Director of Engineering - Kemco - CECO Environmental

CECO is a leading, environmentally focused diversified industrial company, delivering innovative solutions that protect people, the environment, and industrial equipment worldwide. With more than 150 years of history and deep application expertise, CECO serves a broad range of industries, including air, water, and energy transition markets. Our legacy began in 1869 with the founding of the Dean Brothers Pump Company, addressing high-temperature pumping challenges. A century later, Claremont Engineering was established, evolving into CECO Environmental. Today, CECO proudly encompasses over 20 trusted brands, each committed to providing solutions that safeguard people, the environment, and industrial operations.

As part of the CECO Environmental family of brands, Kemco Systems plays a critical role in delivering specialized water solutions that protect both people and the environment. By joining our team, you’ll contribute to our shared mission of protecting global industrial operations and shaping the future of environmental stewardship.

The Director of Engineering is responsible for the safe design of quality equipment on time and on budget for significant and complex client projects.

This includes the development of design/product standards as well as delivering custom-engineered integrated systems to meet both end-user and engineering client demands.

The role is supremely focused on technical analysis, design and guidance for the department. Through shared learning, transparency and success promoting a culture of lean.

The position focus on coaching, training and developing the engineering team form a technical standpoint. This role will also be responsible for documenting process, solving challenging issue and most importantly memorizing lessons learned.

To perform the job successfully, an individual must be able to execute each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Your Responsibilities Will Be: 

• Build and lead a responsive engineering team to work with internal and external customers from the time of receipt of customer order through delivery of equipment and final commissioning.

• Build a whole-team oriented culture of excellence leveraging shared learnings, transparency, and success recognition throughout the whole of the business.

• Develop and deploy equipment, component and design standards grounded in customer expectations and best practices.

• Provide continual improvement to current equipment, including water heaters and heat recovery equipment, as well as wastewater equipment, design standards, manuals, and engineering procedures and evaluate new wastewater treatment technologies, design, and process.

• Construct the company’s technology roadmap and implement a plan to realize it.

• Support field inquiries on technical and operational concerns.

• Develop and utilize the team to build efficient business systems and processes to deliver equipment without waste and utilize appropriate KPIs to measure success.

• Build a culture of lean through shared learnings, transparency, and success.

• Drive lean training and implement a lean toolkit utilizing PDCA, value stream mapping, kaizen, standard work, problem solving and 5S throughout the business.

• Manage assigned employees, plan and coordinate team activity/workload, monitor employee performance, provide feedback, complete performance reviews.

• Encourage growth, development and training of staff; interview, hire and train new employees; develop and maintain positive employee and inter-department relations.

Required Qualifications: 

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or science.

• 10+ years of experience leading Engineering team(s).

• Mastery of the principles of heat transfer, combustion, and wastewater treatment.

• Working knowledge of process equipment instrumentation and controls.

• A minimum of ten years’ experience in progressive engineering roles with at least three years in an engineered-to-order environment.

• At least five years of leading a multidiscipline team of engineers.

• Excellent verbal/written skills.

• MS Office Suite.

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Master’s degree in engineer or science.

• Six Sigma and Lean experience.

• Project management experience.

• PE or other certifications.

• Knowledge of ASME, AWS, UL, NSF, NEC, NFPA, IEC.

Travel Requirements:

• Travel is required, as necessary; must have the ability to travel across borders.

ADA Requirements:  

Positions in this function typically require typing, sitting, climbing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, reaching, standing, walking, pushing, pulling, lifting, fingering, grasping, feeling, talking, hearing, seeing and repetitive motions.

• Concentrated mental and/or visual attention. The work involves performing complex tasks to very close accuracy and quality specifications, or a high degree of hand and eye coordination for sustained periods.

• The job is typically performed under comfortable working conditions; any disagreeable elements are generally absent during normal performance of job. Visits to our manufacturing facility and suppliers’ facilities is required to monitor active projects and address design issues.

• Compliance with company attendance standards.

Sedentary Work: Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally, and all other sedentary criteria are met.

We Offer
We provide a variety of medical insurance plans, with dental and vision coverage, Employee 401(k), tuition reimbursement, and much more.  

At CECO, we are committed to a culture where every employee is valued and respected for their unique experiences and perspectives. We believe a diverse and inclusive work environment contributes to the rich exchange of ideas and diversity of thoughts, that inspires innovation and brings the best solutions to our customers.  
 
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