Mechanical Design Manager

Manager - Mechanical Design

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Role Summary & Overview:

As Manager – Mechanical Design, you will lead a high-performing engineering team within WITEC's Mechanical Engineering group, supporting global business units across a diverse range of projects and product lines. The team specializes in mechanical design, drawing generation, and finite element (FE) analysis. This role combines strategic leadership with hands-on technical expertise to drive innovation, process excellence, and talent development. You will be responsible for delivering high-quality design solutions aligned with business and customer needs, while fostering collaboration across global stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities:

Leadership & Talent Development:

• Hire, retain, and develop engineering talent to meet evolving business needs.
• Foster a performance-driven culture through coaching, feedback, and recognition.
• Promote a collaborative and inclusive team environment.

Strategic Execution:

• Define and implement technical and management processes to enhance team productivity and delivery quality.
• Develop and execute a technology roadmap to address current and future capability gaps.
• Drive resource strategy using a balanced mix of internal and external (PSA) talent to support multiple concurrent projects.

Stakeholder Engagement:

• Collaborate with global cross-functional teams to understand project requirements and ensure timely, high-quality execution.
• Enable prompt decision-making and prioritization based on business needs and customer expectations.

Innovation & Continuous Improvement:

• Champion speed, cost-efficiency, and quality through innovative thinking and value engineering.
• Optimize existing systems and components based on market and customer feedback.
• Encourage knowledge sharing and documentation of best practices across teams.

Technical Expertise:

• Maintain hands-on proficiency in engineering design tools such as SolidWorks, Creo, CATIA, and AutoCAD.
• Ensure adherence to engineering standards and best practices in design and analysis.

Qualifications / Requirements:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering from an accredited institution.
• Minimum 12 years of engineering experience in mechanical systems, preferably in transit, locomotive, or related structural domains.
• At least 4 years of proven global leadership experience in project or people management roles.
• Strong domain expertise in transit mechanical systems.
• Demonstrated technical credibility and problem-solving capabilities.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, and presentation skills.
• Proven ability to foster a collaborative, high-performance culture across global teams.
• Deep understanding of engineering design, analysis processes, and systems thinking.

Desired Skills & Experience:

• Experience working in a multinational corporate environment with global teams.
• Strong organizational and strategic planning skills.
• Awareness of current industry trends in product design and PLM systems.
• Six Sigma training or certification.
• Experience in leading cost optimization and value engineering initiatives.
• Proficiency in engineering platforms and tools (CAD, CAE, PLM, etc.).

Who are we?

Wabtec Corporation is a leading global provider of equipment, systems, digital solutions, and value-added services for freight and transit rail as well as the mining, marine, and industrial markets. Drawing on nearly four centuries of collective experience across Wabtec, GE Transportation, and Faiveley Transport, the company has grown to become One Wabtec, with unmatched digital expertise, technological innovation, and world-class manufacturing and services, enabling the digital-rail-and-transit ecosystems.

Wabtec is focused on performance that drives progress and unlocks our customers' potential by delivering innovative and lasting transportation solutions that move and improve the world. We are lifelong learners obsessed with making things better to drive exceptional results. Wabtec has approximately 27K employees in facilities throughout the world. Visit our website to learn more

Our Commitment to Embrace Diversity:

Wabtec is a global company that invests not just in our products, but also our people by embracing diversity and inclusion. We care about our relationships with our employees and take pride in celebrating the variety of experiences, expertise, and backgrounds that bring us together. At Wabtec, we aspire to create a place where we all belong and where diversity is welcomed and appreciated.

To fulfill that commitment, we rely on a culture of leadership, diversity, and inclusion. We aim to employ the world's brightest minds to help us create a limitless source of ideas and opportunities. We have created a space where everyone is given the opportunity to contribute based on their individual experiences and perspectives and recognize that these differences and diverse perspectives make us better.

We believe in hiring talented people of varied backgrounds, experiences, and styles… People like you Wabtec Corporation is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or expression, or protected Veteran status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.