Electrical Engineering Manager, Plm

Date Posted:
2023-11-27
Country:
United States of America
Location:
OT541: TFP - Florence, SC 1500 Otis Way, Florence, SC, 29501 USA
Role Overview:
Seeking to fill the position of Manager, Electrical Engineering PLM. This position will report to the Senior Manager of Product Lifecycle Management within the North American engineering organization. Position will coordinate all PLM activities from electrical and systems engineering disciplines to fulfill defined project and product requirements.
On a typical day you will:

• Drive performance to plan and achieve schedule, requirements, and financial commitments
• Coach, lead, and mentor team members; mentoring less experienced engineers, train new employees, Team Building as well as sharing information and experience with staff are important skills. Effective delegation of work packages
• Lead the Electrical Engineering team to address program risk and issues; create, maintain, and drive action plans to closure
• This position will include oversight of project schedules, budget, product cost targets, technical performance, and quality
• Organize and conduct program status reviews, team meetings, and various other regular departmental activities
• Develop process improvements for design, test, release, and implementation phases of electrical development
• Manage resource allocation to address competing priorities from field, marketing, and other internal and external customers.
• Communicate effectively with customers and collaborate with stakeholders to achieve common goals
• Participate in all administrative activities including hiring, compensation planning and performance management.
• Work effectively through all phases of design and manufacturing, including development and implementation of solutions to meet customer requirements
• Track and report progression of multiple projects
• Provide technical leadership to the team and ensure project deliverables are met overseeing the design of products or systems

What You Will Need to be Successful:

• Strong project planning and resource management skills
• Strong leadership skills and team building experience
• Sound Electrical Engineering background
• Systems- and controls engineering experience
• Coaching, mentoring, and the willingness to learn critical skills together with the team
• Conflict resolution and negotiation skills
• Innovative, data driven, results-oriented
• The ability to work well with a wide range of people
• Ability to collaborate with many other teams
• Effective written and verbal communication skills
• Elevator systems knowledge is a big plus

• BS Degree in Electrical Engineering or similar with 10+ years' experience
• MA/MS degree with 5 to 7+ years' experience
• 5+ years of experience including:
• Schedule & Risk management
• Continuous Improvement (people, product, process)
• Working with cross-functional teams within a formal phase-gate process
• Stakeholder negotiations
• Meeting facilitation

Key Metrics:

• Measurable improvements of critical team skills for product- and process knowledge
• Deliver on cost reduction- and value engineering targets as well as develop pipelines with defined values to ensure future success
• Execute Otis' digital product reliability- and improvement roadmaps to plan
• Partner with factory operations to execute supply risk mitigation activities to plan
• Meet product compliance, reliability, and cost targets

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