Gearbox Engineering Leader—Drive Innovation & Growth

Sumitomo Drive Technologies; Verona (VA); On-site; USD 106,000 - 133,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision

Paid Time Off- Including Volunteer Hor

Life and Accidental Death Insurance (2

Short and Long Term Disability

401K, 401K Match- Access to Certified

Access to LinkedIn Learning

YMCA discount and more!

Job summary

Sumitomo Drive Technologies in Verona, VA is seeking a Gearbox Engineering Manager to lead the Gearbox Engineering organization, including Application Engineering, Design Engineering, Backoffice Engineering, Project Management, and Technical Documentation.

You will align engineering teams with business objectives, drive performance metrics, manage budgets and resources, and partner with Operations, Quality, and Sales to support growth, operational excellence, and customer satisfaction.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering (Mechanical or Electrical) with at least 8 years in the rotating equipment industry.
• Previous managerial experience required.
• Strong working knowledge of Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK).
• Lean Six Sigma CI best practices; Green Belt preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop GB Application Engineering, GB Design Engineering, Backoffice Engineering, Project Management, and Technical Documentation organizations to meet company objectives and customer requirements.
• Provide leadership, direction, and support to supervisors and team leaders while fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, continuous improvement, and employee development.
• Establish department goals, priorities, and performance expectations aligned with business objectives.
• Monitor, analyze, and communicate key departmental performance indicators, including workload, project execution, responsiveness, quality, resource utilization, and team performance.
• Ensure effective coordination and alignment across engineering functions to support customer orders, projects, and business initiatives.
• Partner closely with Operations, Manufacturing, Quality, Supply Chain, Product Management, and Sales leadership to support objectives and operational excellence.
• Oversee departmental capacity planning, resource allocation, and workload prioritization to meet commitments.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives focused on engineering processes, efficiency, quality, productivity, and customer satisfaction.
• Ensure compliance with company policies, engineering standards, configuration control, ISO procedures, and documentation practices.
• Provide regular reporting and business reviews on performance, project status, resource utilization, strategic objectives, and key metrics.
• Manage departmental budgets, staffing plans, succession planning, talent development, and performance management.
• Serve as the primary escalation point for issues impacting customers or business performance.
• Champion cross-functional communication to ensure teams operate as a unified organization.

Skills

Project Management

Leadership

Lean Six Sigma

People Management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Mechanical or Electrical)

Tools

PMBOK

Job description

Sumitomo Drive Technologies in Verona, VA is seeking a Gearbox Engineering Manager to lead the Gearbox Engineering organization, including Application Engineering, Design Engineering, Backoffice Engineering, Project Management, and Technical Documentation.

You will align engineering teams with business objectives, drive performance metrics, manage budgets and resources, and partner with Operations, Quality, and Sales to support growth, operational excellence, and customer satisfaction.