Director of Engineering

The Director of Engineering at BITZER US is a critical executive leadership role responsible for directing, strategic planning, and overseeing all engineering activities across the organization. This position provides technical and operational leadership to a robust engineering department—including problem resolution and system development—to ensure design integrity, innovation, production efficiency, and compliance with BITZER’s world‑class quality benchmarks.

Executing these duties to align with broader company objectives, the Director partners closely with executive management to establish strategic technical direction and implement rigorous controls. By driving accountability through a structured team of Engineering Managers and Supervisors, the Director champions operational excellence from initial concepts all the way through to final production.

Domestic and international travel required, including traveling to European corporate headquarters 2–3 times per year.

There will be some traveling, including to Europe 2-3 times a year.

Bitzer Us Inc. is a leading manufacturer of key components used in commercial and industrial refrigeration and air conditioning systems. These key components include compressors, pressure vessels such as condensers and evaporators, compressor packages, and condensing units. Other products include waste heat-to-power equipment that converts excess heat to low-cost electricity.

You partner with others to get work done while gaining insight into customers' needs and deliver solutions that exceed customer expectations. You create Raving Fans. You set objectives aligning with organization and prioritize accordingly.

Conveniently located in Flowery Branch, Georgia 5 minutes off I-985 The Company is wholly owned by Bitzer SE (located in Germany), the Company is a private company and serves as Bitzer SE’s flagship North American subsidiary. On a global basis, Bitzer SE has 3,400 employees in 60 locations with global sales approaching 700M €.

• Provide overarching leadership and strategic vision to the entire engineering department, aligning engineering goals with BITZER US operational and corporate objectives.
• Foster a collaborative, high-performance culture focused on continuous improvement, technical excellence, and professional development.
• Manage and optimize the engineering department budget, resource allocation, and project pipelines to meet strict production deadlines.

• Hold overall responsibility for Engineering activities across the business, including:
  Product Sustaining Engineering, Development Engineering, Advanced Technology, and Engineering Services
• Oversee the creation, modification, and strict configuration control of highly technical, part-specific engineering drawings, specifications, and Bills of Materials (BOMs).
• Ensure absolute design integrity, compliance with global BITZER standards, and adherence to relevant industry regulations (e.g., ASME, UL, ISO).
• Create and implement best practice engineering vision, strategy, policies, processes, and procedures to aid and improve business performance
• Ensure that engineering strategies and processes are in place to meet business objectives and operational needs in terms of price, quality, and delivery targets and which enables the company to function and compete effectively in the market
• Drive the optimization of engineering software, PLM (Product Lifecycle Management),…