As Head of Engineering, you will be responsible for daily operations, management of project engineers, and drive efficiency, quality, and technical solutions within the department. You will collaborate closely with various departments and stakeholders to ensure coordination and execution of customer projects while managing departmental budgets and resource allocation. The position is reporting to SVP - Product Management and Projects Engineering.

Key responsibilities:

• Daily management of the Engineering Department Horten
• Lead, inspire, and motivate your team
• Plan and assign projects and tasks, including resource allocation to ensure completion according to timeline
• Ensure sufficient competent and appropriate resources at all times
• Develop and maintain progress plans and reports, with monthly update to SVP
• Plan and execute improvement initiatives in cooperation with SVP
• Manage departmental costs within the assigned budget and contribute to budget planning.
• Competence and career development of project engineers in the department

Competence requirements:

• Bachelors or Master’s degree in Electronic Engineering or other relevant technical areas.
• Extensive and relevant work experience can compensate for lack of education
• Solid experience with people- and line management
• Experience with change management is an advantage
• Native level in Norwegian and English, written and oral

We believe that you are a confident and engaged leader who thrives in challenging environments. You are an excellent team player with strong communication skills, who can inspire and motivate your team to achieve excellent results. You are adaptable, have a strategic and analytical mindset, with a proactive approach to problem-solving.  

We offer

• To be part of a globally recognized, innovative organization
• To be part of and lead a talented and driven engineering team
• Influence the strategic direction of engineering projects within the Engineering Department
• Good development opportunities
• Flexible working conditions
• Competitive compensation package

Zenitel wants to reflect the diversity of society, and encourages qualified candidates with different education, work and life experience to apply for a job with us without regard to ethnicity, religion, gender, age, sexual orientation and disability.

We use Semac background checks on relevant candidates.

The project department is responsible for all planning, design and configuration, as well as testing and handover to the customer. After delivery, the project department often participates in commissioning on site and performs service as agreed. Our skilled engineers also work closely with the sales department to ensure high quality and optimal technical solutions already in the quotation phase.

We are looking for you who are passionate about working with design, engineering, and project management of system deliveries to our customers. If you have experience from a similar position, it is a plus, but not a requirement. You are also welcome to apply if you do not have all the required expertise, but are passionate about technology and eager to learn.

Your tasks will include:

As a project engineer at Zenitel, you will work with system deliveries. Some projects you will have sole responsibility for, other times it will be in collaboration with colleagues in the department in Horten or other departments in Zenitel. You will be responsible for ensuring that all project deliveries are in accordance with the customer's requirements, regulations and standards. As a project engineer, your primary tasks will be the design and engineering of projects, drawing the systems in AutoCad (rack drawings and electrical diagrams) and system integration. In addition, you will work with:

• Participate in project meetings, coordinate with the project manager team, be a point of contact for customers in their own projects
• Sales support with design and verification of solutions (technical documentation and drawings)
• Attend FATs
• Technical support both on-site and remote

Desired qualifications:

• 3-year relevant education with technical understanding, preferably electronics engineer
• Interest in, and preferably knowledge of, telecom/communication systems
• Drawing in AutoCAD
• Network knowledge is desirable but not required. Training/courses will be provided.
• Be able to write and speak fluently in both Norwegian and English

We are looking for you who are committed and willing to learn, and who enjoy handling complex tasks. You are able to understand the customer's needs and find good solutions, are easy to work with and have good communication skills. The position will be adapted for professional and personal development with good training, structured courses and competence development. We know how important a good work-life balance is, and offer flexible working hours arrangements for our employees. 

We offer a challenging and varied position, with competitive conditions in a pleasant technical environment with a close-knit team. At Zenitel, you will be part of a competent and committed technical team, in a working environment where professionalism, openness and passion for what we create brings the results. Come join out team!

Candidates with experience from these segments and within these product categories are of great interest to us. We have a diverse range of highly competent and knowledgeable employees in various fields such as Marketing, Communication, Engineering, IT, and Sales.

As a Zeniteller you will work in a highly technical environment. You will get the chance to develop your skills in a global company and will have to communicate with colleagues across borders and different cultures. Our products are designed to protect lives and assets in critical situations and as such, are expected to always work. This adds a greater meaning and significance to our work and the way we operate.

Please feel free to send an application letter and CV if you are interested in working for Zenitel in the future, and we will contact you if any relevant positions turn up.

Thank you for your interest in Zenitel.

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree or equivalent
• Fluency in English, written and spoken
• German, Spanish or French can be an advantage.

Personal traits

• An interest for technology and innovation
• Open-minded and responsible
• Good communication skills
• Ability to work individually and in a team

What we offer

• International experience
• Challenging and stimulating working environment
• Regular follow-up
• Chance to test new ideas
• Personal development
• Improving foreign language skills