New Product Development Engineer

Millerbernd Manufacturing is seeking a New Product Development Engineer to join our team. In this role you are responsible for multiple projects and driving profitable growth. Projects will include highly complex, requiring flexibility and tailored project management solutions. In this role you will have direct interaction with a broad range of internal senior, technical and functional leadership as well as our customers’ teams.

Essential Job Functions:

Lead other NPD resources supporting individual and company growth.

Manage the department with the appropriate communications of rocks, performance feedback, corrective actions, rewards and recognition to provide optimum relations.

NPD Leadership:

• Responsible for day-to-day management of the project team as well as communication with key stakeholders and subject matter experts to ensure successful project execution is met.

• Ensure that projects are on schedule, on scope and on budget.

• Lead project teams to ensure the quality of project deliverables match the business strategy.

• Identify risks (cost, schedule) to project deliverables, clearly communicate those risks to stakeholders and develop plans to minimize those risks.

• Submit capital investment requests with supporting business case justifications and drive the execution of capital projects.

• Design scale up equipment to meet safety, quality, and functionality based on input from customers.

• Engage with sales team for process requirements.

• Collaborate with manufacturing to ensure equipment is reliable and meets quality and cost targets. This activity includes design for manufacturability for new products as well as enhancements to existing equipment.

• Support transition of design concepts, detailed design and product release information to manufacturing partners (internal or external).

• Provide ongoing technical/engineering oversight to manufacturing partners (internal and external).

Success will be measured by:

• Tenacity to drive projects to performance in a timely manner.

• Professionalism, integrity and high degree of accountability.

• Speed of project implementation.

• Cost reduction of components.

• Time to resolve quality issue.

• Leading teams to develop creative solutions to technical problems.

• Strong communication skills up, down, and across the organization with project teams, stakeholders, and senior leadership.

• Accountability for the timeline to ensure commitments are honored.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Bachelors degree in engineering and 8 years of experience with NPD

• A strong understanding of project management principles and software tools; PMP certification is a plus.

• Strong financial skills a plus

• Subject matter expert in welding and steel technology

• Subject matter expert in mechanics, electronics and equipment controls

• Maintain broad knowledge of product design, manufacture and assembly techniques.

• Strong organizational skills

• Ability and willingness to take a “hands-on” approach to meeting project scope and timing including assisting project team members in completion of deliverables as needed

• Computer literate; particularly in word processing, spreadsheet, email

• Read and interpret customer specifications and industry standards

• Ability to solve practical problems and make decisions

• Effective and appropriate verbal and written communication skills, in English

• Work with others as part of a high-performance team

• Adapt to changing work priorities

• Remain positive in challenging work environment

Benefits:

• Paid Time Off (PTO) – Accrual begins on day 1!

• Paid Holidays, Including Your Birthday

• $5,250 Tuition Reimbursement

• Insurance Plans Designed for You!

• Medical, dental and vision insurance options

• Legal Assistance and Identity Theft Protection

• Critical Illness and Accident Insurance

• Short-Term Disability (75% Wage Coverage)

• Long-Term Disability

• 401k match up to 4%

• Profit Sharing Bonus Plan

• And MORE!

What Makes Millerbernd Unique?

Monthly Incentives (celebrate reached goals), Recognition (achievement & performance), Branded Rewards (clothing, event tickets, etc.), Schedule Options (4-10's or weekend shifts), Seen and Heard, Welder Training (onsite and paid), Growth Support (tuition reimbursement), and Profit Sharing Bonus.