SUMMARY OF RESPONSIBILITIES:
Total responsibility for leadership and management of Engineering and New Product Development. Reports to the Vice President and General Manager.
ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES:
Overall technical responsibility for products, manufacturing processes and new product development.
Generation of engineering drawings.
Maintenance of drawing system, drawings and other technical documentation.
Product testing as required.
Providing technical support to sales, manufacturing and other departments.
Generation of capital requests as required for the acquisition of new equipment to improve processes or improve productivity or to replace obsolete or unmaintainable equipment.
Work place safety in areas of responsibility.
Insure that employees receive training as required.
Communication of Electroswitch and departmental objectives to all employees.
Keeping management informed on key issues.
Establishment of departmental budgets and management of department to achieve approved budget performance.
Provide departmental leadership relative to employee participation, innovation and continuous improvement.
Develop and meet departmental goals as approved by the Vice President and General Manager.
Manage department in accordance with operating policies and procedures.
Insure that employees are treated with respect and dignity.
Work as a team with other members of management and other employees to achieve overall company objectives.
Manage department in a professional manner with unquestioned integrity.
Participate in or lead cross-functional teams
Assume other activities and responsibilities as directed.
DESIRABLE QUALIFICATIONS:
This position requires a level of knowledge usually associated with a Technical Engineering Degree, BS or MS, and twenty years of applicable experience.
TRAINING and REQUIREMENTS:
General Safety, Quality System Awareness, ISO9000, Hazardous Communications Training (MSDS), Evacuation Training, Network Drives, Public Folders, Syteline Training.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
Regularly required to sit, stand and walk onto the shop floor.
WORK ENVIRONMENT:
Office environment
Electroswitch is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and provides Equal employment opportunities for all current and prospective employees. The Company will ensure that all terms of employment are provided without regard to race, color, sex, age, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, military status, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other characteristics protected by law.
Electroswitch will provide reasonable accommodations which do not impose an undue hardship on the company, to enable individuals with disabilities to participate fully in the interviewing and hiring process and during their employment in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.