Sobre esta vaga de Product Engineering Manager na Graco
Graco manufactures and markets premium equipment to move, measure, control, dispense and spray a wide variety of fluid and powder materials. What does that mean? Well, we pump peanut butter into your jar, and the oil in your car. We glue the soles of your shoes, the glass in your windows and the screen on your phone. We spray the finish on your vehicle, coatings on your pills, the paint on your house and texture on your walls. Graco is part of your daily life.
Where You’ll Work – 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.
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Overall technical product life cycle management for designated product families. This position is aligned very closely with Marketing Managers and Manufacturing Cell Managers. Life cycle management includes managing all new product development, standard product maintenance, ongoing cost reductions, and small projects associated with assigned product families.
Contribute to improving 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 our customers most demanding applications.
What You Will Do At Graco:
- 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.
What You Will Bring To Graco:
- 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).
At Graco, you truly make a difference. Your unique talents contribute to our organizational growth and future. Not only do you make a difference, but Graco’s culture empowers employees to create their own career path. Whether you choose to advance within your current department or explore new opportunities in different divisions, you have the ability to build your future. Our managers are here to provide support and guidance as you continue to grow within your career.
Graco has excellent opportunities available to individuals who want to be part of a fast-moving, growing company that is committed to quality, innovation and solving fluid handling problems for our customers. Graco is proud to be named a Best Place to Work by Fortune Magazine in 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021 & 2022. Graco offers attractive compensation, benefits and career development opportunities. Graco’s comprehensive benefits include medical, dental, stock purchase plan, 401(k), tuition reimbursement and more.
Our company uses E-Verify to confirm the employment and eligibility of all newly hired employees. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, please visit http://www.e-verify.gov/.
The base pay range for this position is listed below, exclusive of fringe benefits or other compensation. If you are hired, your final base hourly rate will be determined based on factors such as geographic location, skills, competencies, education, and/or experience. In addition to those factors, we will also consider internal equity of our current employees. Please keep in mind that the range provided is the full base salary range for the role. Hiring at or near the maximum of the range would not be typical to allow for future and continued salary growth.
$125,500.00 - $219,600.00
