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Senior Director, Design Engineering, Electrical

Blue Bird Corporation 🇺🇸 Fort Valley, Georgia, United States

Full-time Director

The Senior Director provides strategic and operational leadership for the electrical and controls engineering function across the entire product portfolio. They are responsible for developing technology roadmaps, managing multi-site engineering teams, and ensuring product safety, reliability, and compliance from concept through production.

Responsibilities

  • The Senior Director provides strategic and operational leadership for the electrical and controls engineering function across the entire product portfolio. They are responsible for developing technology roadmaps, managing multi-site engineering teams, and ensuring product safety, reliability, and compliance from concept through production.

Requirements

  • Candidates must hold a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering or a related discipline and possess at least 15 years of product engineering experience. Additionally, 8 years of progressive engineering leadership experience in complex manufacturing environments is required.

Benefits

  • Medical insurance
  • Dental insurance
  • Vision insurance
  • Paid holidays
  • Vacation time
  • 401k matching
  • Professional development

Key Skills

Electrical engineering Controls engineering Technology roadmapping Product safety compliance Reliability engineering Leadership Multi‑site team management Project management System architecture Manufacturing processes Risk assessment Regulatory standards Strategic planning Cross‑functional collaboration Budget management Technical communication

About Blue Bird Corporation

About Us Blue Bird offers a complete line of Type A, C and D school buses in a variety of options and configurations. Since 1927, Blue Bird Corporation has continued to set industry standards with its innovative design and manufacturing capabilities. Additionally, Blue Bird provides comprehensive financial solutions through Blue Bird Capital Services. Today, Blue Bird has more than 1,600 employees, Georgia-based manufacturing facilities and an extensive network of Dealers and Parts & Service facilities throughout North America. Its global presence can be seen in more than 60 countries through sales into Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Latin America, Europe and the Middle East. Our Promise We are singularly focused on building and selling school buses that customers want and value. The safety of schoolchildren is at the center of all that we do and we will strive every day, just as we have since our beginning in 1927, to provide an unparalleled and affordable product in terms of s

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