is: #LI-HybridYou will be mainly accountable for:• Leading the team in technical and non-technical aspects• Coaching and supporting the team members to utilize their full potential concerning processes, tools, and templates• Ensuring adequate staffing and introduction of new members to the team• Securing continuous improvement of the engineering process• Establishing and maintaining close collaboration with other engineering teams (locally and globally), product management, project management and other relevant functions• Acting as the global engineering process owner and ensuring the uniform application in all engineering teams• Leading your own project(s) as a technical project manager

Qualifications for the role

• Bachelor, Master or PhD in electrical, software or mechanical engineering
• At least 8 years work experience in a technical customer focused area, ideally in the field of railway, ebus or heavy electric vehicle propulsion
• At least 3 years leadership experience
• Proven technical project management experience
• Strong level of self-motivation and structured approach to work
• Leader and team player with excellent communication skills, both in English and German

More about us

ABB Traction is the leading provider of traction technologies, driving innovation in rail and e-mobility. Our traction, auxiliary and energy storage solutions make transportation easier, saving energy every day. Our people and our culture are the foundation of our success. All of us together make the difference for our customers every day.We look forward to receiving your application (documents submitted in English are appreciated). The recruiting process is being led by Peter Reinhardt, Talent Partner ABB Switzerland Ltd. If you want to discover more about ABB, take another look at our website www.abb.com. ABB Data Privacy Statement:https://new.abb.com/privacy-notice/candidate