About the Role
The incumbent will be responsible for leading the design, evolution, and governance of the engineering competency framework across the organization.
Responsibilities
- Develop, maintain, and continuously improve role/skill taxonomies and proficiency matrices across engineering disciplines (e.g., systems, software, hardware, reliability, safety).
- Define behavioural and technical indicators for each level (e.g., Foundation → Expert), including evidence expectations and assessment rubrics.
- Manage and operationalize assessment methods (e.g., practical evaluations, code reviews, peer/manager attestations, portfolios, simulations).
- Calibrate assessments for fairness, reliability, and validity train assessors and conduct periodic inter‑rater reliability checks.
- Map competencies to learning journeys (internal courses, external certifications, rotations, mentoring, labs, communities of practice).
- Curate and/or develop high-impact content and labs measure learning effectiveness.
- Conduct capability baselines and gap analyses against strategic and program roadmaps build heatmaps and readiness indices.
- Collaborate with Talent Acquisition and Resource Management on hiring profiles, career pathways, and deployment.
- Assist in competency councils manage version control of frameworks publish standards and process documentation.
- Lead change adoption (communications, guidance, office hours, playbooks) and embed competencies in performance, career, and reward processes.
- Configure/administrate competency and learning tools
- Ensure data quality, privacy, and reporting integrity automate flows from project systems where appropriate.
- Engage with internal bodies to align with subject matter expert and internal best practices.
Job Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering with human resource experience. Related field equivalent experience considered.
- 3+ years of engineering experience, including 2+ years in competency frameworks, technical enablement, engineering excellence, or L&D for engineers.
- Demonstrated experience building or maintaining competency models and assessment methodologies for technical roles.
- Strong data literacy: ability to analyse skill data, build dashboards/heatmaps, and translate insights into action.
- Proven track record partnering with engineering leadership and HR/L&D to operationalize capability programs at scale.
- Excellent written and verbal communication facilitation skills for workshops, calibration sessions, and stakeholder forums.
Only shortlisted candidates will be notified.
(EA Reg No: 20C0312)
