Ecolab

Manager, CDU Sustaining Engineering

Ecolab$100K — $120K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or similar disciplines
  • 7+ years of product development/sustaining engineering experience
  • 3+ years of engineering leadership or people management experience
  • Experience with production and field product support
  • Strong understanding of mechanical/fluid systems and thermal management technologies
  • Effective collaboration in a fast-paced environment
  • Knowledge of quality systems, reliability engineering, and product lifecycle management

Responsibilities

  • Oversee sustaining mechanical engineering for Coolant Distribution Units, ensuring compliance with product development processes
  • Provide technical guidance in thermal analysis and materials selection for liquid-cooled solutions
  • Manage team workload, prioritize tasks, and enhance team technical knowledge
  • Establish change priorities based on quality risk and customer commitments
  • Coach team members to build technical expertise and foster career growth
  • Drive a culture of technical excellence and accountability
  • Create and manage department budgets and project roadmaps
  • Implement cost reduction and Value Analysis/Value Engineering initiatives

Benefits

  • Vacation and flex days with paid company-wide shutdowns during holidays
  • Comprehensive health benefits including dental, optical, and paramedical coverage from day one
  • Casual yet professional dress environment
  • Retention rewards program offering additional vacation and monetary bonuses
Full Job Description

WHAT YOU’LL DO: 

Role:

We are seeking a Manager, CDU Sustaining Engineering to lead our CDU (Coolant Distribution Unit), Sustaining team, responsible for supporting and continuously improving our CDU product portfolio in production and in the field, serving hyperscale data centers and high-performance computing system.

This position owns the technical execution of sustaining engineering activities from Production Validation Test (PVT) through End-of-Life (EOL), including customer-driven improvements, cost reductions, engineering change management, quality improvements, component approval, second sourcing initiatives, compliance support, manufacturability improvements, and field issue resolution.

The successful candidate will build and lead a multidisciplinary team that delivers robust, reliable, and scalable liquid cooling products while supporting manufacturing, supply chain, quality, service, and hyperscale customers.

Responsibilities:  

  • Oversee the sustaining mechanical engineering of our Coolant Distribution Units, ensuring design changes meet product development processes and project schedules.
  • Provide technical guidance to the team in performing thermal analysis, heat transfer simulations, stress analysis, root cause investigations, and materials selection for liquid-cooled solutions.
  • Manage the team's workload, prioritize tasks, and delegate effectively, while also focusing on building the team's technical knowledge, supporting career growth, and managing performance. 
  • Establish change priorities based on business impact, quality risk, customer commitments, and manufacturing needs. 
  • Coach, train, and guide team members to strengthen technical expertise, support career growth, and build future leaders within the organization. 
  • Drive a culture of technical excellence, innovation, autonomy, and accountability.  
  • Create and manage plans for department budgets, the growth of the team, and project execution roadmaps. 
  • Drive cost reduction and Value Analysis / Value Engineering (VAVE) initiatives.
  • Partner effectively with Operations & Strategic Sourcing to align engineering deliverables with production requirements and timelines. 
  • Collaborate and build strong working relationships with key industry partners and critical component vendors to promote a culture of continuous improvement and the adoption of best-in-class technology. 
  • Participate in internal company-wide efforts with other departments focused on continuous improvement, process development, and the adoption of advanced technology.

Basic Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or similar Engineering disciplines.
  • Minimum of 7 years of product development or sustaining engineering experience. 
  • 3+ years of engineering leadership or people management experience.
  • Experience supporting products through production and field deployment.
  • Experience with configuration management and engineering change control processes.
  • Strong understanding of mechanical systems, fluid systems, and thermal management & sensing technologies.
  • Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, highly collaborative environment.
  • Strong knowledge of quality systems, reliability engineering, and product lifecycle management.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Direct experience with high-volume production for industrial products.
  • Possess P.Eng designation or similar professional credentials.

Skills:

  • Customer-focused mindset
  • Risk management
  • Schedule and budget ownership
  • Executive communication
  • Supplier relationship management
  • Continuous improvement mindset
  • Engineering Change Management
  • Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)
  • Root Cause Analysis (8D, 5-Why, Fishbone)
  • Manufacturing and production support
  • Reliability engineering

Benefits 

We are a company that is full of vibrant, innovative people who love what we do. Our comprehensive benefits package includes:  

  • Vacation and flex days, and paid company-wide shutdown during the holiday season.
  • Comprehensive benefits including Dental, Drugs, Optical, Paramedical and Health Spending. These costs are covered by CoolIT and are enacted from your first day.
  • Dress for your day – in a casual yet professional environment.
  • Retention rewards like “The Big Coffee Break” that reward tenure with additional vacation time and a monetary bonus.

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    47,000 employees
    Market Cap
    $41 billion
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    Net Income
    -$1.2 billion
    Founded
    1923
    5 Year Trend
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    Revenue
    $11.7 billion
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