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Job Description

Essential Responsibilities

• Lead a global engineering team that designs new technologies, new products, validates products, assesses products for new applications, supports requisitions, and develops solutions for fleet issue resolution
• Ensure design releases result in high product quality that meets availability, reliability, and performance targets
• Influence and execute business priorities utilizing LEAN tools to drive strong operational rigor • Manage priorities of team members and utilize network and organizational knowledge to remove roadblocks as necessary.
• Promote a team culture that focuses on gearbox integration and performance prediction using appropriate analytical methods.
• Technically underwrite the gearbox system design and validation plans.
• Partner with the sourcing commodity and quality leaders to co-lead the gearbox component team to set product reliability expectations.
• Create a culture within the team that promotes product safety, psychological safety, collaboration, proactive engagement, accountability, and self-reflective growth.
• Set clear expectations for the team and hold team accountable to complete commitments on time in prioritization order of Safety, Quality, Delivery, and Cost.
• Work with the systems and controls team to set expectations on product requirements and flow down.
• Work with cross functional leaders to down select technology choices.
• Partner with the materials team to set clear product requirements to meet reliability targets. Design and execute a team strategy that results in a high-performing team by hiring new talent, increasing the skills and capabilities of engineers, and managing poor performance in a timely manner.
• Collaborate without boundaries with a breadth of cross-functional teams to influence decisions and achieve customer-focused outcomes and minimize rework and workload creation in the organization.
• Develop and maintain a relationship with strategic suppliers to create transparency & collaboration opportunities .
• Present complex ideas in an easy-to-understand manner to internal senior leaders and external customers

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree from an accredited university or college in Engineering or related discipline
• Minimum of 10 years of engineering experience
• Minimum of 4 years of leadership experience
• Minimum of 3 years Wind or gearbox industry experience
• Ability and willingness to travel up to 30% of time

Desired Characteristics

• Demonstrated ability to lead global engineering teams to successful outcomes.
• Strong wind turbine expertise and related component technical & business expertise.
• Strong technical leadership experience including NPI design, NTI development, problem solving & RCA resolution, method/tool development, and related items.
• Demonstrated systems thinker: ability to assess tradeoffs, effectively assess risk, and optimize results.
• Proven ability to drive process improvement, implement standard work, and utilize Lean operating principles.
• Proven ability to negotiate with external suppliers and customers to achieve mutual desired outcomes.
• Strategic thinker – able to navigate complexity, develop clear actions, and drive impact.
• Effective leader that adjusts style to enhance individual contributor performance
• Demonstrated ability to influence others and drive cross-functional teams to success.
• Makes decisions and manages conflicting priorities in a fast-paced environment. Takes ownership of issues and drive solutions.
• Excellent communicator with demonstrated ability to connect positively with others.
• Strong business acumen & customer focus.
• Master’s degree in Engineering from an accredited college or university.