THE COMPANY

Provider of personal protective equipment for high-performance environments.

THE POSITION

The Engineering Director shall be accountable for the Defense Respiratory Value Stream (DRVS) product portfolio and services. This includes development and sustainment products and services that meet specifications, budgets and achieve on-time delivery to business and customer contracts and purchase orders.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Lead the site Engineering staff and collaborate with and support other site Engineering departments as necessary to execute approved product development activities; and continuously assess talent and equipment resource availability, budgets and schedules.
• Provide objective input for product development ideas to ensure appropriate alignment with staff skills while optimizing the use of resources.
• Make effective decisions on what tasks might be best for contract or outsourcing and involve appropriate stakeholders in these decisions.
• Collaborate effectively with other functional groups to meet annual enterprise goals that directly correlate with Engineering department execution.
• Instill, monitor and maintain professional interpersonal behaviors and engagement between staff, other departments, customers, partners and suppliers.
• Implement and sustain a culture of continuous improvement in analyzing Engineering department operations and infrastructure with specific objectives and targeted metrics, tracking of progress and reporting results.

SALARY RANGE:

$140,000 -- $180,000

• B.S. in mechanical or aerospace engineering.
• Twelve-plus years of product development experience with emphasis in multi-disciplined technical management, including six to eight years managing cross-functional projects and / or program functions.
• Experience in a turnaround, regulated environment including aerospace, automotive and / or medical devices is a must.
• Experience deploying Lean and / or six-sigma excellence programs.