Manager, Design and Engineering

A truly global company servicing the energy industry with market leading technologies

Welltec is a global technology company that develops and provides efficient, hi-tech solutions for the energy industry. We are active in 25 countries with more than 800 employees from many different nations. This contributes to our unique atmosphere with a global dimension and yet a strong local foothold at the various bases.

Our technologies and services are for the global market, but our solutions are local and tailored to each client. To achieve this, we depend on highly trained and motivated employees.

Our policy is to hire locally and work globally. We therefore recruit where we operate and train our employees at the Welltec Academy supplemented with external training from third parties as needed.

The global dimension offers a range of opportunities for those who are motivated by a challenging and multicultural environment where employees come from 
very different backgrounds but with a common wish to collaborate and succeed.

The department 

You will join our D&E function to provide leadership and set direction in a team of 6-8 engineers as direct reports. However, you will be involved broadly in the daily management of the complete team working side by side with the D&E Senior Manager.

The position 

The role holds great potential for the right candidate for personal development and especially for developing your leadership skills as you will be responsible for your own projects, people management, and stakeholder management and also act as substitute line management when relevant. For this aspect in particular close cooperation with existing management will be key to your success.

The team that you will join is responsible for the development and maintenance of Welltec’s proprietary well intervention technologies ranging from our Well Tractor with more than 20 years of service time to new and innovative technologies which we constantly introduce to the market through our global footprint.

You will also be part of a leadership team for the whole D&E function in a globally diverse company with over 60 nationalities in total. You will be reporting directly to the Senior Manager of D&E.

To be fit for the role, you should be a person who likes to lead teams and projects through involvement and structure. You like to take responsibility and you excel equally in both technical and leadership challenges.  

Your key responsibilities will include:

• People Leadership of 6-8 skilled mechanical engineers
• Collaborating across Welltec with our peer functions and global areas - including Commercial, Global Operations and our international D&E offices in Brazil and Poland
• Own and manage technical projects through all development phases
• Conceptualization and feasibility studies
• Provide your guidance and input in your specific expert areas across the whole organization
• Create strategies for process/technical improvements and drive the implementation of these with the rest of the leadership team

The candidate

The ideal candidate is someone who gets excited by technology, people and challenges. In order to perform well in this role, you should also have the following qualifications or similar competencies: 

• Minimum a bachelors degree in a relevant engineering disciplin - such as mechanical engineering, energy engineering or oil & gas. Alternatively, you have practical experience that is relevant for the job
• Experience leading people or projects playing a central role in driving projects by being responsible for the project process, content and day-to-day stake holder interactions, etc.
• Experience leading a team with focus on implementing improvements and developing people and team(s)
• Strong presence & people skills
  
  
  
  

What we offer

You will become part of a truly global company with inspiring colleagues where innovation is part of our culture. 

Joining Welltec means joining a truly exceptional company. We are proud to be a global multicultural workplace and strive to be even more diverse in who we are, how we think, and how we solve problems for our customers. This means working together with skillful and inclusive colleagues where speed, agility, and impact are part of everyday life. Our people truly are the foundation of everything we do and deliver to our customers. 
Working with Welltec® means challenges and personal development in a demanding work environment.

It is an exciting, rewarding, and a varied place to work. Welltec® is an equal opportunities employer. We offer good career opportunities for the right candidate.
Also, Welltec® offers a competitive compensation package, including pension, health insurance, and group life insurance.

The process

We will be reviewing applications on an ongoing basis and we will close the ad once we have hired our new team member. Therefore, we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.