Lead Design Specialist (remote)

About Johnson Controls Johnson Controls, a global leader in thermal management, mission-critical building systems, energy efficiency, and decarbonization, helps customers use energy more productively, reduce carbon emissions, and operate with the precision and resilience required in rapidly expanding industries such as data centers, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, advanced manufacturing, and higher education. For more than 140 years, Johnson Controls has delivered performance where it really matters. Backed by advanced technology, lifecycle services and an industry-leading field organization, we elevate customer performance, turn goals into real‑world results and help move society forward. Visit johnsoncontrols.com for more information and follow @Johnsoncontrols on socialplatforms. What you will do Johnson Controls is hiring! As a Lead Design Specialist, you will be responsible for all New Product Development, Product Improvement, and Sustaining Changes to a given product line. As the ‘Owner’ of the product line, you will help advise on complex design and engineering decisions, maintain schedules to complete large scale projects on time, and help delegate work to the supporting design team. You will work hand in hand with the Product Design Managers to ensure that initiatives are completed accurately, to the highest standard, and in a time effective manner. You will also be responsible for mentoring and guiding junior roles, as well as implementing process improvements for the team. As an Expert Level CREO user, you’ll be looked to for advise and guidance on time, value, and accuracy improvement measures that could be implemented as ‘best practice. This is a remote position for US based candidates. Sponsorship is not available. How you will do it Displays leadership experience as an individual contributor Perform design tasks with or without engineering data to allow generation for finished drawings by other drafters. Assign and manage work within the product area to meet deadlines, while developing product design skills in team. Guide and mentor other drafter titles in the design of product. Maintain contact and understanding with manufacturing engineers from each manufacturing facility to ensure the best design from a manufacturing standpoint. Plan, coordinate, and oversee design/drafting activities related to general design assignments. Delegate tasks, as appropriate, to provide development opportunities for team members. Report on project progress in both written and verbal form for engineering, engineering management, customers and suppliers. Function as a technical member of an engineering project team, engineering change team or material review board. Prepare company standards and procedures. Provide recommendations on practices within design specialty to engineers. Create best practice documentation, implementing new procedures within design/drafting to streamline the process and decrease design to market time. Develop global standards with the design process and implement them with other design centers. Perform studies to investigate and recommend new CAD and design hardware and software. Assist engineers with task level engineering duties including but not limited to selection of chiller component, weight distributions, airflow calculations, heat transfer calculations and electromechanical systems. What we look for Required 4+ years of CREO modeling expertise Large mechanical assembly design Basic understanding of team leadership qualities/practices US citizen and/or permanent resident of the US Preferred Windchill PLM Pro-Piping module Chiller and/or HVAC/R industry experience #LI-REMOTE HIRING HOURLY RANGE HIRING HOURLY RANGE: $45.00/hr - $52.00/hr (Hourly rate to be determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities of the applicant, internal equity, and alignment with market data.) This position includes a competitive benefits package. The posted salary range reflects the target compensation for this role. However, we recognize that exceptional candidates may bring unique skills and experiences that exceed the typical profile. To support an efficient and fair hiring process, we may use technology assisted tools, including artificial intelligence (AI), to help identify and evaluate candidates. All hiring decisions are ultimately made by human reviewers. 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