CHEP helps move more goods to more people in more places than any other organization on earth via our 347 million pallets crates and containers. We employ approximately 13000 people and operate in 60 countries. Through our pioneering and sustainable share-and-reuse business model the worlds biggest brands trust us to help them transport their goods more efficiently safely and with less environmental impact.

What does that mean for you Youll join an international organization big enough to take you anywhere and small enough to get you there sooner. Youll help change how goods get to market and contribute to global sustainability. Youll be empowered to bring your authentic self to work and be surrounded by diverse and driven professionals. And you can maximize your work-life balance and flexibility through ourHybrid Work Model.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities May Include:

Director Product Engineering Global Product Innovation (GPI)

Scope: Global: 45 Countries; CHEP and Brambles all business units; Pallets Totes Containers Auto

New and Durability and Digital

Lead the global product engineering function within GPItranslating strategic directions into executable plans delivering rigorous validation and testing and scaling capabilities across Core and Specialty categories. This role blends strategic leadership with handson mechanical engineering and program management to ensure market fit commercial viability and alignment with organizational objectives.

Major / Key Accountabilities

• Strategic alignment & planning: Support the Global Head of Product Innovation and GPI Category Leads in strategic directions and goals; convert GPI outcomes into actionable engineering plans deliverables success metrics and governance (in partnership with GPI Product Operations).
• Lifecycle ownership: Drive the endtoend development of new and existing physical products ensuring market fit sustainability impact commercial viability and compliance with standards.
• Innovation & collaboration: Foster a highperforming innovative culture across engineering testing product operations Sales Marketing and Leadership; accelerate growth via experimentation rapid prototyping and datadriven decisionmaking.
• Engineering leadership: Linemanage engineers across Core and Specialty categories; set clear objectives remove impediments resolve technical and resource escalations and coach for performance.
• Metrics & performance: Define engineering success metrics aligned to overall GPI outcomes; monitor and report progress risks and coursecorrections.
• Program & facility leadership: Lead the global product innovation support team and facility (IC) acting as a role model in program management of critical technical programs for product development testing and experimentation.
• Global programs & delivery: Lead complex global engineering programs; supervise personnel and ensure ontime delivery of diverse mechanical engineering and testing workstreams.
• Capacity expansion: Grow GPI capacity in innovationproduct launches testing throughput and external collaborationto meet strategic demand.
• Customer impact: Partner with CHEP Sales Marketing and Leadership to scope and deliver customer projects at the Innovation Center from definition through execution ensuring measurable value.
• Global collaboration: Manage and collaborate across countries; delegate effectively and contribute directly to crossfunctional teams.
• Budget ownership: Manage and optimize budgets for Innovation Center (IC) and Product Testing Team (PTT); track spend ROI and value creation.
• Talent management: Develop engineers and support staff; drive succession planning skills growth and engagement.
• Data leadership: Establish core data collection and reporting for product design and testing; ensure highquality technical documentation and traceability.
• External partnerships: Collaborate seamlessly with external engineering service providers for specialized analyses testing and scale-up.
• Test program development: Define robust test programsselect the right tests sample sizes timelines resources and budget requirements.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering preferred Masters in Engineering beneficial.
• 7 years mechanical engineering design and analysis experience in a highperformance product development environment with strong exposure to product testing and performance analysis;
• 3 years managing technical staff.
• Demonstrated strength in data analysis experimental design technical documentation and stakeholder communication.
• Handson experience with mechanical equipment especially laboratory and materials testing equipment.
• Strong 3D CAD background (Pro/Engineer SolidWorks) with CAE tools to optimize designs.
• Broad project management experience interfacing with diverse stakeholders; proven ability to manage staff and a large project portfolio with composure and professionalism.
• Broad product design experience across materials and applications with emphasis on plastics/composites components and assemblies; ability to evaluate material suitability based on mechanical properties.
• Statisticsdriven data analysis (e.g. Minitab SAS Statistica) in the context of experimentation tolerances and performance metrics.

Desired Experience

• Design/analysis with composites and laminates; packaging design.
• Diverse manufacturing process experience; complex product assembly/configuration management; product data management.
• Product and materials regulatory experience; intellectual property exposure.
• Cost estimating spend management and project financial analysis knowledge of wood as an engineering material.
• Experience leading remote production/design engineering across multiple countries

Skills & Knowledge

• Data management (databases Product Data Management); technical presentations analysis documentation.
• Strong 3D CAD proficiency (Pro/Engineer SolidWorks); mechanical design product testing and evaluation.
• Project management & leadership; customerfacing credibility.
• Deep understanding of material properties for design & optimization; predictive engineering techniques (CAE) FMEA statistical analysis and data interpretation.
• Some experience with structural analysis (FEA) in mechanical engineering design.
• Strategic and original thinker; strong leadership and people management.
• Desire and ability to lead and grow technical and nontechnical staff.
• Outstanding verbal and written communication including strong presentation skills and customer service.
• Skilled with office productivity toolsespecially advanced MS Excel.

Remote Type

Skills to succeed in the role

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