Executive Director - Engineering & Equip Mfg

Calgon Carbon | A Kuraray Company currently has an opportunity where you can be a part of our growing team as we provide our customers with outstanding products that make the air we breathe and the water we use safe for generations to come.

Position:
Executive Director - Engineering & Equipment Manufacturing
Location:
Headquarters – Moon Township, PA

Excellent Benefits: Medical, dental, prescription & vision, HSA & retirement savings (401k) – Generous Company Match!
Perks: Incentives/bonus plans, competitive pay, dress for your day, hybrid schedules, paid time off (vacation starting at 3 weeks), tuition reimbursement, wellness programs, fun events, learning & development opportunities.

Hours of work: Mondays - Fridays, 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM, 40 Hrs/Wk; 25% travel max
Key Management role so periodic extended hours work may be required to support manufacturing operations, customer commitments, urgent operating issues, and critical projects

The Executive Director, Engineering & Equipment Manufacturing is the senior leader responsible for the strategy, performance, integration, and continuous improvement of the company's engineered-equipment engineering and manufacturing organization. The Executive Director provides executive leadership for customer equipment engineering, multi-site manufacturing operations, manufacturing and process engineering, capital planning, operational excellence, and the organizational capabilities required to deliver safe, high-quality, cost-effective equipment and service solutions.

The Executive Director, Engineering & Equipment Manufacturing leads through plant and functional leaders and aligns engineering, manufacturing, quality, supply, commercial, and service priorities across the equipment value stream. The Executive Director establishes direction, allocates resources, strengthens operating discipline, and is accountable for safety, environmental stewardship, quality, cost, delivery, customer commitments, financial performance, capital effectiveness, and leadership capability across the organization. The Executive Director is expected to set a clear standard of cost discipline and first-time-right quality, so that every engineering and manufacturing decision meets customer, safety, and performance requirements at the lowest sustainable total cost.

Duties and Responsibilities (not limited to)

Provide strategic leadership for customer engineered-systems design, product development, technical standards, design quality, cost estimating, bidding support, and engineering execution

Ensure engineering resources, priorities, and technical decisions support customer requirements, manufacturability, schedule, quality, cost, and lifecycle performance

Advance standardization, modularization, design-for-manufacturing, technical risk management, and continuous improvement of equipment designs

Maintain appropriate governance for engineering calculations, drawings, specifications, design reviews, technical changes, and product-quality requirements

Ensure drawings, calculations, specifications, and bills of material are accurate, complete, and released on schedule, to limit downstream changes, rework, and added cost Represent equipment engineering and manufacturing in senior business, customer, supplier, and cross-functional discussions

Build effective partnerships with Commercial, Service, Supply Chain, Finance, Human Resources, EHS, Quality, Legal, and other enterprise functions

Provide clear executive communication on performance, capacity, investment needs, customer commitments, material risks, and recovery plans

Lead the identification and qualification of new outsourced manufacturers and critical vendors that can improve cost competitiveness while meeting technical, capacity, delivery, EHS, regulatory, and business-continuity requirements

Establish and maintain rigorous oversight of their manufacturing processes, product quality, performance, and corrective actions to ensure customer requirements are consistently met or exceeded

Create clear executive accountability for environmental, health, safety, process safety, product safety, quality, and regulatory performance across the organization

Ensure plant and engineering leaders maintain effective management systems, compliance practices, training, audits, corrective actions, and performance reviews

Ensure each facility implements and continuously improves a robust safety program aligned with corporate EHS standards and applicable regulations

The program must address…