Engineering Manager

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Engineering Manager

College Station, TX
Paid
  • Responsibilities

    Xylem (XYL) is a leading global water technology company committed to developing innovative technology solutions to the world’s water challenges. The Company’s products and services move, treat, analyze, monitor and return water to the environment in public utility, industrial, residential and commercial building services settings. Xylem also provides a leading portfolio of smart metering, network technologies and advanced infrastructure analytics solutions for water, electric and gas utilities. The Company’s more than 16,500 employees bring broad applications expertise with a strong focus on identifying comprehensive, sustainable solutions. Headquartered in Rye Brook, New York with 2017 revenue of $4.7 billion, Xylem does business in more than 150 countries through a number of market-leading product brands.

    The name Xylem is derived from classical Greek and is the tissue that transports water in plants, highlighting the engineering efficiency of our water-centric business by linking it with the best water transportation of all – that which occurs in nature. For more information, please visit us at www.xylem.com.

    The Role: You will use your leadership abilities to motivate and energize teams pivotal to strengthening OI Analytical’s market position through New Product Development and Sustaining Engineering to accelerate growth while facilitating research transfer to OI Analytical’s development team. The Engineering Manager will champion new ideas, initiatives, concepts and processes encouraging a positive work environment to foster outstanding performance. This is an opportunity to share your vision of success and work with individuals to help them reach their full potential while celebrating and rewarding significant achievement in others.

    PROVIDE STRATEGIC OVERSIGHT FOR THE MULTI-DISCIPLINARY TEAMS OF ENGINEERS AND SCIENTISTS IN OI ANALYTICAL BY:

    • Achieving new product development plan objectives.
    • Obtaining maximum return on R&D investments.
    • Providing critical leadership for the generation of new product ideas from the R&D team(s).
    • Assessing and evaluating new and existing technologies that are opportunities or threats.
    • Coordinate efforts collaboratively with Engineering team and Marketing, Product Management and others to formulate product development.
    • Holding yourself and others accountable for achieving goals and meeting timelines and commitments.
    • Leverage existing technologies and specialized skills to achieve new product goals and to prevent duplication of efforts.
    • License/acquire new technology and drive feasibility studies for developing commercially viable products.
    • Lead the technology due diligence effort on any relevant acquisitions.
    • Maintain up-to-date knowledge on all government compliance criteria and private funding programs affecting OI Analytical’s products and customers.
    • Bring process discipline and accountability to engineering activities.
    • Provide interpretation, guidance and strategies on technologies and methodologies affecting product approvals, development and continued product compliance.

    EXPERIENCE & ACADEMIC REQUIREMENTS

    • Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Science. Master’s degree preferred.
    • 5+ years in technology/research leadership.
    • Proven track record of delivering successful new technology/products to the market.

                                             EOE/FEMALES/MINORITIES/PROTECTED VETERANS/DISABLED

    DISCLAIMER:  THE ABOVE INFORMATION ON THIS DESCRIPTION HAS BEEN DESIGNED TO INDICATE THE GENERAL NATURE AND LEVEL OF WORK PERFORMED BY EMPLOYEES WITHIN THIS CLASSIFICATION.  IT IS NOT DESIGNED TO CONTAIN OR BE INTERPRETED AS A COMPREHENSIVE INVENTORY OF ALL DUTIES, RESPONSIBILITIES, AND QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED OF EMPLOYEES ASSIGNED TO THIS JOB

     

    Xylem (XYL) is a leading global water technology company committed to developing innovative technology solutions to the world’s water challenges. The Company’s products and services move, treat, analyze, monitor and return water to the environment in public utility, industrial, residential and commercial building services settings.  With its October 2016 acquisition of Sensus, Xylem added smart metering, network technologies and advanced data analytics for water, gas and electric utilities to its portfolio of solutions.  The combined Company’s nearly 16,000 employees bring broad applications expertise with a strong focus on identifying comprehensive, sustainable solutions.  Headquartered in Rye Brook, New York with 2016 revenue of $3.8 billion, Xylem does business in more than 150 countries through a number of market-leading product brands.

    The name Xylem is derived from classical Greek and is the tissue that transports water in plants, highlighting the engineering efficiency of our water-centric business by linking it with the best water transportation of all – that which occurs in nature. For more information, please visit us at www.xylem.com.