Product Engineering Manager

Graco•Kamas, UT

4d•Onsite

About The Position

Graco manufactures and markets premium equipment to move, measure, control, dispense and spray a wide variety of fluid and powder materials. This position is with White Knight Fluid Handling Inc., a subsidiary of Graco, Inc. White Knight was established in 1995 and has consistently developed and manufactured high-quality products. We are a leading supplier of pumps and fluid transfer technology to the semiconductor, Solar Cells, LEDs, flat-panel displays, electronic and industrial markets. The role involves overall technical product life cycle management for designated product families, working closely with Marketing Managers and Manufacturing Cell Managers. Life cycle management includes managing new product development, standard product maintenance, ongoing cost reductions, and small projects associated with assigned product families. The goal is to improve Graco's profitability by providing new product design and development leadership that results in the timely release-for-sale of innovative, low cost, high quality products that safely and effectively handle demanding customer applications.

Requirements

Bachelors Degree in Engineering from an accredited institution or equivalent
Demonstrated long term commercial success of assigned product families (Incremental revenue, Warranty expense, Earnings contribution, etc.)
Demonstrated long term strategic technical planning of product family portfolio
Minimum 9 years experience in design and development of products including project management experience with demonstrated ability to produce innovative and successful products
A minimum of 6 years supervisory experience with a demonstrated ability to lead, supervise and develop others
Experience managing a technical group of people
Experience with engineering computer based applications
Experience with Simultaneous-Engineering product development process
Experience with fluid handling equipment development, design, or application
Responsible Engineering Manager for relatively large product families (in terms of revenue and impact compared with Grade 13 Product Engineering Managers)
Demonstrated superior communication, organization and planning skills
Demonstrated ability and credibility to work effectively with outside work groups (Marketing, Manufacturing, Purchasing, IS, Sales Force, etc)
Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with executive management
Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with distributors and end users
Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States
This role is not eligible for immigration sponsorship now or in the future (e.g., H-1B, TN, F-1 OPT)

Responsibilities

Establish and maintain 5 year product plan with Marketing Managers and drive new product ideas through technology development
Seek out and apply relevant existing and developing technology - both from within Graco and from industry
Develop and document knowledge on all competitive products
Manage and execute all new product development projects
Manage and execute all Standard Product support by closely following field and manufacturing issues, and drive product changes to address the issues
Establish cost reduction plans and implement in coordination with Manufacturing Cells and Purchasing
Work closely with Manufacturing in support of 1st pass test improvement, process improvements and qualifications
Establish annual engineering budgets for all engineering expense and capital and provide detailed expense reporting on project basis
Establish and implement staffing plans, succession planning strategies, and personnel development and training activities
Work closely with other Engineering Manager(s) to ensure sharing and propagation of technology, platforms, cost reductions, process improvements, etc. across all product families
Directly supervise Lead Engineers and Project Engineers
Supervision of Project Engineers can be assigned to Lead Engineers at discretion of Product Family Engineering Manager
Mentor Lead Engineers in project management and personnel management to develop bench strength of future larger management roles
Participate or drive engineering process and policy changes to continuously improve department efficiency and output
Measure and interpret group new product design, development and release for sale performance
Recruit, train and develop well qualified, highly motivated engineering, designer, and technician staff
Prepare and conduct formal annual performance appraisals and development plans for direct reports and perform annual salary planning
Encourage and support the professional, technical and business development of self and staff
Keep upper management informed of product design and development progress and issues
Supervises either directly or indirectly a group of up to 30 designers, technicians, and engineers
Other duties as assigned