• Lead and develop a multidisciplinary Mechanical and Electrical Design organization responsible for delivering new product development, product enhancement, and sustaining engineering design activities for the EMEA Chiller portfolio.
• Deliver high-quality engineering design outputs that meet business objectives, product roadmaps, customer expectations, regulatory requirements, and manufacturing needs.
• Drive design excellence through effective resource planning, prioritization, talent development, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Ensure adherence to engineering design standards, methodologies, and governance processes, driving quality, compliance, efficiency, and consistency across all engineering deliverables.
• Build strong partnerships with manufacturing teams in Nantes, France and Izmir, Turkey to support Design for Manufacturing, product industrialization, engineering change implementation, and overall operational excellence.
• Foster a culture of collaboration, accountability, innovation, and continuous improvement across the Design organization.
• Support the company's European growth strategy by developing local engineering capabilities, strengthening organizational capacity, and building a scalable design function.
• Promote alignment between local business priorities and global engineering strategies, standards, and best practices.
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with Engineering, Manufacturing, Product Management, Quality, Supply Chain, and other key stakeholders to ensure successful execution of business and product objectives.
• Strengthen the contribution, visibility, and influence of the European Design organization within the company's global engineering network.

How You Will Do It

People Leadership

• Lead, coach, mentor, and develop a team of Mechanical and Electrical Designers.
• Build an engaged and high-performing team that maximizes both individual and collective capabilities.
• Conduct performance reviews, goal setting, succession planning, and talent development activities.
• Support talent acquisition and workforce planning to ensure the organization can meet current and future business needs.
• Promote a culture of safety, inclusion, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

Design & Engineering Operations

• Direct the allocation and utilization of design resources to ensure projects meet agreed objectives, schedules, budgets, and quality standards.
• Lead design-related processes and governance to ensure standardization and efficient dissemination of engineering information.
• Ensure engineering drawings, models, bills of materials, and related deliverables accurately communicate engineering requirements and comply with applicable standards.
• Review and interpret compliance requirements, industry standards, and internal engineering procedures.
• Maintain effective communication with engineering teams, project teams, manufacturing organizations, and internal customers.
• Provide regular updates to engineering leadership regarding resource capacity, priorities, risks, and opportunities.

Cross-Functional Engineering Leadership

• Partner closely with Product Engineering teams responsible for product performance, component selection, ratings, certifications, and compliance.
• Ensure effective collaboration between Design and Product Engineering functions throughout the product lifecycle.
• Support the translation of product requirements into practical, efficient, and manufacturable design solutions.
• Drive alignment across Design, Engineering, Quality, Manufacturing, and Product Management organizations.
• Participate in strategic planning and product development initiatives supporting business growth.

Design Systems, Engineering Data & Digital Engineering

• Oversee the effective use of design tools, PLM systems, and engineering processes.
• Provide local leadership and prioritization for PLM and Architecture resources, ensuring alignment between engineering needs, business priorities, and global functional strategies.
• Ensure teams are equipped with current tools, technologies, and capabilities necessary to support business objectives.
• Support best practices in product data management, configuration management, engineering change management, and product lifecycle processes.

Manufacturing Collaboration

• Serve as a key engineering interface with manufacturing facilities in Nantes, France and Izmir, Turkey.
• Collaborate with manufacturing teams to improve manufacturability, assembly efficiency, quality, cost, serviceability, and operational performance.
• Support production issue resolution and implementation of engineering changes.
• Ensure released engineering documentation effectively supports manufacturing operations and business needs.

Resource Management

• Contribute to annual operating and investment planning to ensure appropriate resources, tools, and capabilities are available to support business objectives.
• Monitor resource utilization, capacity, and project demands to ensure effective support of engineering priorities.
• Ensure efficient use of financial and human resources while maintaining operational excellence.
• Recommend investments in tools, processes, and capabilities that improve organizational performance.

Quality & Continuous Improvement

• Develop and maintain engineering standards, procedures, and design documentation in collaboration with Global peers
• Lead initiatives to improve quality, productivity, engineering effectiveness, and delivery performance.
• Establish measures and controls to ensure deliverables consistently achieve the highest levels of accuracy, reliability, and compliance.
• Drive continuous improvement through process optimization, lessons learned, and best-practice sharing.

Supporting Local Growth Within a Global Organization

• Act as a key leader in the continued development and expansion of the European engineering organization within a global business environment.
• Build and strengthen local engineering capabilities to support current and future growth objectives.
• Represent the needs and priorities of the European design organization while aligning with global engineering strategies and standards.
• Foster effective collaboration across international engineering teams and centers of excellence.
• Support the adoption of global processes, tools, and best practices while ensuring they meet local business and operational requirements.
• Contribute to strategic initiatives that increase the capability, visibility, and influence of the European engineering organization within the company.

Success Measures

• Deliver engineering design projects on schedule, within budget, and to required quality standards.
• Build and develop a high-performing and scalable design organization.
• Build and sustain a highly engaged engineering organization with strong talent development, retention, and succession readiness.
• Improve engineering productivity through standardization, automation, and digital engineering initiatives.
• Strengthen collaboration between Design, Product Engineering, Manufacturing, and other key stakeholders.
• Support European business growth through effective resource planning and organizational development.
• Drive improvements in engineering data quality, PLM adoption, and engineering process effectiveness.
• Enhance manufacturability and operational excellence across European manufacturing sites.
• Increase the capability and contribution of the local engineering organization within the company's global engineering network.

What we look for

Education

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
• Master's degree in Engineering, Engineering Management, or Business Administration is considered an asset.

Experience

• 8+ years of progressive experience in product development, engineering design, or engineering operations within a manufacturing environment.
• 3+ years of people leadership experience managing engineering, design, or technical teams.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary teams consisting of Mechanical and Electrical Design resources.
• Demonstrated experience supporting new product development, product enhancements, and sustaining engineering activities.
• Experience working with global engineering organizations and cross-functional teams across multiple locations.
• Experience supporting manufacturing operations and Design for Manufacturing (DFM) initiatives.
• Experience with HVAC, Chiller, Refrigeration, Thermal Management, or similar industrial equipment is preferred.

Technical Competencies

• Strong understanding of engineering drawing standards, product documentation, configuration management, and engineering change processes.
• Knowledge of mechanical and electrical design principles and engineering development processes.
• Experience with CAD and PLM systems, including engineering data management and product lifecycle processes.
• Understanding of product development methodologies, stage-gate processes, and design governance.
• Familiarity with industry standards, regulatory requirements, and product certification processes.
• Knowledge of engineering process standardization, continuous improvement, and digital engineering practices.

Leadership Competencies

• Proven ability to build, lead, and develop high-performing technical teams.
• Strong coaching, mentoring, and talent development skills.
• Exceptional stakeholder management skills with the ability to effectively influence across engineering, manufacturing, product management, and global functional organizations.
• Demonstrated capability in resource planning, workload prioritization, and organizational scaling.
• Strong decision-making and problem-solving skills in a fast-paced engineering environment.
• Experience leading organizational change, process improvement, and transformation initiatives.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience within the HVAC, Chiller, Building Technologies, Industrial Equipment, or Applied Systems industries.
• Experience leading engineering standardization, automation, or digital transformation initiatives.
• Familiarity with European regulatory and certification requirements.
• Experience supporting multi-site manufacturing environments and international engineering teams.
• Working knowledge of Lean, Six Sigma, or continuous improvement methodologies.