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Hauni Richmond, Inc., in Richmond, Virginia, USA, is part of the Körber Group's Business Area Tobacco. We offer excellent salaries, benefits, challenging work and professional growth.
The Business Area Tobacco with the lead company Hauni is the world’s leading supplier of technologies as well as technical and consultancy services for the international tobacco industry.
The Körber Group is an international technology group with around 10,000 employees all over the world. It unites technologically leading companies with 140 production, service, and sales companies and offers its customers solutions, products, and services in the Business Areas of Körber Digital, Logistics Systems, Pharma Systems, Tissue, and Tobacco.
For our location in Richmond we are looking for
Tasks:
Position requires an experienced engineer with a work history including new and series machinery development. Our experienced and knowledgeable team of 12+ employees incorporates flexibility and a “can-do” attitude in their work. Our market is challenging, constantly evolving and volatile at times. Qualified candidates will be eager to accept these challenges.
- Responsible for all mechanical design, drafting, and R&D area used primarily for testing of prototypes and other special equipment
- Support all employees in training and day-to-day work; schedule workload, assignments, and capacity planning with appropriate tools; organize design software, Hauni standards, and technology training
- Responsible for the technical direction of the team’s solutions
- Oversee work on wide range of equipment from full machine lines to customer-requested minor improvements
- Oversee engineering work that includes both R&D and serial product engineering
- Collaborate with Hamburg supporting development projects; develop strong connections with R&D, Engineering and Management teams in Hamburg
- Collaborate with Sales on quotes, project planning, labor and parts cost estimating
- Work directly with customers leading technical discussions
- Conduct feasibility studies, prototyping and full development projects
- Manage successfully competing priorities; ability to react quickly to changes in scheduling, customers’ requirements, etc.
- Oversee detailed reporting of designs and testing
Qualifications:
- Bachelor of Science degree or higher in Mechanical Engineering or similar fieldL
- Five plus years of high-speed automation design and development beneficial
- Five plus years of managing engineering teams in technical projects beneficial
- Personnel development experience
- Working knowledge of fabrication techniques, including 3D printing technology, electrical engineering, electrical hardware design, programming and related topics
- Experience with agile management techniques such as SCRUM
- Clear communicator with both verbal and written communication; experienced with and good comfort level with Powerpoint and presentations to a wide variety of audiences
- High level of proficiency with MS Office software, SAP, MS Project and Unigraphics
- Working knowledge of German language; ability to travel domestically and internationally
There will be a cross-training and transition period. Full assumption of all responsibilities will be effective May 1, 2019.
