Project Engineer (DtV) - Herndon, VA
Hubbell Incorporated
Location: Avon, Connecticut, Boonton, New Jersey, Greenville, South Carolina, Herndon, Virginia, Manchester, New Hampshire, Shelton, Connecticut
Job Type: Not Specified
Posted
Position Overview
If you are committed to environmentally friendly projects, security, safety, and advancing new approaches in technology, then Hubbell engineering is the place for you. Join our team to solve challenging problems and help make change in electrical products and utility.
Hubbell Engineering in collaboration with Hubbell’s global divisions organizes ideation workshops and captures insights to drive margin improvement and value add opportunities to existing products. We work on the most impactful technical solutions within Hubbell in fields like smart grid, green power, electrical safety, communications and more. We are looking for individuals with experience in one or more of the following: projects focused on productivity and value add engineering, cost reduction and margin improvement, product and value chain evaluations, ideation workshops, working with cross functional teams and more.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Work with business unit teams to execute on Design to Value (DtV) sprints
- Build a fact-base to drive DtV sprints consisting of design, sourcing, and customer insights
- Determine cost drivers to identify cost take out opportunities
- Analyze Bill of Materials (BOMs) and engineering drawings to identify cost effective alternative materials and processes
- Evaluate manufacturing processes and routings to identify time savings opportunities
- Research, deconstruct, analyze, and benchmark best in class product features to identify economical tradeoffs
- Prepare insights and fact-base for in person ideation workshops
- Participate in and prepare cross-function teams for in person workshops
- Estimate productivity opportunity size and prepare productivity business cases
Skills and Experience
- Degree in Engineering or equivalent relevant industry experience
- Capable of working independently as well as with a cross functional team
- Experience tearing down products and documenting observations
- Demonstrable experience in two or more of the following
- Voice of the customer experience to validate and drive initiatives
- Full product life cycle insights with an emphasis on productivity
- Supply chain insights
- Manufacturing and commercialization experience
- Assessing value propositions
- Maintaining and organizing multiple projects
Hubbell Incorporated, its subsidiaries and affiliates, is an EO Employer AA: M/F/Veteran/Disability. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other protected class.