Director of Engineering Process Excellence

Forgent Power Solutions, Inc.; Dayton (MN); Presencial; USD 200.000 - 225.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Forgent Power Solutions, Inc. seeks a director-level engineering leader to own end-to-end processes for switchgear and switchboard products across sites. You will define standards, drive design libraries, and ensure UL compliance while safeguarding quality and on-time handoffs to manufacturing.

You will lead a cross-functional team to reduce lead times, standardize designs, and implement enterprise-wide systems and metrics, reporting directly to executive leadership.

Formación

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Industrial, or Manufacturing Engineering.
• 10+ years of engineering experience in electrical equipment or engineered-to-order manufacturing.
• 5+ years leading teams across multiple sites or business units.
• Hands-on Lean / continuous improvement experience with measurable results.
• Working knowledge of ECAD/MCAD, PLM/PDM, and ERP integration.

Responsabilidades

• Map, define, and document the current and future-state engineering workflow across all sites, from quote through release to production.
• Establish enterprise standards for design rules, drawing packages, BOM structure, part numbering, naming conventions, and design reviews.
• Own the engineering process library: SOPs, work instructions, templates, checklists, and RACI for each stage.
• Govern change: create and run a controlled process for proposing, approving, and rolling out process changes.
• Lead a prioritized improvement roadmap using Lean, Six Sigma, and value-stream methods to cut engineering lead time, rework, and errors.
• Run root-cause and corrective action on engineering-driven escapes, ECOs, and field issues.
• Drive design standardization and reuse to reduce custom engineering per order.
• Partner with IT and engineering leaders to select, implement, and align tools to the defined process.
• Ensure data flows cleanly between engineering, supply chain, and manufacturing systems.
• Embed UL and code requirements into design standards and review gates.

Conocimientos

Leadership

Change leadership

Data-driven decisions

Cross-site collaboration

Educación

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

Master's degree or MBA

Herramientas

ECAD/MCAD

PLM/PDM

ERP integration

Descripción del empleo

Forgent Power Solutions, Inc. seeks a director-level engineering leader to own end-to-end processes for switchgear and switchboard products across sites. You will define standards, drive design libraries, and ensure UL compliance while safeguarding quality and on-time handoffs to manufacturing.

You will lead a cross-functional team to reduce lead times, standardize designs, and implement enterprise-wide systems and metrics, reporting directly to executive leadership.