John Crane

Energy and Process Industry

EngineeringManagerFiltrationR&D(m/w/d)

Vellmar, Germany FULL TIME
The Brief

“Engineering Manager Filtration - R&D (m/w/d) at John Crane. Skills: Filtration Product Development, Team Leadership, Innovation Management. Technical and disciplinary leadership of an interdisciplinary innovation team in the field of filtration. Steering the development of new filtration products and systems from the concept phase through prototyping to handover into the new product development process”

Industry & Context.

Energy and Process Industry
Problems you'll solve

Strong analytical and conceptual skills as well as a structured approach to complex development tasks; Root Cause Analysis

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Natural Sciences or comparable qualification, Several years of experience in product development, R&D or innovation environment, ideally in filtration, fluid technology or comparable industries, Experience in leading and developing technical teams (min. 3 years), Very good understanding of filtration principles, fluid mechanics, pressure systems and material science fundamentals, Strong analytical and conceptual skills as well as a structured approach to complex development tasks, Experience in managing multiple innovation and development projects including prioritization and responsibility for results, Very good English skills in spoken and written form

Nice to Have

Master's degree, Experience in filtration, fluid technology or comparable industries, Experience in leading and developing technical teams (min. 3 years), Strong analytical and conceptual skills as well as a structured approach to complex development tasks, Experience in managing multiple innovation and development projects including prioritization and responsibility for results, Strong communication and leadership skills

What You'll Do.

Technical and disciplinary leadership of an interdisciplinary innovation team in the field of filtration

Steering the development of new filtration products and systems from the concept phase through prototyping to handover into the new product development process

Responsibility for structured innovation and development processes

Technical leadership in the areas of filtration media

material selection and system design

monitoring and evaluation of laboratory experiments

prototype tests and validation programs

reproducible test results as well as deriving measures from root-cause analyses and technical findings

Building a strong innovation culture and continuous development of methods

processes and laboratory standards

Close collaboration with New Product Development

Quality as well as Sales and external partners

Identification of new technologies

materials and market trends for further development

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Close collaboration with New Product Development, Product Management, Production, Quality as well as Sales and external partners

Communication Scope

Very good English skills in spoken and written form; Strong communication skills

Process & Methodology

Management of multiple innovation and development projects including prioritization and result responsibility

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