Engineering Director

About us

At Plexus, our vision is to help create the products that build a better world.  By embracing an innovative culture of excellence, we pride ourselves on designing, manufacturing and servicing some of the world’s most transformative products. From life-saving medical technology and mission-critical defense solutions to sophisticated industrial automation, we’re proud to partner with our customers to bring their complex ideas to market. 

Visit Plexus.com to learn more about our unwavering commitment to our vision. 

Living Our Values

With a vision rooted in the wellbeing and inclusive engagement of our team members, our customers, their end users and our communities, people are the heart of what we do and who we are. Our values unite and guide us in everything that we do. 

Our values include: Growing our People, Building Belonging, Innovating Responsibly, Delivering Excellence and Creating Customer Success. 

As part of our team, you’ll do impactful work within an inclusive environment where everyone works together to achieve extraordinary outcomes. You’ll be empowered to reach your full potential through managing your own personalised development plan and access to our learning and development programs.

Are you a visionary technical leader who thrives at the intersection of innovation, strategic execution, and operational excellence? We are seeking an Engineering Director to take exclusive ownership of driving engineering strategies across Test, Industrial, Process, Automation, and Product Engineering disciplines.

In this senior leadership position, you will shape technology roadmaps, mentor high-performing teams, and build seamless cross-functional alignment to deliver top-tier support for global customers.

Key Responsibilities:

• Characterize and control the critical operational standards and methods that enables quality, cost and delivery on the customer products. Lead best practices sharing and adoption within engineering operations. Lead process capability matrix relative to technology roadmap. Lead the execution of equipment installation, operational and performance qualification.

• Be the standard work subject matter expert for manufacturing operations. Ensure the processes, organizational capability and culture combine to consistently meet commitments to customers. Must be able to build collaborative relationships with internal and external customers. Lead the selection and development of standard work for specified processes and technologies.

• Create and monitor objectives, goals, strategies and measures for the engineering teams. Establish efficient processes and systems to track and report status of initiatives to include resources, projects, savings, etc. Lead development and adoption of process performance monitors to achieve Takt Time.

• Serve as the primary escalation point for engineering activities to ensure that appropriate site, regional and corporate resources are appropriately leveraged.  Manage issues to achieve root cause identification and regional deployment of systemic corrective actions.

• Build strong engineers, technicians, and leaders through developing resources for further training, building a candidate pipeline and ongoing coaching. Accountable to execute on Plexus’ Best People strategy, leaders will focus on evaluating potential, driving succession planning and ensuring that their employees receive the development and coaching required to realize their full potential.

• Responsible to exemplify and hold their team accountable to demonstrating the Plexus Core Values. As a leader, you will focus on evaluating potential, driving succession planning, and ensuring their employees receive the development and coaching required to realize their full potential.

Education/Experience Qualifications:

• A minimum of a Bachelor’s degree is required; a degree in Engineering is preferred. 

• Ten (10) years of related experience is required; Seven (7) or more years of equivalent industry experience is preferred.

• General Knowledge of ISO 9000, AS9100, TL9000, ISO 13485, FDA GMP Quality System Requirements, through training or hands on experience is necessary for success in this role

• Black Belt certification is preferred

• An equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the key job accountabilities may be considered.

• An equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the key job accountabilities may be considered.

Your Rewards and Wellbeing

We believe in rewarding your contribution with a comprehensive package designed to support your life both inside and outside of work. 

Financial Bonuses & Compensation: 

• 13th Salary
• Meal Tickets
• Childbirth Bonus
• Financial Support for Exceptional Situations
• Referral Bonus
• Discretionary Performance-Related Bonus

Health & Wellbeing:

• Private Health Insurance
• Psychotherapy & Emotional Support
• Fitness Membership in Oradea
• On-site Medical Cabinet

Annual Leave & Time Off:

• Annual Leave: Employees receive between 22 and 26 days of paid annual leave, scaling with their seniority
• Volunteer Time Off

Recognition & Rewards

• Employee Recognition Program
• Idea Generation Program
• "Thank You" Program

Everyday Perks & Facilities

• Free Transportation
• On-site Canteen
• Bookster
• Employee Discounts

Application Process

At Plexus, we don't look for culture fit, we look for culture add. We value the unique perspectives you bring and review every candidate holistically, balancing professional experience, education and individual journey. 

Accessibility and Accommodations

As a Disability Confident employer, we recruit purely on the basis of skills and merit, ensuring an equitable process for everyone. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities or special requirements. If you require support during the application process, please contact us at [email protected] with your contact information and a description of your needs.

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