Senior Engineering Manager NPD​/DTV

Senior Engineering Manager NPD/DTV

Location:

South Chesterfield, VA, US, 23834

Work Arrangement:
Onsite

Dover Food Retail (DFR) is a leading manufacturer of Display Cases, Specialty Products, Refrigeration Systems, Power Systems and Comprehensive Services; and leading our industry by Innovating What’s Next in glass doors and intelligent merchandising technologies that keep food safe under brands such as Hill Phoenix and Anthony.

DFR is part of the Climate & Sustainability Technologies of the Dover Corporation® (NYSE: DOV). Dover is a diversified global manufacturer with annual revenues in excess of $7 billion.

DFR is built on creativity and customer‑centric innovation delivered by people invigorated by a strong sense of responsibility to help our customers win in their marketplaces. The relationships we build with our customers are as important to our success as the products we manufacture. This collaborative environment delivers FRESH THINKING, reassuring our customers that they choose the best when they choose to work with the people of Dover Food Retail.

Job Title: Senior Engineering Manager (New Product Development/Design to Value)

We are looking for an experienced leader who will be responsible for managing the technical planning, development, and project execution of new products (NPD) and design‑to‑value (DTV). You will lead the technical scoping of new products, translation of the voice of the customer to technical requirements, concept development, product performance, and design release for refrigerated food display cases, Glass Doors and frames for DFR’s division.

You will work closely with Sales, Product Management, Sourcing, Quality, and Manufacturing to ensure projects launch smoothly and meet financial commitments.

• Responsible for creating the long‑term strategy and delivering the project planning for new product development of commercial Refrigerator food display and walk‑in products (NPD) along with cost reduction of existing products (DTV) activities.
• Supports Product Management in development of the NPD/DTV roadmap
• Evaluates cost, benefits, and resources to support NPD/DTV projects
• Ensures support and compliance with the NPD Stage Gate engineering requirements:
• Concepts and intellectual property (IP) / Mockup, Prototype and pilot builds
• Design verification plan (DVP&R) including DFMEA and modelling.
• Product testing / Thermal simulation /Design technical reviews
• Engineering CAD models, drawings, and bill of materials
• Agency compliance UL, NSF, DOE, NOM, CSA, DLC, IEC.
• Cost of goods sold (COGS) / Handoffs and Training
• Provides local leadership of the DTV process:
• Brainstorm DTV (Design to Value) productivity projects on the existing products using a creative process of the project funnel.
• Ensuring team is meeting the key project objectives of savings timing, rate, and volume
• Planning and monthly reporting of related of projects vs the Annual Operating Plan (AOP)
• Collaborates with the leaders of Dover India Innovation Center (DIIC), Sourcing, Inside Sales, Engineering, Field Technicians, Manufacturing Engineering and Production on projects
• Introduces policies and initiatives that contribute to the overall improvement of the business
• Develops the team to accomplish NPD/DTV goals and objectives
• Site leader that ensures the continued transition and development of CAD (Solidworks) and Product Life Cycle-PLM, Product Data Management-PDM and Bills of Material-BOM (Enovia) within the entire engineering team and its interfaces with manufacturing.
• Make detailed plans to accomplish goals and direct the integration of technical activities, check technical accuracy of work through Technical Designs review, approve design changes and /or specifications to deliver robust product design.
• Manufacturing process capability assessment to review and define critical design parameters, Drive transformation activities cross regional including lean product development, culture and continuous improvement, ensure that robust product design principles are used during project development (design of experiments, components of variation, reliability testing, OpEx tools…