Head of Technical Operations

Mettler Toledo•Lutz, FL

About The Position

The Head of Technical Operations leads and provides a common vision to a diverse workforce encompassing the Producing Organizations Technical Applications Team (POTA), the PO Product Management Team, and PO Engineering teams for the METTLER TOLEDO, CI-Vision, Safeline, and Eagle brands. The role serves as the primary advocate and authority for the product portfolio and associated processes within PIUS and the global METTLER TOLEDO organization, supporting the long-term growth and profitability of the Product Inspection business in the Americas. The position leads product management, technical applications, and engineering across product lifecycle management, customer application support, product development, industrialization, engineering design, manufacturing support, and on-time, on-budget product delivery. It collaborates with Marketing, Strategic Business Units, Supply Chain, Value Engineering, Manufacturing, and Assembly to align products with market needs and support roadmap development. The role drives cost reduction, standardization, engineering productivity, and continuous improvement; develops team expertise and succession depth; establishes performance reporting and accountability; and ensures operational efficiency and profitability. It also champions product and process compliance and manages global product lifecycle and change processes while contributing local market insight to global roadmaps and improvement initiatives.

Requirements

Master’s degree in Engineering and 15 years’ experience in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering Product Management experience.
History of strategic implementations over a 3–5 year horizon.
Detail-oriented, with the ability to proficiently implement continuous improvement actions.
Empowering leadership that drives engagement, accountability, and high performance.
Experience coaching and motivating diverse teams while supporting retention and employee growth.
Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to build consensus and influence stakeholders at all organizational levels.
Strong knowledge of custom machinery for food and pharmaceutical production.
Understanding of food-equipment fabrication, assembly, and Design for Excellence (DfX) principles.
Skill simplifying complex challenges and delivering projects on time, within budget, and to quality standards.

Nice To Haves

Master’s in Business Administration.

Responsibilities

Lead Product Management, Technical Applications, and Engineering teams responsible for product lifecycle management, customer application support, product development, industrialization, engineering design, manufacturing support, and successful on-time, on-budget product delivery.
Strengthen collaboration with Marketing, Strategic Business Units, Supply Chain, Value Engineering, Manufacturing, and Assembly to align market needs, improve global products, and support roadmap development.
Drive cost reduction and standardization through complexity reduction, component commonality, part-count reduction, Design for Manufacturing, and continuous improvement initiatives.
Advance engineering productivity and technology by improving processes, leveraging automation, and building an agile, resilient technical operations team.
Develop organizational capability by strengthening team expertise, application knowledge, and succession depth.
Establish performance visibility and accountability through daily, monthly, quarterly, and annual reporting, including actionable leading and lagging metrics.
Ensure operational efficiency and profitability across Engineering, Product Management, and Technical Applications.
Champion product and process compliance, ensuring solutions meet applicable safety, hazardous-location, hygienic-design, and documentation requirements.
Manage global product lifecycle and change processes, provide local market insight, and contribute to global product roadmap and improvement initiatives.