** This position must meet Export Control compliance requirements, therefore a “US Citizen” as defined by 22 C.F.R § 120.15 is required.
THE COMPANY
We have been retained by a Fortune 250 global leader in motion and control technologies to find their next Composite Sealing Systems Division Engineering Manager. For more than a century the company has been enabling engineering breakthroughs that lead to a better tomorrow. The CSS Division is part of the Engineered Material Group, and is headquartered in San Diego, California. They have three additional locations in North Haven, Connecticut, and Tijuana, Mexico.
The CSS Division designs, develops, and manufactures high integrity composite and metal seals for some of the world’s most demanding applications across aerospace, military, power generation, automotive, heavy duty mobile, life science, oil and gas, and semiconductor industries. With more than five decades of expertise, our engineered static sealing solutions provide performance, reliability, longevity, and durability needed in demanding sealing environments.
THE POSITION
Position Summary:
The Division Engineering Manager leads the company’s engineering function, which includes product development engineer teams across multiple technical disciplines and material testing and development. This includes 4 sites in the USA and Mexico. Additionally, the Division Engineering Manager supports manufacturing engineering to drive process simplification and automation.
This role reports to the Division General Manager and leads a team of department managers and highly skilled expert-level engineers. The Division Engineering Manager will partner closely with Sales & Marketing and has regular and frequent interactions with customers, multiple business areas, program management and Division and Group leadership.
Education:
- Bachelor’s degree (BS) (or Professional Engineer (PE) certificate) in engineering or a science technical discipline. Mechanical Engineering preferred.
- Master’s degree (MS or MBA) preferred.
Experience/Skills:
- Demonstrated ability to perform the essential functions of the job typically acquired through 15 years of related experience, typically engineering roles of increasing responsibility.
- Has prior leadership responsibility for 4 or more years including management of multiple teams and projects.
- Previous mechanical design experience is required.
- Project Management experience.
- Comprehensive knowledge and overall understanding of multiple engineering and/or scientific fields and specialized product/system integration requirements, especially related to composite and metal sealing systems.
- Ability to apply and integrate knowledge of other related engineering areas or experts to create differentiated competitive advantage.
- Demonstrated ability to assess and lead research and investment in new technologies and in creating linkage between product/system design, manufacturing, and business results.
- Experience with comprehensive program and design reviews and/or other customer requirements, industry practices, regulations, and policies.
- Customer facing experience is required.
- Thorough knowledge of competitor and industry practices, government regulations, and internal policies.
- Ideal candidate will have excellent leadership skills, good communication and people skills, and the ability to make impactful presentations to customers.