Engineering Manager, New Product Development (NPD)

The NPD Engineering Manager will plan, schedule, and manage new product development projects, including providing daily direction to teams, provide regular updates across the organization, manage risk, conduct project reviews, provide feedback to teams on designs and processes, manage the engineering stage gate deliverables for projects, research new technologies, and ensure the timely completion of engineering project tasks and milestones.

The NPD Engineering Manager will provide technical and project leadership and attain a thorough understanding of customers to partner with Product Management in defining and delivering on the product strategy necessary to meet growth goals.

Major Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Lead and direct new product development activities by creating and executing project plans that drive team success.
• Manage ideation through commercialization of new product development projects using the Stage Gate process. This includes researching new technologies and capabilities to add value to our product lines
• Make strategic decisions that advance the new product development capabilities of the organization (including developing accelerated testing procedures, IoT/sensor testing)
• Interact and coordinate with product management to develop new product strategies and roadmaps and identify, vet, and select new ideas for product development including participating in Voice of the Customer activities.
• Create and present project updates, budgets, reports, and data analyses.
• Prepare, schedule, coordinate and monitor the assigned engineering projects. Develop and execute root cause and corrective actions when projects are at risk of missing goals.
• Assign responsibilities, mentor project team, follow up on progress, and identify and develop corrective actions.
• Make timely decisions based on risks and available information to keep projects moving forward with expediency.
• Ensure compliance to applicable codes, practices, QA/QC policies, performance standards and specifications.
• Interact daily with stakeholders across the organization to facilitate completion of projects.
• Manage department and project budgets.
• Review intellectual property (patents) and manage the patent application process.
• Develop and implement engineering and Stage Gate best practices for continuous improvement.
• Use data to drive all decision making.
• Performs additional duties as needed and/or assigned by supervisor/manager.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's degree in a field of science or technology; mechanical, electrical, or mechatronics engineering preferred.
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in the direct leadership of engineering or similar teams.
• Minimum 5 years' experience in product development or product design and project leadership.
• Food or meat processing or capital equipment experience preferred.
• Precise and articulate written and verbal communication skills including group presentation skill.
• Excellent organizational, time management, and decision-making skills.
• This position is a “work from work” position. This position is an office-based role in the Birmingham, Ohio office.
• Consistently operates at the highest level of integrity.
• Experience in automation, robotics, IoT, sensors a plus but not a requirement.

Employment with Bettcher Industries is contingent upon successfully completing both a pre-employment background check and a drug screening.

All candidates hired must be able to provide proper documentation of their eligibility to work in the US (I-9 form).