Senior Manager, Engineering

About the role

The Senior Manager, Engineering is responsible for managing the mechanical engineers and designers. This position will provide strategy, vision, direction, customer focus and a sense of urgency to engineering staff through leadership, management and teamwork, ensuring creative, efficient, fast-track development and engineering expertise, while ensuring personal and staff challenge and development. This position works under minimum supervision.

Responsibilities

• Assist in developing, implementing, maintaining and communicating the departmental strategy that is consistent with and supports the business unit’s strategic initiatives
• Develop, implement, maintain and communicate the departmental plan that supports the business unit’s strategic initiatives, including department resource planning, development and budget preparation
• Plan Technology Management and PDI interdepartmental team projects, including scope, system and product definitions, strategies and tactics, risk evaluation, schedule, resource requirements, budget and return
• Train, mentor and facilitate staff to assure opportunities for personal development and advancement
• Communicate corporate and business unit’s vision and strategic initiatives to staff
• Participate regularly as either a team member or a team leader
• Perform administrative duties such as reviewing and monitoring schedules, attendance, timesheets and departmental budget
• Develop and implement key processes and process improvements for the greater good of the company
• Coordinate activities and tasks within the team and with external organizations, including vendors
• Research applications, technologies and design alternatives for products from preliminary market requirements
• Provide conceptual and detailed designs of a complex nature
• Verify and validate design and project objectives to customers and the business unit
• Interview and hire employees; plan, assign, and direct work; appraise performance; reward and discipline employees; address complaints and resolve problems
• Directly manage 1-15 employees

Requirements

• Must have experience managing and leading engineering teams
• Strong background in engineering techniques and application required
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret technical procedures or governmental regulations
• Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, employees, and the general public
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with variables in situations with limited standardization
• Ability to work in a highly confidential work environment
• Ability to interpret instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite
• Ability to reduce complex engineering problems into simplified form and educate others
• Strong knowledge of patent processes, application and interpretation
• Broad application of engineering principles, theories and concepts, plus working knowledge of related disciplines to provide imaginative, thorough and practicable solutions

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree (BS) in Engineering required; Master’s degree preferred
• Minimum of 8 years’ experience managing a product development engineering team
• 15% travel required

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance programs
• 401K plans with employer-matching contributions
• Tuition reimbursement
• Paid time off (PTO)
• Paid holidays
• Volunteer time off

Pay

$150,000.00 - $170,000.00 per year