Armstrong Dematic - Deputy General Manager - Project Engineering

Position Title : Deputy General Manager (DGM)

Business Unit : Project Engineering

Reports To ED

Position Summary:

To lead the design function for warehouse automation systems by driving technology strategy, standardization, innovation, and execution excellence. The role is accountable for delivering scalable, cost-effective, and high performance engineering solutions aligned with business growth, while building organizational capability and ensuring cross-functional integration across projects.

Key Responsibilities:

- Define and drive technology roadmap for warehouse automation systems and lead adoption of next-gen solutions including ASRS, robotics integration, and high-speed sortation, while establishing modular and scalable design architecture

- Ensure first-time-right engineering outputs, drive design standardization and reuse, and establish design review frameworks, quality gates, and best practices in DFM, DFA, and reliability engineering

- Oversee end-to-end design lifecycle, ensure alignment across mechanical, controls, structural, and software teams, and drive on-time design release and project readiness

- Lead cost optimization initiatives, improve proposal accuracy and competitiveness, and drive value engineering without compromising performance

- Ensure designs meet throughput targets and system efficiency benchmarks, and enable simulation-driven design validation

- Build and lead high-performance engineering teams, drive skill development, leadership pipeline, and retention strategies

- Establish systems for design libraries, lessons learned, and standard modules, and drive adoption of PLM and digital engineering practices

- Collaborate with Sales, Manufacturing, and Projects for concept, costing, DFM, and execution, and act as technical anchor for key customers

- Drive product improvements and continuous innovation while maintaining standardization as a core engineering principle

Key Relationships:

Knowledge/Experience & Competence Req

Authorities:

Internal: Sales, Solutions, Mechanical, Controls, Structural, Manufacturing, Projects, Quality, Finance, HR

External: Customers, consultants, vendors, technology partners

Key KPI's:

Skills Required:

Autodesk Inventor, AutoCAD, Catia, Simulation tools, ERP/PLM systems, Pneumatics, Hydraulics circuits.

Core Competencies:

- Strong system-level thinking (not just component design)

- Business acumen (cost + delivery + customer impact)

- Leadership & decision-making under ambiguity

- Deep knowledge of warehouse automation systems

- Final design approval authority

- Engineering budget control

- Resource planning & allocation

- Standardization enforcement across projects

- First-time-right design %

- Standardization index (% reuse)

- Project design cycle time

- Value engineering savings

- Innovation index (new modules/year)

- Team productivity metrics