What are the responsibilities and job description for the Engineering Change Manager position at RD Industries?
Summary
The Engineering Change Manager position is to execute and manage all internal Engineering Change activities from creation to closure. Track all activities and engage all cross-functional team members and departments necessary to support change activities to ensure rapid and successful customer service. This role develops and maintains positive relationships with marketing, plant operations and sales teams. The position requires an aggressive and creative entrepreneurial spirit and attitude, demonstrated by open and cooperative verbal and written communications. The Engineering Change Manager will be innovative, creative and communicative and have an unwavering “can do” attitude in engaging and delivery with internal and external customers.
Essential Functions
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Daily coordination with Sales, Marketing, and Plant Operations, including handing off all information regarding interactions with customers that the Product Engineering group may have each day. This is important so that the Sales team members will remain aware of the most up-to-date business information regarding each customer and their latest contact with RDI.
- Oversight, management, development, maintenance and tracking of all RD Industries, Inc. product portfolio as related to SPO processes, Product Development and any improvements and all internal Engineering Change related processes.
- Helps coordinate technical activities / testing with the products architect (R&D), helping take preliminary prototypes and models from concept to production ready.
- Collaborates with the products architect to take product structures presented by Sales into prototype development modeling, primarily as an internal consultant and advisor.
- Manages products through the development cycle, including, but not limited to:
- Design validation of product concept
- Quality as it applies to ISO 9001 and 13485 standards in product development and product assurance
- Product risk assessment and mitigation
- Design and ordering of tooling in pre-production
- Testing
- Creation of Standard Testing Protocols and all related documentation
- FMEA – Failure Mode and Effect Analysis testing
- Life-cycle endurance testing
- Limited production for field and lab testing
- SPO processing and controlled release of samples for coordinated testing
- Product development auditing and “go-to-production” readiness testing
- “Release for Production” coordination and facilitation
- Coordinates and manages continuous improvement of products
- Defines and captures all intellectual capital resulting from activities of the position in the Product Master Files
- Coordinates and tracks all technical documentation supporting product development
- Cross trains and develops others in the Product Engineering group
- Other engineering responsibilities as directed
Competencies
- Excellent Verbal and Written Communications
- Innovative
- Creative Thinking
- Quality Focused and Consistent
- Attention to Detail
Supervisory Responsibility
This position does not currently have supervisory responsibility
Work Environment
This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and printers.
Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; use hands to grasp, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms.
ESSENTIAL PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND TYPICAL WORKING CONDITIONS
ADA Related Requirements
0-24%
25-49%
50-74%
75-100%
Reading, monitoring work, support/guidance, analyzing, preparing data, creating reports, negotiations, communicating with employees, clients, and vendors.
X
Standing, walking, climbing, stooping, writing, listening, talking, kneeling, filing, sitting for extended periods.
X
Sedentary work (handling up to 10 pounds)
X
Office environment: handling office equipment and supplies.
X
NOTE: The statements herein are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- Must have attention to detail and accuracy.
- Creative application of the knowledge, innovative concepts, products, technology and tools (the “Tool Box”) that comprise the collective intellectual, and physical product assets of RD Industries, Inc.
- Requires an aggressive and creative entrepreneurial spirit and attitude.
- Open and cooperative verbal and written communications.
- Innovative, creative and communicative and have an unwavering “can do” attitude in engagement and delivery.
Education/Experience
- Bachelor’s Degree
- Minimum of 5 years’ experience in related field
Other Duties
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
AAP/EEO Statement
RD Industries is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer and maintains a drug free workplace. All qualified applicants are considered without regard to age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, national origin, religion, protected veteran’s status, marital status, physical disability or any other characteristic protected by law.
