Job Description

Elevate your career at Marotta Controls, a New Jersey Top Workplace three years running! Dedicated to innovation, quality and excellence, we deliver cutting edge control systems for the Aerospace & Defense industry. At Marotta, we value bold thinking and teamwork, and we empower our employees to push boundaries while delivering top-tier solutions to our customers. Our team fosters a fun, collaborative culture where creativity and technical excellence thrive! Your next big opportunity starts here. Be part of a company where your work supports a mission that makes a difference—apply today !

Sr. Director, Marine Engineering

Position Profile

The Senior Director of Marine Engineering is charged with the development and maintenance of Product Engineering for Marotta’s Marine customer base. The Senior Director of Engineering focuses on the development of: Project Proposals, Project Plans, Engineering Resources (people, organization, systems and equipment) and develops and maintains internal (marketing, operations, finance, human resources, quality, etc.) and external relationships (consultants, vendors, customers, etc.), appropriate to technical and business aspects of the business. This role is responsible for: the development and maintenance of engineering and technical knowledge of products and services (past and existing), the development of new technology to support Marketing, Sales, Operations and Quality opportunities, and the use of engineering and technology to attain optimized reliability, quality, cost and time to market

Minimum Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering
• 15 (minimum)-20 years’ relevant work experience in a high technology, electro-mechanical environment (Aerospace and Military)
• Demonstrated leadership and high-performing team building experience in Engineering
• Experience with system design
• Experience with government contractual procurement procedures, standards and quality requirements
• Exemplary verbal/written communication skills required for multi-faceted interactions with all levels of personnel within the organization, as well as all outside agents, including but not limited to, vendors, suppliers, customers, potential job candidates, etc.
• Highly computer literate, with MS Office/PC expertise, and demonstrated experience with applicable systems, programs, equipment, etc.
• Direct experience dealing with primes who support the US Navy such as Electric Boat and Newport News.

Essential Or Primary / Key Responsibilities

• In conjunction with Marketing, Sales, Customer and Prospects, identify engineering needs to exploit current and new market opportunities
• Team with Business Development to engage customers, shape requirements and win new business.
• Work with the Operations and Quality functional areas to optimize quality, reliability and costs
• Evolve and develop the Engineering Organization to meet business needs and provide for personnel development and retention of key personnel
• Generate proposals, program costing, operational efficiencies and effectiveness (cost reduction) programs and manage project tracking and reporting
• Serves as an expert technical resource in the application of existing, new and advanced engineering theories, concepts, principles and processes
• Helps interpret customer/marketing requirements for the purpose of generating technical/product specifications to meet customer needs
• Meet constantly changing requirements in an organized fashion to meet stringent design requirements, delivery dates, and cost goals with very high-quality products
• Actively participate in the development of Marotta business and engineering strategy to achieve company financial and business goals
• Manage and maintain a viable Research and Development Function
• Develop, manage and maintain engineering knowledge, expertise, and internal and external resources to support past, current and developing products and services. Recommend changes and suggest new programs
• Prepare Engineering Proposals, Estimates and Project Plans to meet customer requirements or internal needs.
• Monitor the progress of Projects, take action to keep on track (time, money, quality) and adjust when needed
• Provide information to internal and external customers on project progress and latest expectations
• Develop and maintain applicable systems for developing, documenting, maintaining engineering product and specifications and background in a secure, accessible and effective manner.
• Recruit, hire, orient, manage, develop, motivate, recognize, reward and where necessary discipline and terminate personnel
• Address potential issues proactively and apply real-time problem solving skills to achieve prompt resolution. Continually address improvement opportunities
• Develop external relationships with customers, consultants and vendors to extend the engineering competencies and resources to address Marotta business needs.
• Prepare and manage project and department budgets
• Allocate resources, materials and the scheduling of equipment for maximum utilization of production facilities and personnel, as required
• Develop and manage internal and external Engineering resources
• Manage training requirements of applicable internal team members (and external, when applicable). Facilitate training, as needed, to maintain a cross-trained workforce and to support operational goals and objectives
• Develop and manage internal and external Engineering resources

Additional Duties / Responsibilities

• Bring initiatives and activities to closure in a timely manner through effective interaction with individuals, both internal and external to the Marotta organization (as required)
• Continue work seamlessly while traveling on company business (i.e. conduct work using mobile devices, from hotels, while at trade shows, and/or across varying time zones when necessary)
• Ensure self, direct reports (if applicable), and personnel company-wide, are abiding by all safety, quality, housekeeping and company policies/procedures to ensure compliance to all regulatory and internal system requirements.
• Foster a positive and cooperative work environment through effective communication at all levels internal and external to the organization
• Lead, and/or actively participate in team meetings, improvement initiatives/programs, etc. to provide constructive recommendations and initiate actions to support company initiatives/goals
• Consistently demonstrate commitment to company values
• Keep management informed of area activities and of any significant problems.
• Assume responsibility for related duties as required or assigned.
• Ensure that work area is clean, secure, and well maintained.
• Complete special projects and miscellaneous assignments as required

Work Environment

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to conditions typical of a manufacturing/machine shop environment, including, but not limited to fluids, fumes or airborne particles, moving mechanical parts, noise and vibration
• This job interacts both in a professional office environment and a manufacturing/machine shop environment. This role uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines, as well as environments inclusive of the appropriate eye, hearing and foot protection (as required).
• This is a full-time position. Days and hours of work are 8 hours, Monday through Friday. Overtime and weekend work are required, as job duties demand.
• Local and non-local travel is required for this position (25-35%)

Physical Requirements

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to see, talk, and hear.
• The employee is frequently required to reach with hands and arms, and to use hands to finger, handle or feel.
• The employee is regularly required to stand, sit, walk, and move about the facility.
• The employee may be required to lift, push, pull and/or move items weighing up to 20 pounds

This position is at our Parsippany, NJ office location.

Many of our contracts require proof that you are a U.S. citizen and/or that an export license has been obtained for employees who are citizens of certain countries.

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