Engineering Manager
Our Engineering Managers help lead the Engineering Function. They take on a broad range of responsibilities covering both technical and people management.
What is an Engineering Manager?
Engineering Managers are engineers that have chosen to split their focus between technical engineering and people management. They work together as a team to support the engineering function, while continuing to contribute technically to project work.
What does an Engineering Manager do?
Our Engineering Managers are responsible for line management, personal development, setting and monitoring objectives, and leadership in technical delivery. They seek opportunities to innovate and promote best practice across the engineering function.
Within The Data Shed
Within The Data Shed our Engineering Managers support the engineering function and wider company in a number of unique ways:
- Ensure that appropriate information reaches the engineering function to allow Data Engineers to perform their roles and take appropriate action/give appropriate feedback to improve this.
- Support the Talent Acquisition Manager in assessing the relevance and quality of both incoming applications and potential candidates during the recruitment process.
- Refine and develop the recruitment process to meet the needs of the business.
- Assist in the development of The Data Shed's annual objectives, assuring that all Data Engineers are appropriately involved in how they will individually be contributing thereto.
- Regularly review the progress of engineers within the engineering function.
- Promote and practice a culture of continuous feedback.
- Seek to identify and address potential problems in project teams
- Continue to refine the role of Engineering Management within The Data Shed.
Line Management
Our Engineering Managers have line management oversight for a number of Data Engineers, with direct line management responsibility for a subset thereof.
- Ensure that Data Engineers continue to be aware of required processes and adhere thereto.
- Ensure that Data Engineers have the skills necessary to contribute in their roles by assisting with career development and training opportunities.
- Ensure that Data Engineers continue to develop and make a wider contribution, both to The Data Shed and the wider community.
- Ensure that Data Engineers maintain the Values of The Data Shed and that appropriate feedback — whether positive or constructive — is given in a timely fashion.
- Ensure that the above are recorded and tracked as per The Data Shed's processes/frameworks.
Career Development
Engineering managers are responsible both for the career development and growth for those engineers they manage, and for ensuring wider resources are in place for the development of the engineering function as a whole.
At an individual level this is:
- Assist in developing and setting engineers objectives, and ensure they align with the company objectives.
- Help identify and put in place the relevant training for engineers.
Across the engineering function:
- Maintain an awareness of the management/training frameworks within The Data Shed and contribute to and develop them.
- Ensure that mentoring and coaching is provided to engineers.
Technical Engineering
Our Engineering Managers continue to contribute to the technical progress of projects within The Data Shed. As with other engineers they will code and do code reviews, and continue to develop and specialise their technical skills.
They also work across projects in the following ways:
- Advance and promote engineering standards, process and practices across projects.
- Support the Tech Leads needs across projects.
- Provide early life technical support for new projects by working closely with the consultancy.
- Champion innovation, new technologies, platforms and solutions
SFIA Level
SFIA level outline can be found here