- Company Name
- BIA GROUP
- Job Title
- Project Engineering & Application Manager
- Job Description
-
**Job Title:** Project Engineering & Application Manager
**Role Summary:**
Lead the Project Engineering team for large‑scale mobile construction and mining equipment projects, providing technical and sales support, contract execution, continuous improvement initiatives, digital fleet management, and team leadership aligned with corporate strategy.
**Expectations:**
- Deliver complex fleet proposals and execute full contract lifecycle.
- Ensure technical and economic feasibility of projects.
- Drive continuous improvement with customers, OEMs, and internal teams.
- Develop and maintain digital tools and databases for sales and operations.
- Manage team recruitment, performance, development, and HR compliance.
**Key Responsibilities:**
1. Develop and edit fleet proposals for complex projects (sales support).
2. Execute contracts/projects from initiation to hand‑over to operations.
3. Provide engineering support for technical/economic feasibility studies.
4. Manage technical requirements for purchasing from non‑OEM partners.
5. Lead continuous improvement (CI) projects with customers, OEMs, and internal BIA teams.
6. Support OEM contracts (e.g., Cummins) and coordinate internal training of future project managers and sales force.
7. Analyze and implement new business opportunities in rental, leasing, hoses, remanufacturing, and rebuild activities.
8. Support the setup of new infrastructure (maintenance shop, rebuild shop, warehouse).
9. Build, maintain, and improve digital fleet management systems and databases (OEM specs, accessories, tooling, cost calculations, SLA proposals, framework contracts).
10. Define and manage team strategy, roadmap, and daily operations in collaboration with HR (recruitment, objectives, performance evaluation, learning, talent review, expense approval).
**Required Skills:**
- Technical degree with a focus on mobile construction/mining equipment.
- 10+ years of experience in sales processes for large‑scale mobile equipment.
- Proven project management expertise.
- Demonstrated people‑management and team‑leadership experience.
- Fluency in French and English.
- Strong customer‑focus and forward‑thinking mindset.
- Excellent negotiation, communication (written and verbal), and structured reporting skills.
- Highly organized, goal‑oriented, autonomous, resilient, and capable of building relationships and networks.
**Required Education & Certifications:**
- Technical degree (engineering or related field).
- Minimum 10 years of relevant experience in sales and project management for construction/mining equipment.
- Proven experience in people management and leadership roles.