Director of Mixers Engineering
NOV
Houston, TX
JOB DESCRIPTION POSITION SUMMARY The Global Director of Engineering leads the worldwide engineering organization for the Mixing product line, including agitators, static mixers, and high shear mixers. This role owns engineering strategy, technical governance, and execution across the full product lifecycle, new product development, sustaining engineering, reliability improvement, standardization, and compliance. The Director ensures the portfolio meets customer performance requirements (mixing quality, process outcomes, uptime) while delivering business objectives for safety, quality, cost, manufacturability, and schedule. A critical aspect of this role is a close partnership with the Product Line Director to reshape the Mixing business end-to-end, redefining portfolio strategy, simplifying the offering, improving speed and responsiveness, and strengthening differentiation through performance, reliability, and lifecycle value. Together, the two leaders drive the operating model, priorities, and investments needed to transform the business. SCOPE & LEADERSHIP EXPECTATIONS
- Leads a global, multi-site engineering team spanning mechanical design, applications support interface, test/validation, reliability, and sustaining engineering for mixing equipment.
- Serves as senior technical authority for mixing portfolio decisions (or appoints Design Authorities) and ensures consistent standards across regions.
- Establishes governance, metrics, and operating rhythms that balance customer responsiveness with platform strategy and long-term technology development.
- Elevates critical tradeoffs to the VP of Engineering with clear options, risks, and recommendations.
- Co-lead creation of a multi-year transformation roadmap (platform strategy, modularization, digital offerings, regionalization/localization strategy, price/value improvement).
- Drive simplification of the product offering (Stock reduction, configurable-to-order architecture, rules-based engineering) to improve lead time, quality, and margin.
- Align engineering investments to commercial priorities: target segments, win/loss drivers, performance gaps, and competitive differentiation.
- Establish shared KPIs with the Product Line Director (growth enablement, margin impact, speed-to-quote, on-time launch, reliability, warranty reduction).
- Define and execute the engineering strategy for agitators, static mixers, and high shear mixers aligned to market needs (water/wastewater, chemical, food & beverage, pharma, mining, etc.).
- Build and maintain a multi-year roadmap covering platform modularity, power/train options, impeller and rotor/stator technologies, materials/coatings, hygienic designs, and condition monitoring.
- Lead portfolio rationalization and standardization to reduce complexity (modules, common parts, design rules, configurable options).
- Drive differentiation through mixing performance (blend time, dispersion, shear profile, solids suspension, gas dispersion, heat transfer performance, repeatability).
- Own global sustaining execution: field issue resolution, design improvements, engineering changes, documentation integrity, and obsolescence management.
- Lead root cause closure for field failures).
- Improve serviceability and lifecycle cost via retrofit kits, standard service parts, and maintainable designs.
- Help move orders around the global team with capacity to keep OTD in line.
- Sponsor and govern NPD programs using a gated process with clear entrance/exit criteria and disciplined requirements management.
- Ensure designs meet mixing performance targets across duty points and fluids, including scale-up considerations and process variability.
- Own global verification/validation strategy:
- Performance and process outcome testing
- Mechanical integrity
- Ensure successful transfer to manufacturing: DFM/DFA, work instructions, test procedures, inspection plans, and ramp readiness.
- Establish and maintain global engineering standards for mixing equipment: design rules, calculation templates, selection/derating guidelines, and documentation requirements.
- Ensure compliance with applicable regulations/standards based on end market (as relevant): CE/UKCA, ATEX/IECEx, ISO/IEC/ASME expectations, hygienic design practices for food/pharma, and customer specifications.
- Institutionalize DFMEA/PFMEA, rigorous design reviews, and lessons learned across the product line.
- Govern technical risk decisions (deviations, concessions, special designs) with traceability and customer impact assessment.
- Ensure strong coupling between product engineering and applications/process needs:
- Develop and maintain selection tools/models and application guidelines
- Define standard testing and data packages for proposal support and customer validation
- Create guardrails for application limits
- Champion use of analysis methods as appropriate (CFD for flow fields, FEA for structural integrity).
- Partner with Operations to improve manufacturability, throughput, yield, and cost for fabrications, machine components, and assemblies.
- Lead supplier engineering strategy for critical components (gearboxes/drives, motors/VFDs, seals, bearings, elastomers, castings/fabrications, rotor/stator sets).
- Drive qualification/localization, second sources, and supply risk mitigation while maintaining performance and quality.
- Build and lead a high-performing global engineering organization; develop engineering managers and senior technical leaders.
- Define competency frameworks and training plans for mixing disciplines (mixing fundamentals, impeller selection, high shear tech, hygienic design, vibration).
- Establish succession plans and recruit to close capability gaps (CFD/FEA, test engineering, reliability, high shear specialization).
- Promote a culture of safety, accountability, and continuous improvement.
- Own engineering budget (headcount, test labs, prototypes, software, external partners).
- Build investment cases for test capability (mixing labs, instrumentation, torque/thrust measurement, particle size analysis where relevant) and digital tools.
- Deliver measurable margin improvement through cost-out/value engineering, complexity reduction, and design-to-cost programs.
- Provide executive-level reporting to the VP of Engineering on program health, KPIs, risks, and resource needs
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering (or related); Master's preferred.
- 10+ years in industrial mixing and/or rotating equipment engineering, including 5+ years leading engineering teams/managers in multi-site/global environments.
- Working knowledge of CFD/FEA applied to mixing performance and structural integrity.
- Experience hazardous area compliance (ATEX/IECEx) where applicable.
- Track record implementing product platforming/modularity and reducing engineered-to-order customization.
- PLM/PDM deployment and CAD standardization across global sites.
- Strong experience with gated NPD, sustaining engineering, configuration management, and global engineering governance.
- Proven ability to lead cross-functional outcomes and executive communication skills; able to translate technical tradeoffs into business decisions.
- Experience building/leading a mixing test lab and performance database.
- Demonstrated expertise across mixing equipment and associated rotating components:
- Agitators: shafting, impellers, structural loads, gearbox/motor/VFD integration, seal systems
- Static mixers: pressure drop/performance, materials, erosion/corrosion, hygienic design, fabrication/joining methods
- High shear mixers: rotor/stator design, shear/dispersion performance, speed/torque, wear, thermal management
- Technical authority in mixing systems and mechanical integrity
- Portfolio and transformation leadership (with commercial partnership)
- Customer-focused problem solving and risk management
- Talent development and organizational scaling
- Global stakeholder influence and collaboration
- Continuous improvement with measurable results
- Office/plant/test lab exposure; global travel typically 15-35%.
- 401(k) Retirement Plan - NOV matches every dollar up to 5% of base pay and overtime for every dollar you invest.
- Competitive medical plans that are effective your date of hire. Visit usbenefits.nov.com/cost-for-coverage for more information.
- FREE MDLIVE virtual visits (when enrolled in an NOV medical plan).
- FREE preventative medical and dental care for the entire family (when enrolled in an NOV medical/dental plan and seeing an in-network physician).
- FREE Basic Life and AD&D insurance at 2 times your annual salary (for full-time employees).
- All regular full-time employees start with 3 weeks of paid vacation per year (prorated based on start date). Pre-NOV relevant experience (years of service) may be considered for vacation accruals.
- All regular full-time employees receive up to 11 paid holidays per year.
Posted 2026-03-31
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