Mechanical Engineering Manager

Join Us as a Mechanical Engineering Manager at Potter Global Technologies

At Potter Global Technologies, we’ve been protecting lives around the world for over 125 years—and we’re just getting started. We’re a global leader in life safety solutions, committed to saving lives through innovative technology and trusted partnerships.

Our vision is for our customers to know us globally as their innovative, easy-to-do-business-with, best-in-class life-safety product partner. And our mission? With a passion for creating safer environments worldwide, our mission is to provide our customers with a team of real people that connect them with reliable expertise in life safety applications.

If you're inspired by purpose, energized by collaboration, and thrive in an environment of feedback, ownership, and experimentation—you’ll feel at home here.

As a Mechanical Engineering Manager, you will lead and develop the Mechanical Engineering team while driving new product development, product improvements, and strategic engineering initiatives for the Fire Suppression business. You will oversee engineering execution, technical quality, resource planning, and project performance, while collaborating with Product Management, Operations, Quality, and Supply Chain to deliver innovative, high-quality solutions that support business objectives and customer needs. Ready to lead innovation and make an impact? Apply today.

What You’ll Do

• Lead and develop a team of engineers, CAD resources, and technicians supporting NPD, product sustainment, and VA/VE initiatives.
• Translate business objectives into clear engineering priorities, goals, resource plans, and measurable team outcomes.
• Drive Mechanical Engineering execution of NPD programs from concept through commercialization, ensuring technical deliverables, timelines, risks, and resources are effectively managed.
• Present NPD portfolio performance, project updates, technical risks, resource needs, and recommendations to senior leadership.
• Oversee project planning, including scope, schedules, resource allocation, dependencies, technical risks, and action plans.
• Partner with Product Management to convert customer and market requirements into technical requirements and executable development plans.
• Collaborate with Operations, Quality, Supply Chain, and Manufacturing teams to support product development, commercialization, sustainment, and issue resolution.
• Serve as the senior Mechanical Engineering leader for complex technical challenges, product architecture decisions, and design reviews.
• Ensure engineering drawings, models, specifications, technical reports, cost estimates, and related documentation meet established standards.
• Lead product sustainment, VA/VE, alternate material, and engineering change initiatives that enhance product performance, quality, cost efficiency, and supply continuity.
• Champion continuous improvement efforts across engineering processes, tools, standards, and development practices.
• Develop engineering talent through coaching, mentoring, performance management, succession planning, and professional growth opportunities.
• Assess current and future resource needs and recommend staffing, equipment, technology, budget, and investment requirements.
• Establish and monitor key engineering performance metrics while fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, innovation, and safety.
• Perform other duties as assigned.