Design Team Lead

We transform industries to work smarter

FILTER is an international engineering firm with over 30 years of experience transforming industries with advanced energy and water solutions. Our customer-centric approach empowers companies to grow by leveraging their technological resources.

Mission

We want to develop a smartly performing future, so we can all enjoy peace of mind from better operating industries.

We are more than just engineers; we are reliable partners for customers looking for competitive advantages and want to stand out in their industries. We help to create success stories through skill and expertise. Energy, steam, and water are our specialties

We are looking for a

Design Team Lead

with an ambition to have great opportunities to

work across a wide range of business fields and industrial projects.

Why does this role exist? What is the purpose of the role?

You as the Team Leader will lead your people and are responsible for the team’s overall results. The commitment and competencies of each team member are important, as well as the results that meet the set goals. You´ll constantly take care of the best team performance, motivation, growth, good and constructive relationships internally and externally with suppliers, partners, and customers. You will look after all legal aspects related to designing certifications and licenses.

Your secondary role is to execute as a senior designer/expert sharing knowledge, guiding colleagues, and undertaking complex designs yourself.

Welcome message by the hiring manager:

Earth without “art” will be just “Eh”. Our projects without design will be even worse.

For 30 years in Latvia, we have been creating different solutions for our customers. These solutions help all of us to improve our quality of life – clean water, warm houses unpolluted air around us, and much more. Every project starts with a design which is a highly important phase, the first step of creating, sometimes very complex, solutions for reaching dedicated goals.

We are growing and we see the importance of high-quality design in every project. Today there are strong and experienced designers in our company, today we are creating a team for better collaboration, for higher quality, and for better development.

If you find yourself a good leader, able to grow a team, able to share your experiences in design, and able and willing to learn and develop – join us, we will be happy to welcome you on board!

We are proud of our journey so far. Here´ s why:

• Our designers can create technically complex water treatment and energy solutions. Our designs can be found in small startup businesses, major city municipalities, and large factories alike.
• Our design team has solid experience in the water treatment and energy sector. This experience is being enlarged daily as new technologies like electrode boilers, a variety of heat pump solutions, solar energy, and hydrogen are coming onto the market and are part of our projects.
• Our design team has great daily support from other departments – sales, service, logistics, and administration dealing with energy solutions.

Challenges that await your contribution:

• To develop the Design Team’s scope of competencies and experiences, to support the company in successful project implementation.
• Follow upmarket tendencies and innovations, to suggest solutions and equipment that are bringing the most effective results within safety and environmental constraints
• Improve team resources management activities to propose reliable quality design services to internal and external customers.
• There is more… In the long run, we are seeking to build a new business line out of design team services.
• We are seeking efficiency (resource planning, getting rid of gut feeling aspects, we need to be able to estimate expense and timeline).

Here is how we´ ll know that you´ ll be a great fit because of your background:

• You have graduated from university with a technical (Bachelors) degree.
• You have solid experience in engineering solutions design (Civil Engineering, Thermal, Heating and Ventilation, Water Supply, and Sewerage).
• A very good experience using AutoCAD or similar (3D).
• You can say, that you are experienced in consulting customers to find efficient production processes/solutions.
• Team Lead potential.
• Your Latvian language skills are at C1 and English at B1 level.
• Your work requires a lot of customer and site visits, hence we´d like to have a Driver´s license.

You´ d stand out if you had:

• Related certificates (Civil Engineering, Thermal, Heating and Ventilation, Water Supply and Sewerage).
• Experience in building and leading a team.

In return, we offer:

• To be a part of a company where you can influence and shape its future, be a part of the success story.
• The current loyal team that has been working together for a long time.
• Competitive salary in a range of 2 900.00 – 3 500.00 euros + bonus scheme after passing probation period.
• Laptop, mobile phone, and own cabinet shared with one team member.
• Company events.
• Health insurance after probation period.
• Additional training to boost Your competencies – as needed.
• A company car can be used in the future for customer visits.

WHY Filter?

Most of the team members are like family – they are open to communication, share ideas and experiences, and support each other. The company has undergone significant changes over the past few years. During the first 25 years of the company’s history, the culture was quite different. Now, we are transforming both our culture and strategies simultaneously. We are focusing on building leadership skills among Team Leaders so they can take responsibility, lead, and develop their teams. There is an ample opportunity to exercise your potential both professionally and as a leader. The team atmosphere in the company is great; we are all professional engineers, who share a common passion for innovation and complex solutions. There is a lot of flexibility and an environment of growth and self-realization. The company is eager to become the number one choice in the field, and all team members are proud to be part of Filter. The market is changing rapidly, and so are we. This role offers a great opportunity to work across a wide range of business fields and projects. You will have the chance to develop your business line, offering separate design services, in the future.

Interested? What´ s next?

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