Engineering Manager – Industrial Products & PLC Engineering

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Employment Type: Full time
Location: New Freedom, PA US
Job Category: Engineering
Job Number: WD30206354

Build your best future with the Johnson Controls team! 

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What We Offer:

  • Competitive salary 

  • Paid vacation/holidays/sick time 

  • Comprehensive benefits package including 401K, medical, dental, and vision care – available day one!

  • On the job/cross training opportunities 

  • Encouraging and collaborative team environment 

  • Dedication to safety through our Zero Harm policy 

What You Will Do:  

This position is within the water-cooled chiller product engineering team. We are seeking an engineering manager that will lead a team of engineers focused on industrial chiller products and PLC design (software and hardware) for new products and retrofits.

  • Provide day-to-day administrative and technical guidance to a group of mechanical product engineers and PLC controls/hardware engineers to accomplish specific custom engineered chiller projects.

  • Create standard workflow processes to manage workload within the team.  Ensure transparency of process and performance.

  • Help manage cross functional teams to ensure we are hitting project deadlines and milestones for industrial product orders and PLC retrofit opportunities.

  • Manage commitments to various groups based on a deep knowledge and understanding of team workload and backlog.  Track & improve metrics related to delivery of order data.

  • Manage development projects occurring within industrial product offerings to continuously drive product cost and performance optimization.

  • Manage team to provide adequate support to pre and post sales activities relative to their product responsibilities.

  • Continuously drive improvements in team efficiency and capabilities.

  • Foster environment for team success and development. 

  • Apply process and project management techniques to execute programs within budget and schedule.

How You Will Do It: 

  • Manage and balance workload within the team.

  • Coach and develop junior engineers.

  • Work closely with manufacturing and order management teams to ensure successful order processing, manufacturing, shipment and startup of contract engineered industrial orders.

  • Work closely with global retrofit team organizations to ensure chiller retrofit jobs are managed to successful completion.

  • Utilize experience with problem solving and root cause corrective action to drive improvements in product designs.

What We Look For:

Required

  • The ideal candidate will have a BS degree in Mechanical Engineering or related science and a minimum of ten (10) years of related experience.

  • Chiller or other custom configured product design and manufacturing experience.

  • Strong team building and communications skills are required.

  • The ability to work on multiple simultaneous programs that support strategic JCI initiatives.

  • Strong project management skills are essential.

Johnson Controls International plc. is an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, protected veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a qualified individual with a disability or any other characteristic protected by law. To view more information about your equal opportunity and non-discrimination rights as a candidate, visit EEO is the Law. If you are an individual with a disability and you require an accommodation during the application process, please visit here.

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