Electronics Lab Manager

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Job description

Electronics Lab Manager, Power Tools Group, Towson, MD

We Don't Just Build The World, We Build Innovative Technology Too.

This is the career you've been waiting for your whole life. Joining the Stanley Black & Decker team means working in an innovative, tech-driven and highly collaborative team environment supported by over 58,000 professionals in 60 countries across the globe. Here, you'll get the unique chance to impact some of the world's most iconic brands including STANLEY TOOLS, DEWALT, CRAFTSMAN, MAC TOOLS and Black & Decker. Your ideas and solutions have the potential to reach millions of customers as we work together to write the next chapter in our history. Come build with us and take your career to new heights.

Who We Are
We're the World's largest tool company. We design and develop the tools that are used to change the world every day here in our engineering headquarters in Towson, Maryland. Our design teams are involved with every step of the process bringing these world class products to life. From conducting end user research to identify new needs, to designing and prototyping tools to ensure we meet our customers high expectations, to creating robust tests to guarantee the tools we make stand up to the toughest environments, our engineers own every aspect of the process along the way.

Who You Are
You're a strong problem solver who loves digging into the details to fully understand what is going on. You have fixed a lot of problems, so you know how sort out what is meaningful and what is not to be as efficient as possible. You are comfortable taking the lead and enjoy organizing lean processes and continuous improvement efforts. You are looking for a high-visibility role where you can make an immediate and lasting impact. You're agile and adaptable but work with precision to ensure our engineering teams have safe, inspired workspaces to innovate the world's best power tools. You also have:

• Associates Degree in an Engineering or Technical discipline (Electronics and Electrical Systems), with working knowledge and experience with mechanical and / or electrical system or facility maintenance and repair -or- High school diploma with 3-5 years of hands on experience with mechanical and / or electrical system or facility maintenance and repair.

• Experience in lab setup, lab management and improvement; and managing an engineering lab space preferred.
• Procurement and material handling experience preferred.
• Project management experience preferred.
• Flexibility and comfort working in a rapidly changing environment.
• Strong written and verbal interpersonal skills.
• Strong drive and sense of ownership.
• Ability to develop creative yet practical solutions to technical and/or programmatic challenges. Knowledge of OSHA, EPA, ANSI or DOT regulations preferrence

What You'll Do
As the Electronics Engineering Lab Manager, you will play a vital role in coordinating the operation and maintenance of the engineering development labs and new product development collaboration spaces for Global Tools and Storage (GTS). You'll get to:

• Manage engineering lab day-to-day operations including lab organization, lab space access, security, and safety protocols.
• Organize lab layouts, move tools and equipment to support engineering teams to set up spaces as required, deliver product, tools and supplies to the space to support the team's work.
• Diagnose equipment and building infrastructure malfunctions, expedite and coordinate repairs or replacement to minimize lab downtime and serve as the primary point-of-contact for all engineering lab-related repair and maintenance activities.
• Manage inventory of hardware components, equipment, products, and other supplies, and procure spare parts and supplies to ensure all supplies are stocked and available when needed by engineering teams.
• Perform lab asset management duties including equipment and asset database, storage of specialized development hardware, manage material handling equipment used for transporting equipment between lab spaces, maintain instrument calibrations and service laboratory equipment.
• Own and manage the process for hotel and lab workspace reservation system.
• Develop and maintain waste management plan for engineering labs including waste minimization and zero-waste-to-landfill targets.
• Drive continuous improvement projects to improve the effectiveness of the labs and to ensure that lab design, equipment and layout is aligned with new product development roadmaps.
• Maintain the engineering lab 5S program.
• Ensure employee adherence to safety, regulatory, and quality requirements as needed to maintain compliance with lab certifications and company policies.
• Ensure safety incidents and near misses are properly documented, reported, and investigated.
• Drive the Safety Always safety culture and promote employee EHS engagement in the engineering labs.
• Perform any other related duties as required or assigned.

Benefits & Perks
You'll get a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits plan that includes medical, dental, life, vision, wellness program, disability, 401k, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Paid Time Off, including paid vacation, holidays & personal days, and tuition reimbursement. And, of course, discounts on Stanley Black & Decker tools and products and well as discount programs for many other vendors and partners.

What You'll Also Get

• Career Opportunity: Career paths aren't linear here. Being part of our global company with 60+ brands gives you the chance to grow and develop your skills along multiple career paths. We need all kinds of people, so whether you want to become a technical expert, or grow your skills in multiple disciplines, you have come to the right spot.
• Learning & Development: Our lifelong learning philosophy means you'll have access to a wealth of state-of-the-art learning resources, including our Lean Academy and online university (where you can get certificates and specializations from renowned colleges and universities). We also focus on having technical experts in each area that are there to guide you along the way, so you are never alone.
• Diverse & Inclusive Culture: We pride ourselves on being an awesome place to work. We respect and embrace differences because that's how the best work gets done. You'll find we like to have fun here, too.
• Purpose-Driven Company: You'll help us continue to make positive changes in the local communities where we work and live as well as in the broader world through volunteerism, giving back and sustainable business practices.
• Hands on environment: We love tools and using them! We have prototyping, use & handling, testing, inspection and metallurgy labs all right here in Towson.

#LI-BFAll qualified applicants to Stanley Black & Decker are considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran's status or any other protected characteristic. - provided by Dice

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