Engineering Director

SUMMARY:  Under the direction of the VP Engineering and Operations, the Engineering Director is responsible for the planning, organizing and directing the engineering and project management functions.

RESPONSIBIITIES AND DUTIES: 


* Directly develops and executes annual product development plans and identifies annual initiatives and programs to support business strategies.


* Oversees all product design, testing and validation and make professional judgments with respect to results.


* Keeps informed as to developments in competitive product offerings, and in material and technical advancements as they apply to the company. 


* Responsible for maintaining and advancing technical relationships with customers and technical service suppliers.

 Provides technical assistance, with respect to product application, to internal and external marketing representatives and customers.


* Establishes standards, policies, processes and benchmarks for the engineering team.


* Evaluates technical information infrastructure and makes recommendations to improve and optimize.

Provide leadership for Product Development in making decisions on and setting priorities for new products or changes to existing products.


* Responsible for the design of new products that satisfy all performance requirements and meet or exceed the required financial performance of PTI.  In addition, responsible for the modification and improvement of existing products.


* Oversees the project engineering team as they lead cross-functional teams through all phases of product development and release.  Ensure that product design meets expectations.

(i.e.

reliability, aesthetics, customer requirements, regulatory requirements etc.)


* Owns and completes continuous improvements to the Engineering Change Notice release process


* Establishes annual operating budget and manages against that budget.


* Responsible for the on-going management and development of assigned employees through coaching and training to produce a high-performing organization.

Determines staffing and skill requirements to meet organization needs and implements plans to satisfy those requirements.

COMPETENCIES:


* Excellent verbal and written communication skills.


* Excellent organizational skills and interpersonal skills, including ability to resolve disputes and observe confidentiality.


* Ability to use PC and widely used software packages, e.g., spreadsheets (Excel), word processing (MS Word), SharePoint.


* Ability to recruit, retain, coach and build a high performing technical team.


* Ability to meet deadlines; accomplish work in order of priority; professionally maintain composure and effectiveness under pressure and changing conditions.


* Ability to learn new duties and adjust to new situations encountered on the job within a reasonable amount of time.


* Ability to negotiate conflict and maintain constructive working relationships wit...