Direct and have immediate responsibility for the divisional product development, design, and documentation. Work as a liaison to manage the build order process, communicate customer specifications and product development and design. Works closely with Sales, Service, and Operations to meet company goals. Reports to Division Director of Engineering and local GM.
Responsibilities:
· Provide innovative thought leadership on strategies to grow market share, increase profitability, and meet long-term business goals to the engineering team.
· Manage various engineering teams from design, technical sales and aftersales support, project management and production to ensure that any problems are immediately addressed.
· Implement approved corporate policies and ensure managers and staff perform their duties and responsibilities.
· Plan and develop the department’s operating and capital budgets and manage expenses to conform with budget
· Implement and required compliance with best of breed engineering practices and methods as approved.
· Schedule divisional engineering projects and ensure efficient personnel utilization.
· Maintain design adherence taking into consideration the cost, operation, reliability, manufacturability, adjustment, assembly, weight, installation, clearances, serviceability, standardization and adherence to industry standards and parameters to assure acceptable feasibility and integrity of product.
· Interpret and set design objectives, correlating, and assisting in the development of design and drawings to assure adherence to complete model concept to assure maximum efficiency of complete company product or unit thereof and help in the flow of information from group to group.
· Maintain design liaison with new or revised parts through the various stages of manufacture and/or experimental fabrication or test, interpreting design requirements and practicality of developed design and making modifications necessary to assure engineering soundness.
· Maintain a complete uniform and up-to-date record of all projects and drawings which have been completed.
Requirements (education, experience, travel, physical, work environment):
· Bachelor’s degree in relevant engineering field with at least 10 years experience in engineering leadership required
· Master’s degree in the relevant engineering field preferred.
· Must have excellent grasp of local and federal laws and regulations governing its engineering governance in public projects.