European Chiller Design Leader (Hybrid)

Johnson Controls, Inc.; Leinster; Hybrid; EUR 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Johnson Controls, Inc. is seeking a Chiller Engineering Design Manager to lead a multidisciplinary team delivering new product development, product enhancements, and sustaining engineering for the EMEA chiller portfolio.

The role ensures design standards, collaboration with manufacturing in Nantes and Izmir, and drives digital engineering, standardization, and capacity building to support European growth within a global engineering network.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of progressive experience in product development, engineering design, or engineering operations within a manufacturing environment.
• 3+ years of people leadership experience managing engineering, design, or technical teams.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary teams consisting of Mechanical and Electrical Design resources.
• Experience supporting manufacturing operations and Design for Manufacturing (DFM) initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a multidisciplinary Mechanical and Electrical Design organization responsible for delivering new product development, product enhancement, and sustaining engineering design activities for the EMEA Chiller portfolio.
• Deliver high-quality engineering design outputs that meet business objectives, product roadmaps, customer expectations, regulatory requirements, and manufacturing needs.
• Drive design excellence through effective resource planning, prioritization, talent development, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Ensure adherence to engineering design standards, methodologies, and governance processes, driving quality, compliance, efficiency, and consistency across all engineering deliverables.
• Build strong partnerships with manufacturing teams in Nantes, France and Izmir, Turkey to support Design for Manufacturing, product industrialization, engineering change implementation, and overall operational excellence.
• Foster a culture of collaboration, accountability, innovation, and continuous improvement across the Design organization.
• Support the company's European growth strategy by developing local engineering capabilities, strengthening organizational capacity, and building a scalable design function.
• Promote alignment between local business priorities and global engineering strategies, standards, and best practices.
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with Engineering, Manufacturing, Product Management, Quality, Supply Chain, and other key stakeholders to ensure successful execution of business and product objectives.
• Strengthen the contribution, visibility, and influence of the European Design organization within the company's global engineering network.

Skills

Leadership

Engineering management

Stakeholder management

Resource planning

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or related

Master's degree in Engineering or Engineering Management asset

Tools

CAD

PLM systems

Engineering data management

Job description

Johnson Controls, Inc. is seeking a Chiller Engineering Design Manager to lead a multidisciplinary team delivering new product development, product enhancements, and sustaining engineering for the EMEA chiller portfolio.

The role ensures design standards, collaboration with manufacturing in Nantes and Izmir, and drives digital engineering, standardization, and capacity building to support European growth within a global engineering network.