What are the responsibilities and job description for the Sustaining Engineering Manager position at Diversified Heat Transfer Inc?
Job Description
Job Description
Job Title : Sustaining Engineering Manager
Department : Engineering
Reports to : VP of Engineering and Product Management
FLSA Status : Exempt
Company overview :
Diversified Heat Transfer (DHT) is a leading engineering and manufacturing company of heat exchange equipment and systems for the residential, commercial, and industrial markets. With more than 80 years of experience, DHT designs, builds, and manufactures innovative, technology-driven products that provide flexible, high-quality, and cost-effective solutions for a wide variety of applications. Our continued growth and success means we’re always on the lookout for talented individuals to join our team. At DHT, we are committed to fostering a culturally diverse workforce where every individual is valued and respected. We believe that diversity drives innovation and creativity, and we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.
Position Overview :
The Sustaining Engineering Manager will lead a dynamic team focused on the ongoing support and enhancement of our product portfolio. This role is essential in managing projects to meet defined goals and timelines while driving cost savings and assembly efficiency. The Sustaining Engineering Manager will collaborate with quality team in ensuring adherence to quality standards and ASME code compliance to safeguard the organization's integrity and operational efficiency.
Responsibilities :
- Effectively manage sustaining engineering team members to complete projects within the expected goals and timeline.
- Manage sustaining activities to achieve or exceed cost savings and assembly time reductions.
- Communicate project requirements to internal and external stakeholders. Must be able to collaborate effectively with product management, manufacturing, and purchasing teams as well as suppliers and certification agencies to execute projects.
- Assist in creating clear engineering documentation including 3D assemblies, drawings, Engineering Change Orders, and technical reports as needed to support product releases and sustaining evaluations.
- Identify and scope the required work. Organize and build detailed plans including schedules, resource budgets, quality and risk management plans, and verification and validation plans. Prioritize work and organize timely responses to urgent situations.
- Monitor project risks and identify ways to prevent risks. Anticipate obstacles and take appropriate action to resolve issues to ensure success of project.
- Oversee the investigation and evaluation of existing technologies.
- Monitor documentation maintenance throughout all phases of research and development.
- Generate and maintain product development documentation (engineering change requests, engineering filing system, user manuals, test specifications, etc.).
- Work with the Engineering and Manufacturing team to have product prototypes created and perform product testing for internal evaluation as well as for customer and consumer testing / feedback. Work with outside Testing labs i.e. UL, ETL etc. for proper third party testing is completed and certifications are achieved.
- Support in the creation of solid works 3D and 2D drawings for product offerings.
- Ensure all products and processes comply with relevant standards, including ASME guidelines, to maintain quality and safety.
- Periodic interaction required with other engineers and as well as contractors and customers.
- Participate in team meetings in creating and maintaining project timelines and action items through implementation.
- Provide technical support for solving product quality problems as needed.
- Recommend and / or verify implementation of appropriate root cause and corrective action for quality issues, in coordination with management, engineering and purchasing.
- Monitor and update the quality manual in an on-going manner.
- Work with AI, vendors, and / or 3rd party customer inspectors on product inspections.
- Maintain record keeping of all welder certifications and inspect welders’ work log
- Participate in vendor selection and incoming quality requirements.
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