Job Title:  Director, Engineering

The Director, Engineering will direct, set goals, institute operational policies, and coordinate activities of the engineering department to include the design, manufacture, and testing of components and products, and maintain quality standards, specifications and systems by performing the following duties personally or through subordinate supervisors and employees.  The selected candidate will establish best practices that will provide support for FAA FAR component repair solutions, develop DER repairs, and have involvement with multiple aspects of the FAA FAR-145 component repair process.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Directs department activities and develops policies to design new products, modify existing designs, improve production techniques, and overall product quality associated with manufacturing and testing.
• Resolves problems using solutions that involve new techniques, technologies, or concepts.
• Analyzes technology trends, human resource needs, and market demand to plan projects.
• Confers with management, production, and marketing staff to determine engineering feasibility, cost effectiveness, and customer demands for new and existing products.
• Forecasts operating costs of department and directs preparation of budget requests.
• Advises management of new developments which may affect profit, schedule, costs, customer relations, and/or inter-departmental relations.
• Provides direction and example for interpretation and application of company policies and procedures to the engineering activities.
• Maintains a working knowledge of new technologies which may improve operations and develops recommendations accordingly.
• Maintains a working knowledge of safety policies and regulations to ensure duties of self and others are performed in a safe manner.
• Demonstrated ability and willingness to use AI tools to improve productivity, decision-making, work quality, and to reduce costs. The successful candidate must be able to identify appropriate AI use cases and critically evaluate AI-generated outputs.
• Other duties as assigned.

Education:

• Bachelor of Science degree required, Aerospace or mechanical engineering.
• Masters degree preferred.

Experience:

• Related work experience shall be a minimum of 10 years with at least 5 to 10 years of management role over engineering department.
• Experience with the policies and procedures of the following regulatory agencies; FAA, EASA, and DOT, relative to Aircraft Fire Suppression and Safety Systems including Oxygen and Stored Energy Systems.
• Candidate must have strong Mechanical engineering skills with experience of exotic Stainless Steels and related processes such as forming and welding. Experience in a short run production environment is also a job requirement.

Qualifications:

• Proven leadership and management experience to lead engineering teams.
• Strategic mindset with regard to NPD planning.
• Proven team player who has demonstrated capabilities in the following areas:  excellent communication, presentation, leadership and interpersonal skills, well developed problem-solving skills; solid organizational skills; and the demonstrated ability to be self-directed and effectively relate to all levels of an organization.
• Looking for a hands-on individual with the ability to see the big picture.
• Ability to work well under pressure, multitask and meet deadlines.
• Demonstrated ability to set goals and objectives to meet Business expectations.
• The right person will be ambitious and flexible who wants to learn and grow professionally.
• Must read, write, and speak English fluently. 

Direct Reports:

• 5-10 direct reports

Typical Working Conditions: 

• Work will be conducted mostly indoors in an office type environment.
• Exposure to heat or cold will mostly be limited to when walking from one building to another. The use of PPE such as safety glasses and safety toed shoes are required in designated working areas.

Essential Physical Tasks:

• Must be performed with or without reasonable accommodation.
• Regularly required to sit or stand, walk, bend, and reach with hands and arms
• Regular use of hands/fingers for handling, holding, grasping and typing on a computer keyboard
• The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus

Other: 

• Due to contracts with the United States Government, the candidate must be either a US Citizen or Green card holder
• Travel:  10-15% as position may travel to other Midwest or North American MRO business or customer locations

Business Unit:

• The AMETEK Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) Group is a global provider of third-party maintenance repair and overhaul (MRO) services for commercial, regional, general aviation and rotor-wing aircraft.  It offers a wide range of services, including avionics, fuel and fluid systems, heat transfer, hydraulics, oil, oxygen, power generation, pneumatics, radios, and safety equipment.  AMETEK MRO businesses are AEM, Aeromedic, Ameron, Antavia, Avtech, B&S Aircraft, Drake Air, Muirhead Avionics, Southern Aeroparts, AMETEK MRO Florida and AMETEK Singapore.  Its operations are FAA, EASA, CAAC and CAAS approved.
• The pursuit of innovation and excellence are the driving force at AMETEK MRO. For decades, our businesses have served the MRO market offering total solutions. With a focus on innovation, performance and integrity, AMETEK MRO is well positioned in highly competitive market segments to expect continued business growth. Supporting this growth are our eleven certified repair centers and over 700 employees across the globe.

BUSINESS UNIT: DRAKE AIR

• Drake Air is a leading FAA/EASA/CAAC/AS9110C/AS9100D certified repair station specializing in the maintenance, repair and overhaul of Heat Transfer Components (Heat Exchangers, Pre Coolers, Oil Coolers, Fuel Heaters and Accessory items) for all types of commercial, regional, general aviation, military and rotor wing aircraft. Innovation has been a cornerstone to Drake Air's success, as best reflected in our core replacement program called Nu-Matrix™. With Nu-Matrix the old core matrix is replaced using an FAA approved process, restoring the unit back to zero time and in full compliance with the Original Equipment Manufacturers specifications. Nu-Matrix has proven to provide customer's the same performance, reliability and service life of an OEM new unit for much less than the cost of a new part replacement. Drake Air’s highly skilled engineering and technical departments consistently provide repair alternatives that provide our customers excellent value and significant cost savings.
• Acquired by AMETEK in 2008, Drake Air is a unit within AMETEK MRO’s Division, a recognized global provider of third-party MRO services to commercial, regional and general aviation customers as well as military, helicopter and business jet markets.
• Website: www.drakeair.com

BUSINESS UNIT: SOUTHERN AEROPARTS

• Southern Aeroparts (SAI) is an AS9110C and AS9100D certified repair station providing a broad range of maintenance, repair and overhaul services for commercial aircraft components. These services include electromechanical, pneumatic and hydraulic capabilities for all types of electric motors, cargo drives and actuators; fan reverser, flight control and landing gear actuation components; and pneumatic motors and valves. Additionally, SAI maintains a repair rather than replace mentality. Utilizing our full, in-house engineering and manufacturing capabilities and upon customer acceptance, SAI uses FAA/PMA approved parts and DER repairs. This approach allows SAI to continuously provide the cost-effective repairs to our customer base.
• Located in Tulsa, OK, Southern Aeroparts maintains a repair rather than replace mentality. Utilizing full, in-house engineering and manufacturing capabilities, SAI is able to continuously provide innovative, cost-effective repairs.
• Acquired by AMETEK in 2006, Southern Aeroparts is a unit within AMETEK MRO’s Division, a recognized global provider of third-party MRO services to commercial, regional and general aviation customers as well as military, helicopter and business jet markets.
• Website: www.southernaeroparts.com

BUSINESS UNIT: B&S AIRCRAFT

• AMETEK MRO B&S Aircraft Parts and Accessories, a Class I, II and III repair station with an Unlimited Rating from the FAA, is a recognized industry leader in starter generators, inverters, fuel systems, boost pumps and much more. B&S supports the business and general aviation markets, the US Military, commercial air carriers as well as rotor wing operators.  Additionally, B&S has been chosen as the authorized repair center for a number of leading aircraft manufacturers such as Hawker Beechcraft, Cessna Aircraft and Pilatus.
• Acquired by AMETEK in 2007, B&S Aircraft is a unit within AMETEK MRO’s Division, a recognized global provider of third-party MRO services to commercial, regional and general aviation customers as well as military, helicopter and business jet markets.
• www.bsaircraft.com