Sr. Change Control Manager

Spectrum Safety Solutions:

With approximately 1,500 employees operating in more than 20 countries, Spectrum Safety Solutions is a global leader in fire detection and suppression solutions for high-hazard applications across verticals such as critical infrastructure, oil and gas, marine and clean energy. Our global team leverages strong customer relationships across four recognized brands, Det-Tronics, Marioff, Autronica, and Fireye, to deliver differentiated lifecycle solutions and advance growth across key segments. Carved out from Carrier’s Fire & Security business in July 2024, Spectrum Safety Solutions is now a privately-held company under the ownership of Sentinel Capital Partners.

Det-Tronics:

We make the world a better place to live! At Spectrum’s Det-Tronics, we build and maintain comfortable, accessible, efficient, healthy, safe, secure, and sustainable environments. Det-Tronics is a $180M technologically innovative, projects-based global brand protecting customers in many challenging environments with high end flame and gas detection products and systems. Det-Tronics is a part of Spectrum Safety Solutions and has a global footprint with manufacturing sites in the U.S. and sales presence in all key geographies.

About This Role:

The Engineering Change Control Manager is responsible for analyzing, coordinating, and processing engineering change requests and orders in the designated Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) system. The successful candidate will work cross-functionally, including with Engineering, Manufacturing Operations, Quality, Product Management, and Compliance to gather the information required to complete change request and orders accurately and minimize the errors, rework, and delays.

This position will drive best practices through documentation control policies and procedures across functions and ensure the integrity and efficiency of the PLM system, also acting as a subject matter expert for PLM and Change Management process.

Key Responsibilities:* Pre-screen and handshake Design- and Engineering Changes with cross-functional team, by evaluating the feasibility and impact, to have a seamless introduction in operations.

• Conduct impact analyses, assess change readiness, and identify, prepare and follow-up with internal stakeholders on the required actions.
  
• Create part numbers, assembly numbers, and structure BOMs in the PLM system.
  
• Leverage the change management methodology, process, and tools to create a strategy that supports the roll out of the changes required by different projects and initiatives.
  
• Chair the multidisciplinary Operations Change Control Board to delegate activities within stakeholder ensuring a complete and timely implementation of changes.
  
• Demonstrate understanding of New Product Introduction and Sustaining Engineering activities as they related to configuration and change management.
  
• Prioritize and manage work requests in an organized and timely manner.
  
• Be the subject matter expert on the change control process and the PLM system including leveraging IT to properly maintain the system.
  
• Perform other duties as required by the immediate supervisor.
  

Required Qualifications:* Bachelors Degree in Engineering, Industrial Technology or related field or an Associate’s Degree with a minimum of 10 years of experience or any equivalent combination of experience and training which results in the required knowledge, skills, and abilities.

• Min 3 years' experience with engineering changes in new product and / or sustaining
  
• projects.
  
• Min 5 years experience and expert proficiency with Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Project, PowerPoint, etc.).
  
• Min 2 years experience and proficiency with a PLM system.
  

Preferred Qualifications:* Hands on experience working with ERP/MRP system, preferably JD Edwards, is a plus.

• Strong verbal, written, organizational, time management and interpersonal skills.
  
• Self-motivated and able to manage day to day work independently.
  
• Excellent organizational and multi-tasking skills and ability to manage multiple projects at one time
  
• Ability to work cross-functionally with a customer-driven focus and sense of urgency.
  
• Understanding of product design and development processes.
  
• Analytic / problem solving abilities.
  
• Quality & Compliance Mindset & Execution