Product Engineering Manager

Graco manufactures and markets premium equipment to move, measure, control, dispense and spray a wide variety of fluid and powder materials. What does that mean? Well, we pump peanut butter into your jar, and the oil in your car. We glue the soles of your shoes, the glass in your windows and the screen on your phone. We spray the finish on your vehicle, coatings on your pills, the paint on your house and texture on your walls. Graco is part of your daily life.  Where You’ll Work – White Knight Fluid Handling Inc., a subsidiary of Graco, Inc. White Knight was established in 1995 and has consistently developed and manufactured high-quality products. We are a leading supplier of pumps and fluid transfer technology to the semiconductor, Solar Cells, LEDs, flat-panel displays, electronic and industrial markets. Ready to join us? Overall technical product life cycle management for designated product families. This position is aligned very closely with Marketing Managers and Manufacturing Cell Managers.  Life cycle management includes managing all new product development, standard product maintenance, ongoing cost reductions, and small projects associated with assigned product families.  Contribute to improving Graco's profitability by providing new product design and development leadership that results in the timely release-for-sale of innovative, low cost, high quality products that safely and effectively handle our customers most demanding applications.

At Graco: Establish and maintain 5 year product plan with Marketing Managers and drive new product ideas through technology development Seek out and apply relevant existing and developing technology - both from within Graco and from industry. Develop and document knowledge on all competitive products Manage and execute all new product development projects Manage and execute all Standard Product support by closely following field and manufacturing issues, and drive product changes to address the issues Establish cost reduction plans and implement in coordination with Manufacturing Cells and Purchasing Work closely with Manufacturing in support of 1st pass test improvement, process improvements and qualifications Establish annual engineering budgets for all engineering expense and capital and provide detailed expense reporting on project basis Establish and implement staffing plans, succession planning strategies, and personnel development and training activities Work closely with other Engineering Manager(s) to ensure sharing and propagation of technology, platforms, cost reductions, process improvements, etc. across all product families Directly supervise Lead Engineers and Project Engineers.  Supervision of Project Engineers can be assigned to Lead Engineers at discretion of Product Family Engineering Manager Mentor Lead Engineers in project management and personnel management to develop bench strength of future larger management roles Participate or drive engineering process and policy changes to continuously improve department efficiency and output Measure and interpret group new product design, development and release for sale performance. Recruit, train and develop well qualified, highly motivated engineering, designer, and technician staff. Prepare and conduct formal annual performance appraisals and development plans for direct reports and perform annual salary planning Encourage and support the professional, technical and business development of self and staff. Keep upper management informed of product design and development progress and issues. Supervises either directly or indirectly a group of up to 30 designers, technicians, and engineers Other duties as assigned.

To Graco: Bachelors Degree in Engineering from an accredited institution or equivalent Demonstrated long term commercial success of assigned product families (Incremental revenue, Warranty expense, Earnings contribution, etc.) Demonstrated long term strategic