Director, Engineering - Chilled Water Systems

Job Summary

The Director Engineering - Chilled Water Systems will develop and execute on a funnel of forward-looking and market leading NPDI developments for the Chilled Water (CW) Systems product line; develop platforms in a timely fashion and in line with the priorities set by the commercial/product offering elements of the group; and ensure products are developed in line with the quality performance and cost targets set out during the NPDI process. The Director Engineering will support technical escalations of design related field issues in a rapid and customer focused way when they arise. This position will have strong collaboration in region on VAVE Sustaining and ETO leveraging the role of the Cost Manager where needed. The Director will also be responsible for an OPEX and CAPEX budget both in the prior year forecasting and the in-year budget management cycles.

Responsibilities:

• Develop products through the NPDI and ETO-C processes.
• Ensure teams are properly staffed and trained to support the business needs.
• Ensure with the full collaboration of the Advanced Engineering Quality EOLT and Product Validation department that products are reliable safe and robust at point of release.
• Ensure that products are developed in line with regulatory compliance requirements leveraging the help of the Compliance Director to do so.
• Work closely with the Global Controls team such that the functional logic of products maximizes efficiency reliability and precision of control for the benefit of the customer.
• To manage the technical and managerial growth of his/her team in alignment of supporting best in class products developed for a global market.
• Support the training and promotion of key resources to promote successful development of customer solutions.
• Collaborate vertically and transversally in the Product Line in support of other priorities as they arise.
• Support the inter-regional transfer of platforms.
• Engage and collaborate regionally and globally with other functions and departments operating as customer and supplier as and where needed. Key department touch points outside of the Product Line/LOB: Operations Procurement Quality Service HR Finance
• Ensure teams are disciplined in following useful processes and work in a timely and efficient manner.
• Support the cross group/team communication of business and operational strategies.
• Travel as and when the job role requires it. Ensuring also that staff in the department also travel as and when their roles require it.
• Keep abreast of the latest technological advances by working closely with strategic suppliers.
• Support executive meetings as and when required. E.g. QBRs LOB or Product Line
• Work with local Universities and institutes to support training of reginal staff as needs arise.
• Implement KPIs and OKR targets for improving the skill effectiveness and efficiency of his/her team.
• Continually monitor and improve the tools and process in their domain of work. Particularly design and BOM tools.

Requirements:

• Bachelors Degree in Engineering - Mechanical Electrical or related discipline; Masters Degree a plus
• 10 years of experience in engineering supporting Thermal Chilled Water Systems products or related
• 5 years of experience leading development teams and activities
• Experienced in HVAC or cooling product design (or similar) specifically Chilled Water Systems.
• Excellent theoretical and practical knowledge of hydraulic electrical and refrigeration circuits and acoustic.
• Strong leadership communication and collaboration skills.
• Disciplined and focused with a mature managerial mindset.
• Able to implement change where change is needed and beneficial.
• Strong innovation capabilities and willingness to listen openly to other ideas.
• Enthusiastic Imaginative and Intelligent.

The successful candidate will embrace Vertivs Core Principals & Behaviors to help execute our Strategic Priorities.

OUR CORE PRINCIPALS: Safety. Integrity. Respect. Teamwork. Diversity & Inclusion.

OUR STRATEGIC PRIORITIES

Customer Focus

Operational Excellence

High-Performance Culture

Innovation

Financial Strength

OUR BEHAVIORS

Own It

Act With Urgency

Foster a Customer-First Mindset

Think Big and Execute

Lead by Example

Drive Continuous Improvement

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About Vertiv

Vertiv is a $8.0billion global critical infrastructure and data center technology company. We ensure customers vital applications run continuously by bringing together hardware software analytics and ongoing services. Our portfolio includes power cooling and IT infrastructure solutions and services that extends from the cloud to the edge of the network. Headquartered in Columbus Ohio USA Vertiv employs around 31000 people and does business in more than 130 countries. Visit to learn more.

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