Location: Norcross

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DEUTZ is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of innovative drive systems. Its core competences are the development, production, distribution and servicing of diesel, gas and electric drivetrains for professional applications that is used in construction equipment, agricultural machinery, material handling equipment, stationary equipment, commercial vehicles, rail vehicles and other applications.

Job Summary

Position Summary

The Design Engineering Team Lead will direct and assist a team of Design Engineers who will design, develop, and implement all new projects within Deutz Corporation. It is critical that the Design Engineering Team Leader ensures that all projects within their team are meeting the agreed upon specifications and time plan.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

The Design Engineering Team Lead will be responsible for, but not limited to, the following duties:

Review of specification, timing, and approval of all proposed projects including internal power packs and customer specific projects.
Alignment with Design Engineering team to ensure all open projects are on track and that any delays are escalated properly.
Coordination with the design engineering team on assigning new projects to the responsible engineer.
Manage external engineering support to ensure efficient usage to aid the design engineering team.
Maintain Engineering Dashboards to provide Executives visibility into all open projects as well as any escalations.
Seek out new and improved software or add-ons to existing software to better enable the design engineering team.
Investigate improvements in project workflow within design engineering to improve efficiency.
Motivate and work with design engineering team to determine personal growth/improvement plans as well as a team growth plan.
Continuous driver for design engineering updates and alignment process between DEUTZ AG headquarters and DEUTZ Corporation.
Work with Applications Engineering Team Leader on improvements for the engineering department as a whole and how to maintain proper alignment between Applications Engineering and Design Engineering.
Ensure that the Design Engineering department is in alignment with all other active Deutz Departments within the project team.
Work alongside Design Engineering team to continuously improve existing Deutz products both in cost reduction and design improvement.
Perform other duties as assigned.

Other Qualifications

Speaks English fluently.
Advanced communication skills and must be able to collaborate within small and large groups.

Supervisory Responsibility

None

Travel Requirements

Anticipated domestic and international travel is approximately 0-5% depending on business needs.

Minimum Requirements

Strong operations experience

Preferred Requirements

German Speaking
Hands on experience building prototypes and transforming 3D designs into physical product.
Hybrid and/or EV Experience
Experience using SAP software
Experience using a project/issue tracking software, for example JIRA

Language Ability

Read, analyze and interpret business, professional, technical or governmental documents. Write reports, business correspondence and procedure manuals. Effectively present information and respond to questions from managers, customers and the public.

Mathematical Ability

Work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference, and fundamentals of plane and solid geometry and trigonometry. Apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios and proportions to practical situations.

Reasoning Ability

Define problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions. Interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here represent those an employee encounter while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

Manufacturing assembly and warehouse environment. Subject to noise, dust, diesel fuel, oil, and extreme hot/cold temperatures. No A/C.
If the position is located in the office area, the noise level in the work environment is usually quiet to moderate.

Physical Requirements

An employee must meet the physical demands described here to perform the essential functions of this job successfully. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

The above job description is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and standards of the position. Incumbents will follow any other instructions and perform related duties, as assigned by their supervisor.

EEO Statement

DEUTZ is an equal opportunity employer and considers all applicants for employment based on merit, competence, performance, and business needs. We do not discriminate on the bases of any status protected under federal, state, or local law. Applicants will be considered regardless of their race, color, sex, gender identity or expression, age, religion, creed, national origin, citizenship status, sexual orientation, genetic information, physical or mental disability, military status or any other characteristic protected under federal, state, or local law. In addition to complying with all applicable laws, DEUTZ also has a strong corporate commitment to inclusion.

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