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Develop and manage technology roadmaps.\nEnsure that products and processes comply with industry standards, safety regulations, and relevant certifications.\nDevelop and manage the engineering department's budget, ensuring efficient allocation of resources. Monitor expenses, control costs, and make recommendations for cost-saving initiatives.\n\nWhat You'll Bring\nExperience in a highly technical, custom engineering and Instrument Transformers environment with multiple reports from different sites and regions\nHeavy exposure to a Lean culture\nSkilled in change management and can harmonize multiple processes from different sites and legacy systems.\nExperience with accountability for innovation, NPI, and NPD systems and processes\nHas led strategic initiatives and has developed talent in a systemic manner.\nAble to represent the technical side of Grid Amran in the industry amongst peers, vendors, technology partners, and customers.\nWill be a collaborative part of a cross-functional senior management team that sets strategy, establishes standard work and best practices, and executes organizational problem-solving.\nAble to support the Sales and Business Development Organization with strategic growth initiatives, opportunity execution, and key customer relationships.\n\nWhat We Value\nTen (10) years of senior engineering management experience in a design and manufacturing environment\nBS degree in Engineering (Electrical or Mechanical preferred, Advanced degree a plus\nDemonstrated leader capable of setting measurable goals, team building, & follow-up to project completion.\nDemonstrated ability to manage and develop technical talent.\nStrong analytical and problem-solving skills\nDemonstrated ability to operate across diverse markets and customer demands.\nProficiency in Microsoft Office Products, including Project & Visio\nMust be able to travel to various Standex locations, Suppliers, & Customers","description_format":"text","description_chars":3079,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":10,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":[],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-06T19:20:43Z"},{"event":"close","at":"2026-10-14T19:26:37Z"},{"event":"reopen","at":"2026-10-20T05:54:08Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":17,"band":"cold","label":"Long shot","p_open":1,"p_active":0.621,"p_room":0.28,"age_days":112,"expected_fill_days":44,"reasons":["conf:2","win:tail","crowd:"],"computed_at":"2026-10-21T05:46:15Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/standex-director-of-engineering","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/standex-director-of-engineering.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-21T21:32:00Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":30627,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-22T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":2318981},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=2318981"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fstandex-director-of-engineering"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fstandex-director-of-engineering"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fstandex-director-of-engineering"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/standex-director-of-engineering\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fstandex-director-of-engineering"}]}