Engineering- Team Leader

Job title: Engineering- Team Leader in Warrendale, PA at Apple & Associates

Company: Apple & Associates

Job description: Engineering -- Team Leader #2 position in USASalary : $100,000.- $ 140,000.00 + BonusSupervise - Team of 3-4ENGINEERING TEAM LEADER- LIGHTINGLocation - Pittsburgh, PA (Ideal), Remote (for the right candidate)- Lighting experiencePurpose:

• 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 with

2. 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 WORKS
Experience:

• 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

Expected salary: $100000 - 140000 per year

Location: Warrendale, PA

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