Product Design Director manages and coordinates design, development, and enhancement of new and existing products/product lines. Evaluates and ensures design feasibility and design optimization. Being a Product Design Director assists in the determination of project milestones and timelines. Ensures team meets project milestones and completes projects within the established timeline. Additionally, Product Design Director evaluates issues, provides resolution, and communicates to management. Requires a bachelor's degree. Typically reports to top management. The Product Design Director typically manages through subordinate managers and professionals in larger groups of moderate complexity. Provides input to strategic decisions that affect the functional area of responsibility. May give input into developing the budget. To be a Product Design Director typically requires 3+ years of managerial experience. Capable of resolving escalated issues arising from operations and requiring coordination with other departments. (Copyright 2024 Salary.com)
Southworth, located in Falmouth, Maine, has an immediate opening for a New Product Design Engineer.
Southworth is the worlds largest manufacturer of ergonomic material handling equipment for vertical lifting and work positioning. Our products are designed to improve worker productivity while reducing the potential for worker injuries. Anywhere that workers are lifting and positioning items, handling pallets, working with parts in containers or transporting loads in a factory or warehouse, Southworth has a product to make the job faster, safer, and, easier.
We realize that our success is a direct result of the efforts of our talented and dedicated employees. To ensure continued success we take extra care to make sure that careers at Southworth are financially, intellectually, emotionally, and socially rewarding for all. Join our dynamic team of engineers, designing machinery to make work faster, safer, and easier!
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
Non-negotiable Skills, Knowledge and Abilities:
Education:
Desired Skills
Competencies:
Accurate, analytical, creative, adaptable, self-confident, written communication, multi-tasking, and relationship building.
Physical Demands:
Must be able to sit or stand and focus for large periods of time.
Travel Requirements:
Yes occasional travel to our factories or to customers sites may be required (25%)
The position is full time in the office for the first year, and then hybrid after that (Wednesday and Friday).
Position Type/Expected Hours of Work
Exempt. >40 hours. The business is cyclical and working hours are expected to fluctuate based on demand.
Are you ready to join a team of talented people who are making a difference? Southworth offers a generous time off policy, 401k match, health and vision insurance, free dental insurance, company provided life insurance and a fun, engaged workforce! Submit your resume through the link above or apply on our website: www.southworthproducts.com.
Southworth is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.