Cooling Field Operations Leader at Vertiv

Requisition ID: 1900001012
Location: Lagos
Job Function: Services

Job Description

• This position is responsible for the management of HPAC engineering function within the company.
• Plans, directs and controls all cooling engineering activities within the company.
• Co-ordinates the creation, development, design and improvement of company cooling department.
• Interacts with the Global Engineering teams to keep abreast of developments in the HPAC engineering and product development.
• Perform on site High technical level service activities

Responsibilities

• Liaises with marketing department to define product requirements, and with manufacturing to prepare process designs and specifications for materials and equipment.
• Develops engineering short and long term plans together with supporting budgets.
• Responsible for directing projects in all stages of engineering planning, design and maintenance.
• Responsible for the management of a team of engineers and support staff, working on different assignments.
• Ensures that sound technical engineering concepts are applied.
• Ensures a close relationship with other global engineering, manufacturing functionalities within the Emerson Group, for support in fulfilling the engineering requirements in line with the global requirements and strategies.
• Keeps abreast of and understands the technology trends, market forces, cost trends.
• Ensures that all engineering roles are geared towards or focused on competitive market and customer requirements, technology advances, product quality, product cost and time to market, to give the company a competitive edge at all times.
• Involve and share information with other functions in MEA/NWA.
• Ensure to keep close relationship with key customers in the regions
• Adhere to local and international Vertiv Trade Compliance procedures in connection with all transactions and business practices.
• Any other duties as deemed appropriate by your line manager.

Additional Information:

• Extensive travel expected at 70% of the year

Requirements
Mandatory:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or similar
• Min. 3-5 years proven technical management experience.

Person Specification:

• Preferably Expatriate

Pre-requisites:

• Fluency in English written & local language

Preferred background:

• Good knowledge of the market situation in the relevant region.
• Experience from managing engineering and technical HPAC processes
• Proven commercial and technical qualifications to understand the Vertiv business environment and requirements
• Good interpersonal and managerial skills.
• Provides leadership for professional staff and work teams or task forces in broad functional/process areas to solve complex and diverse issues.
• Accountable for projects or programmes involving multi-functional, countrywide or regional teams. Impact is on functional business unit or country costs/expenses.