ENGINEERING TEAM LEADER- LIGHTING

Location – Pittsburgh, PA (Ideal), Remote (for the right candidate)- Lighting experience

Purpose:•    Lead our North American engineering efforts as a player-coach•    Set the standard for customer service with our specifiers; ensuring that all of their needs are taken care of from an engineering standpoint, whether the project is custom or off the shelf•    Drive innovation within North American and support innovation through our German and international sales teams•    Build successful relationships with our network of sales partners, supporting them to deliver quality, highly engineered solutions•    Apply your experience and talent to develop, mentor, support, and inspire your team to achieve objectives, deliver a superior level of service and ensure they are the entrepreneurial force behind our global brand.

Specific key outcomes:1. Ensure that we are the “easiest” high end brand to do business with2. Drive innovation and quality in all that we do; from simple product modifications to customized lighting applications.

 

Responsibilities:•    Work with the leadership team to drive key Annual Plan initiatives and projects as either an Interested Party, a Team member or Stakeholder.•    Providing professional answers, solutions and training to internal and to external customers involving installation Support, Commissioning, Product Modifications, Support of custom projects in the quotation and implementation stages.o    Specific to the Lighting Industry: produce lighting layouts, design documents, and application drawings. •    Represent  North America to the global R and D team, ensuring alignment between activities and North American product and compliance requirements and global requirements•    Facilitate the on-time and cost-effective launch of new products & services into the North American marketplace.•    Work with all appropriate compliance organizations to ensure  products meet all applicable regulations.•    Support the business to achieve each year’s fiscal goals including Sales and Margin maximization, Expense Management and to exceed budgeted EBIT.•    Build strong relationships with Sales Partners, ensuring their teams are conversant with our products and can deliver accurate brand and product representation. •    Create and effectively manage the Engineering budget.•    Ensure specification sheets align with North American specifier needs.•    Support internal production team and external supply chain to ensure products and components meet specifications and are “fit for purpose”.•    Collaborate with inside sales and marketing to launch products and projects to the North American audience and support our agent and distributor partners.•    Lead by example, support and motivate our broader team in a drive for excellence.•    Contribute to the management and direction of the business.•    Understand, promote and work within all company policies.

Qualifications:•    Bachelor’s degree preferred, ideally in mechanical engineering, electrical engineering or similar•    Supportive ‘hands-on’ leader, able to harness individual talents, and inspire a clear sense of direction.•    Excellent communication skills and a desire to serve customers - able to engage and work with people from diverse backgrounds across multiple teams.•    Able to think strategically, seek continuous improvement, and contribute at a senior level.•    Strong ability to solve problems, offer solutions and make decisions.•    Able to think creatively and innovatively.•    Excellent attention to detail and uncompromising approach to quality.•    Well-developed organizational and time management skills, with a result focus.•    SolidWorks experience required•    AGI32 or Dialux experience preferred

       SOLID WORKSExperience:•    Significant prior experience in a senior engineering role, ideally within the lighting industry.  •    Strong preference for experience with engineered solutions involving customer service•    Strong technical product aptitude, ideally of lighting, electrical and associated control systems.

Travel requirements:•    Monthly opportunities to travel to trade shows throughout North America.•    Ability to travel on short notice occasionally to support installations or customer issues•    Overseas trips once or twice a year.

Personal qualities:•    Inclusive, supportive, empathetic style with the ability to win trust and credibility quickly•    Relationship builder•    Positive, energetic and motivated•    Creative and analytical•    High degree of ownership, self-initiative and follow through