Engineering Manager - Materials Science

Chemelex is a global leader in electric thermal and sensing solutions, protecting the world's critical processes, places and people. With over 50 years of innovation and a commitment to excellence, we develop solutions that ensure safety, reliability, and efficiency in diverse environments - from industrial plants and data centers to people's homes. We deliver future-ready technologies, advanced engineering capabilities and local expertise backed by global standards. Our offering includes a leading portfolio from our trusted brands : Raychem, Tracer, Nuheat and Pyrotenax.

The Product Engineering group ensures the continued and reliable operation of our electric and sensing solutions. The Engineering Manager will provide technical expertise and peer leadership to qualifications, quality investigations, value chain resilience, product improvements, and root cause analyses. This role manages a team of technicians responsible for prototyping and laboratory testing.

In this position you will :

• Manage a team of laboratory technicians.
• Define, prioritize, monitor, and hold team members accountable for work progression including tracking and reporting task backlog, cycle-time, and on-time completion.
• Conduct recruitment activities.
• Conduct performance reviews and reinforce individual development plans.
• Be a subject matter expert for heat-tracing and polymer technologies.
• Propose, develop, and support product and process improvements, cost reductions, and enhancements based on product design, industry standards, customer value, and available technology.
• Provide technical expertise and leadership in the resolution of complex and novel product issues related to construction, application, and operation.
• Partner with Applications Engineering to maintain long-term portfolio roadmap. Act broadly to align business objectives and priorities of the Product Engineering domain.
• Conduct research to support innovation. Lead and influence cross-functional peers with your analyses and conclusions.
• Participate in knowledge transfer from NPI including technical design reviews, FAI, and post-launch technical support.
• Maintain knowledge of previous generations of products. Discover and integrate new and advanced technologies.
• Understand needs of customers by participating in VOC.
• Write invention disclosures (as needed) and protect intellectual property.
• Provide thought leadership through technical reports, published papers, seminars, and active participation in the technical community, such as industry associations and technical conferences.
• Serve as the technical leader on sustainment projects.
• Define, initiate, monitor, and manage sustainment workstreams and work progression in conjunction with PMO procedures.
• Develop project plans to validate product design intent and compliance with codes and standards.
• Lead global project teams. Manage technical portion of project execution achieving and documenting expected results while ensuring long-term technical fortitude.
• Manage project execution with limited oversight. Coordinate internal and external laboratory resources. Develop qualification plans in accordance with Chemelex and industry standards.

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At Chemelex :

We protect places of progress through electric excellence.

Pioneering plants, sprawling data centers, busy transport hubs, and your own home. These are the places that bring progress to the world, and the places that we protect with time-tested technologies, advanced engineering, and a suite of services. Because here, excellence is everything.

Our Dimensions of Excellence reflect the core values of Chemelex. Together, they inspire our decisions and guide our actions - defining excellence in our work for colleagues, customers and communities.

We are committed to equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and / or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by national, federal, state or local law.