Director - Engineering - Eaton - Warrendale, Long Branch

Job description
Eaton currently has an opening for a Director - Engineering located in Warrendale, PA.

Eaton is a diversified power management company providing energy-efficient solutions that help our customers effectively manage electrical, hydraulic and mechanical power. The company is a global technology leader in electrical products, systems and services for power quality, distribution and control, power transmission, lighting and wiring products; hydraulics components, systems and services for industrial and mobile equipment; aerospace fuel, hydraulics and pneumatic systems for commercial and military use; and truck and automotive drivetrain and powertrain systems for performance, fuel economy and safety. Eaton acquired Cooper Industries plc in 2012. Eaton has approximately 102,000 employees and sells products to customers in more than 175 countries.

Our products and the employees who design and build them are part of making a difference in the world every day. If you’re ready to do something that matters, to do it well and to be encouraged and rewarded for doing it, then Eaton is the place for you.

Primary Function:

The Director Engineering, EESS, is responsible for leading, managing and setting the strategic direction for the engineering and technical functions within EESS with direct leadership of the Centers of Excellence Engineering organizations including Aftermarket/ACE Engineering, Power Systems Engineering (PSE), Power Systems Automation Engineering (PSA), Training, and Project Engineering for the EESS Division within Eaton’s Electrical Sector. As a member of the Leadership Team of EESS, the Director of Engineering, is responsible for working with each member of the EESS staff to ensure that the COE Engineering Operations provide engineering excellence, customer focus, and financial performance. This position is critical to ensure that financial, growth, technology, and service productivity objectives are met. This is accomplished by ensuring that sound, efficient, and professional engineering practices are utilized while identifying current and future product and services trends that align with our overall business strategy, which allows Eaton to remain competitive with respect to cost, performance, quality, and reliability. The position leads the identification and development of differentiated services that support growth and differentiate Eaton as a preferred solutions provider. In addition, this position is responsible for partnering with customers, sales and operations to solve the most challenging power management problems faced by our customers, demonstrating the technical leadership of Eaton and EESS. This position provides oversight, direction, and engineering responsibility for the EESS engineering teams across the US, Canada, and Latin America.

Essential Functions:

•Divisional leadership responsibility for accurate, comprehensive design and technical validation for customer orders in complete compliance with customer specifications, applicable engineering standards, safety requirements and legal requirements.
•Leads the development of the technical talent pipeline including acquisition, deployment, training, development and retention of key technical talent in the division.
•Ensures that the division remains in compliance with legal requirements for engineering activity including the availability of PE’s where necessary to maintain and grow business with our targeted customers and markets.
•Manages the performance of the Engineering function to the profit plan objectives for cost, utilization, absorption, quality, growth programs and customer satisfaction. Deploys metrics relevant to the function to maintain a high performance team environment.
•Participates in industry organizations and associations and maintains relationships with key customer and industry technical leaders while representing Eaton as a leader in electrical technology and capability. Leads EESS in the identification of new technologies and customer applications.
•Establishes and maintains technical standards, documentation, specifications and procedures for EESS technical activities in accordance with the latest industry and legal requirements and best practices.
•Leads technical problem solving teams for Electrical Sector key customers and application challenges as a representative EESS and Eaton.
•Leads the EESS processes for the identification, development and deployment of new engineering services in coordination with the EESS leadership team.
•Ensures that efforts to improve the efficiency of the Engineering functions are emphasized through creative organizational management, effective use of engineering tools, appropriate training and continuous improvement aligned with EBS.
•Participates in the strategic planning process for EESS as a member of the leadership team. Establishes a division engineering strategy and establishes responsibilities and measures to ensure implementation is realized.
•Participates with Chief Technology Officer, Electrical Sector VP Technology, Electrical Sector Engineering Council and the ESSG Director of Engineering relative to codes, standards and operating practices
•Drives functional excellence initiatives and HR processes for all division Engineering organizations include APEX, OCA, Goal Setting, and Merit Planning.
Basic Qualifications:

•Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering from an accredited institution
•Minimum of 10 years of experience in a project/customer order electrical engineering environment
•Minimum of 5 years of managerial experience
•Eligible to work in US without company sponsorship

Position Criteria:

•Must have an engineering services or project engineering background with strong experience in solution selling, turnkey projects, and working with large customers.
•Strong leader of people, with ability to develop technical talent and technical leadership.
•Ability to provide coaching and direction on both employee and engineering issues while maintaining a positive customer and results focused culture.
•Operational focus with the ability to manage multiple projects, programs and activities successfully using best practice processes and management techniques.

Preferred Qualifications:

•Professional Engineering License
•MS in Engineering and/or MBA
•5 years of engineering service leadership experience
•2 years of direct P&L experience

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