Engineering Manager - New Product Development

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What we offer

Competitive salary and bonus plan

Paid vacation/holidays/sick time

Comprehensive benefits package including 401K, medical, dental, and vision care - Available day one

Extensive product and on the job/cross training opportunities with outstanding internal resources

Encouraging and collaborative team environment

Dedication to safety through our Zero Harm policy

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What you will do

We are looking for a highly motivated professional that will provide ingenuity and technical expertise in a world-class organization!

This individual will lead the engineering team to design and deploy new product development initiatives, which include ownership of all engineering design elements and processes. This role collaborates with the engineering test lab to ensure design validation testing is successful.

This position interfaces with product marketing throughout the product development process to facilitate a product that meets requirement and is efficiently and effectively deployed.

This position also interfaces with operations to ensure production readiness and design for manufacturing are implemented.

How you will do it

The Engineering Manager is responsible for leading a team of mechanical and electrical engineers/designers to design, develop, test, qualify and troubleshoot commercial HVAC equipment. This includes Fan Coil Units, VAV Terminal Units and Air Handler Units. Essential duties and responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

R&D

• Perform technology reviews

• Develop technology roadmaps for subsystems

• Work with suppliers to develop solutions for new products

• Align R&D with future product roadmap

• Collaborate with global engineering teams on technology and best practices.

Product development

• Provide input for product roadmap & project requirements

• Oversee project resources

• Oversee project schedule

• Oversee project budget and cost

• Oversee FMEA, test plans, and performance data

• Oversee prototype and pre-production builds

• Oversee design documentation & BOM creation

• Collaborate with project management to ensure project requirements are met and/or revised per design limitations

• Collaborate with manufacturing engineering to implement design for manufacturing production validation builds

• Collaborate with the project managers to establish and meet milestones and track action items to identify and resolve issues.

Engineering

• Act as a subject matter expert for either mechanical or electrical engineering principles

• Formulate test plans and analyze results to make informed design engineering decisions

• Ensure AHRI, ASHRAE, and regulatory standards are followed

• Oversee international engineering priorities.

Processes & Documentation

• Initiate continuous improvement to reduce project cycle time and increase product quality and performance

• Oversee Engineering document control

• Support Engineering ISO audit reviews

• Oversee Engineering change requests and approvals

• Oversee Engineering indirect material approvals.

Staff and Admin

• Create, manage, and deliver training for:

• Product development process and tasks

• Technical subjects and design guides.

Safety

• Ethics & Integrity

• Employee onboarding and development

• Establish employee goals and conduct quarterly reviews

• Perform organizational talent reviews and employee development plans

• Support employee engagement and recognition.

Supervisory Responsibilities

• This job has supervisory responsibilities for the Largo, FL engineering team.

What we look for

• Bachelor's Degree (B.S.) in Mechanical, Electrical, or Aerospace engineering from an accredited four-year College or University is required. Master's preferred.

• 5+ years of experience with formal product development process.

• 5+ years of experience with either mechanical or electrical design.

• Experience in leading a small to medium engineering team required. Leadership and strong attention to detail is essential to be successful. Must be able to creatively problem solve while using the materials and facts at hand.

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills working in a cross-functional environment is critical. Strong planning and forecasting skills. Ability to lead a team with a high degree of integrity and trust.

• Ability to calculate values such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, volume, air flow, heat transfer, and sound power by applying concepts from algebra, geometry, statistics, trigonometry, differential equations, and physics.

• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited information exists. Must also be able to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

• The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts. The employee is occasionally exposed to outside weather conditions and vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

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