- Design and develop new products utilizing advanced modeling tools and engineering principles.
- Making sure NPD projects are meeting its objectives and stage-gate review to ensure project is completed on schedule, within budget and meeting performance, reporting status to supervisor on a regular basis and executive staff on an as needed basis.
- Supervises activities and resources within the New Product Development team to ensure support is provided to deliver the NPD roadmap.
- Act as mentor to product development team on how to maximize performance and manage multiple priorities.
- Document and analyze design feasibility studies, tolerances, FEA (finite elemental analysis), CFD (computational fluid dynamics) reports to ensure product meets requirements.
- Analyze new materials, technologies, and processes to evaluate functionalities for all new product development or improvement of existing products.
- Comply with Stage-Gate NPD processes while designing new products and proactively identify and mitigate risks to the project.
- Develop and review design prototypes, perform lab test plans, and finalize product design to facilitate production to ensure products are meeting requirements and expectations.
- Prepare comprehensive cost estimates for new product designs.
- Conduct research and analysis to evaluate new products or improve product performance and efficiency of existing products.
- Coordinate with the other members of the engineering team to expedite the design process and establish priorities.
- Collaborate with internal manufacturing partners, contract manufacturers, designers, and product specialists to optimize designs for manufacturability.
- Interface with Product Managers, Applications Engineers, Manufacturing Engineers, Quality, Purchasing, and other functions of organization during all phases of product development.
- Foster ideas to build the NPD and R&D pipeline and roadmap with inputs from product management, sales, channel partners, and end-users
- Perform other product development related duties as requested, directed, or assigned.
- People Management experience.
- Strong hold on engineering principles (mechanics, thermal and fluid sciences) and knowledge of basic manufacturing methods.
- Proven track record of meeting commitments with the highest level of standards, ethics, and integrity.
- Proficient with computers, CAD (Inventor/Autodesk) and MS Office software including Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
- Ability to be resourceful, think creatively and analytically, problem-solve, experiment, and adapt, and make bold decisions and recommendations.
- Proven ability to coach, train and interact with all levels of employees from senior managers down.
- Outstanding relationship-building skills with the ability to effectively communicate, verbally and in writing, at every level, with customers, suppliers, and employees of the organization.
- Ability to manage and prioritize competing tasks and projects, strong organizational skills.
- Must be a team player who can also work independently.
- Flexibility to handle multiple projects at once and work on projects with the greatest business need.
- Ability to work with diverse global teams especially from Engineering to Sourcing.
- Strong work ethics and positive attitude.
- Energetic with a clear sense of urgency and direction; able to inspire and invigorate associates at all levels; promote concepts effectively.
- 10 years of design experience or 4-8 years with master's degree
- At least 5 years of people management experience.
- New Product Design and Stage-Gate process experience
- Experience with CAD (preferred CAD/PDM system is Inventor/Autodesk Vault).
- Experience or exposure to FEA, CFD and Heat Transfer analysis tools.
- Experience working in a precision machining environment.
- Experience designing pumps, valves, or rotary equipment.
- Bachelor's or master's degree in mechanical engineering
- Experience working in the food and beverage industry (hygienic/sanitary applications)
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NPD Team Lead - Delavan, United States - SPX FLOW
Description
Job Summary
Team Leader for New Product Development team, the primary responsibility is to design, develop, and execute New Product Development (NPD) projects for the Waukesha Cherry-Burrell (WCB) product lines manufactured within the Delavan, WI factory to drive sales orders growth, profitability, and vitality index. This includes leading projects and a team of NPD engineers to ideate, research, design, and develop new, next generation, extensions, and enhancements to product offerings that deliver solutions to our customers which are on-time, within budget, and conform to performance specifications. The WCB product lines include pumps, valves, scraped surface heat exchangers, and other fluid displacement equipment serving the processed food, beverage, dairy, personal care, and other and sanitary and industrial applications.
This role has a global scope, and will interact with the Product Management, Sales, Operations, and other cross-functional teams worldwide to ensure engineering standards are met. This is a working manager position, and thus, it is expected this role has experience working in a similar department or new product development teams. Success in this role will involve creating a work environment and culture of innovation, empowerment, accountability, continuous improvement, and bias toward action to deliver results.
Principle Duties and Responsibilities
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
COMPETENCIES
Adaptability
Maintaining effectiveness when experiencing major changes in work responsibilities or environment; adjusting effectively to work within new work structures, processes, requirements, or cultures.
Building Customer Loyalty
Effectively meeting customer needs; building productive customer relationships; taking responsibility for customer satisfaction and loyalty.
Communication
Clearly and succinctly conveying information and ideas to individuals and groups in a variety of situations; communicating in a focused and compelling way that drives others' thoughts and actions. Engages the audience and helps them understand and retain the message.
Continuous Improvement
Originating action to improve existing conditions and processes; identifying improvement opportunities; generating ideas and implementing solutions.
Continuous Learning
Actively identifying new ideas for learning; regularly creating and taking advantage of learning opportunities; using newly gained knowledge and skill on the job and learning through their application.
Contributing to Team Success
Actively participating as a member of a team to move the team toward the completion of goals.
Initiating Action
Taking prompt action to accomplish objectives; taking action to achieve goals beyond what is required; being proactive.
Managing Work
Effectively managing one's time and resources to ensure that work is completely efficiently.
Work Standards
Setting high standards of performance for self and others; assuming responsibility and accountability for successfully completing assignments or tasks; self-imposing standards of excellence rather than having standards imposed.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand and walk. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, and ability to adjust focus.
WORKING CONDITIONS
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Working conditions are normal for an office environment. The noise level in the work environment is moderately quiet.
DISCLAIMER
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel so classified. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
SPX VALUES
SPX Flow employees are expected to behave in accordance with our company values:
QUALITY
Quality encompasses all aspects of SPX's business, and every employee shares the responsibility to prevent the occurrence of any nonconformity relating to product, process and the quality system. All employees have an obligation to identify and record any such nonconformity, and through designed channels, initiate and recommend solutions.
