CHEP · 1 day ago
Global Product Engineering Director
Orlando, Florida, USA
Full-time
Hybrid
Director/Executive
7+ years expCHEP is a global leader in supply chain solutions, known for its sustainable business model. The Global Product Engineering Director will lead the engineering function, overseeing the development of innovative physical products while ensuring alignment with strategic goals and operational excellence.
Outsourcing
Responsibilities
Drive the engineering lifecycle for new and existing physical products, ensuring robust design, testing, validation, and technical delivery
Translate strategic product innovation priorities into clear engineering roadmaps, plans, and workstreams aligned with organisational outcomes
Lead global engineering teams across product categories, providing coaching, direction, and support to deliver consistently high‑quality outputs
Oversee global testing and experimentation activities, ensuring appropriate test design, accurate data collection, and rigorous technical analysis
Manage escalations related to technical decisions, resource constraints, and operational challenges, ensuring continuity and delivery of engineering programmes
Partner with commercial, marketing, operations, and strategy teams to deliver customer‑focused solutions and support collaborative innovation projects
Manage engineering budgets, optimising utilisation of internal resources and external partners, including suppliers, consultancies, and test facilities
Strengthen engineering governance by defining success metrics, ensuring high‑quality reporting, and promoting collaboration and knowledge sharing across teams and regions
Support the Global Head of Product Innovation and GPI Category Leads in strategic directions and goals; convert GPI outcomes into actionable engineering plans, deliverables, success metrics, and governance (in partnership with GPI Product Operations)
Drive the end‑to‑end development of new and existing physical products, ensuring market fit, sustainability impact, commercial viability, and compliance with standards
Foster a high‑performing, innovative culture across engineering, testing, product operations, Sales, Marketing, and Leadership; accelerate growth via experimentation, rapid prototyping, and data‑driven decision‑making
Line‑manage engineers across Core and Specialty categories; set clear objectives, remove impediments, resolve technical and resource escalations, and coach for performance
Define engineering success metrics aligned to overall GPI outcomes; monitor and report progress, risks, and course‑corrections
Lead the global product innovation support team and facility (IC), acting as a role model in program management of critical technical programs for product development, testing, and experimentation
Lead complex global engineering programs; supervise personnel and ensure on‑time delivery of diverse mechanical engineering and testing workstreams
Grow GPI capacity in innovation—product launches, testing throughput, and external collaboration—to meet strategic demand
Partner with CHEP Sales, Marketing, and Leadership to scope and deliver customer projects at the Innovation Center from definition through execution, ensuring measurable value
Manage and collaborate across countries; delegate effectively and contribute directly to cross‑functional teams
Manage and optimize budgets for Innovation Center (IC) and Product Testing Team (PTT); track spend, ROI, and value creation
Develop engineers and support staff; drive succession planning, skills growth, and engagement
Establish core data collection and reporting for product design and testing; ensure high‑quality technical documentation and traceability
Collaborate seamlessly with external engineering service providers for specialized analyses, testing, and scale-up
Define robust test programs—select the right tests, sample sizes, timelines, resources, and budget requirements
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering preferred, Master's in Engineering beneficial
~7+ years' mechanical engineering design and analysis experience in a high‑performance product development environment with strong exposure to product testing and performance analysis
3+ years managing technical staff
Demonstrated strength in data analysis, experimental design, technical documentation, and stakeholder communication
Hands‑on experience with mechanical equipment, especially laboratory and materials testing equipment
Strong 3D CAD background (Pro/Engineer, SolidWorks) with CAE tools to optimize designs
Broad project management experience, interfacing with diverse stakeholders; proven ability to manage staff and a large project portfolio with composure and professionalism
Broad product design experience across materials and applications, with emphasis on plastics/composites components and assemblies; ability to evaluate material suitability based on mechanical properties
Statistics‑driven data analysis (e.g., Minitab, SAS, Statistica) in the context of experimentation, tolerances, and performance metrics
Preferred
Design/analysis with composites and laminates; packaging design
Diverse manufacturing process experience; complex product assembly/configuration management; product data management
Product and materials regulatory experience; intellectual property exposure
Cost estimating, spend management, and project financial analysis, knowledge of wood as an engineering material
Experience leading remote production/design engineering across multiple countries
Company
CHEP
CHEP helps move more goods to more people, in more places than any other organisation on earth.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
unknown2016-11-02Acquired
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Adrienne N.
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