Director of Innovation
4 weeks ago
Description:
We currently have an opening for a **_Director of Innovation._** This is a key position that is recognized as a critical function for business success and will be responsible for leading the development and design of our analytical products. This role will also be supervising engineering and quality staff; prioritizing, organizing and monitoring workflow, and delegating tasks accordingly.
**Duties and Responsibilities**:
- Partner with CTO to lead the product roadmap for new technology and innovative ideas for a portion of our Industrial products.
- Develops, deploys, monitors and measures internal design standards within all engineering subgroups with a focus on maintaining high quality and repeatable manufacturing.
- Responsible for the specifications compliance per applicable industry standards (FM, ASTM, ATEX, CE, etc.)
- Supports the deployment of Epicor’s ERP system within the Engineering group to include an appropriate ERC (Engineering Revision Control) process, documentation and QMS.
- Works closely with sales to develop solutions for product gaps and support sales as needed.
- Manage internal design reviews and participate in design reviews with customers and key stakeholders.
- Ensures final output of product designs are functional, cost-effective, and meet customer and industry requirements, including VAVE projects and compliance standards.
- Prepares, communicates, and monitors individual workloads to optimize and adhere to project schedules as well as capacity management of the engineering staff.
- Develops department best practices and standard operating procedures to include integration and hand-off of designs to procurement and manufacturing departments.
- Provides technical expertise on strategic initiatives.
- Provides periodic market trend insights and reports to senior management any pertinent findings to ensure continued alignment with department and company goals.
- Monitors vendor products and the latest cutting edge technologies.
- Promotes good communication and engagement amongst internal and external teams to ensure customer expectations are met.
- Continuously collaborates with internal and external teams to achieve shared objectives.
- Performs all other duties as assigned from time to time.
**Requirements**:
**Qualifying Attributes and Skills**:
- Bachelor‘s or Master’s degree in Engineering or equivalent.
- PhD in a science disciple preferred.
- 7+ years of professional experience designing and developing analytical instrumentation.
- 5+ years of experience in a management leadership role.
- Experience with programming languages and software programs relevant to the industry is a plus.
- Knowledge and in depth understanding of Lean Manufacturing principles and practices.
- Must possess in-depth understanding in one or more engineering fields (i.e. electrical, software, mechanical)
- Familiarity with industry policies and procedures to ensure safety, environmental, and regulatory compliance.
- Proficiency in ANSI/ASME and ASTM standards
- Proficiency in 8D, RCCM, and Quality Management Systems
- Experience with ISO 9001 (ideally the 2015 standard)
- Relevant experience in the following:
- Design for Manufacturing
- Sensors and Analyzers
- New Product Development
- Root Cause Analysis Countermeasures
- Work in establishment of engineering design standards and re-use recommendations.
- Ability to read, interpret and comprehend engineering prints / assembly drawings / BOM’s.
- Understand the engineering and quality management system processes to ensure compliance to ISO regulations.
- Must be able to take on more complex and advanced engineering projects while balancing managerial responsibilities.
- Extensive cross functional team experience including technical and non-technical work.
- Professionalism, with excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
- Proven leadership skills and success managing a team.
- Strong problem solving and time management skills, a results-oriented work ethic, and ability to work alone with limited direct supervision.
- Willingness to assist with tasks, even when the work is out of the scope of responsibilities.
- Fiscal and financial awareness is a must. Attention to cost and expense matters.
- Customer-oriented, with the ability to represent the company and present engineering ideas and designs to non-technical audiences.
- Must have core values, exceptional work ethic and the ability for continuous self-improvement.
- Ability to attract and retain engineering talent.
- Ability to Travel 20-30%
**Process Insights Holdings in an equal opportunity employer with a generous compensation plan, including**:
- Excellent earning potential with qualifying annual bonuses
- Health, Dental, and Vision Benefits Plan
- Elective Flexible Spending and Dependent Care Accounts
- Company Paid Life Insurance, plus Short and Long-Term Disability
- 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan
- Paid Holidays and generous paid time off (PTO)
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