Project Engineer - DTV

Corporate Overview

Hubbell Incorporated was founded in 1888 and has grown into an international manufacturer of quality electrical, lighting and power solutions with more than 75 brands used and recognized around the world. Our founder, Harvey Hubbell, developed tooling and equipment to serve the growing demand for new assembly and manufacturing machinery during the industrial revolution. An early, and one of many patents awarded, came for the creation of the first practical method to control electricity through the pull chain socket that remains unchanged today. As a market leader in reliable, electrical solutions, we provide more than half a million products delivered through our various business groups. Hubbell is committed to continually innovating solutions that work, transforming old products with new ideas, and ensuring that we Energize, Enlighten and Empower the communities that support us.

Position Overview

If you are committed to environmentally friendly projects, security, safety, and advancing new approaches in technology, then Hubbell engineering is the place for you. Join our team to solve challenging problems and help make change in electrical products and utility.

Hubbell Engineering in collaboration with Hubbell's global divisions organizes ideation workshops and captures insights to drive margin improvement and value add opportunities to existing products. We work on the most impactful technical solutions within Hubbell in fields like smart grid, green power, electrical safety, communications and more. We are looking for individuals with experience in one or more of the following: projects focused on productivity value creation, cost reduction and margin improvement, product and value chain evaluations, ideation workshops, working with cross functional teams and more.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Work with business unit teams to execute on Design to Value (DtV) sprints
• Build a fact-base to drive DtV sprints consisting of design, sourcing, and customer insights
• Determine cost drivers to identify cost take out opportunities
• Analyze Bill of Materials (BOMs) and engineering drawings to identify cost effective alternative materials and processes
• Evaluate manufacturing processes and routings to identify time savings opportunities
• Research, deconstruct, analyze, and benchmark best in class product features to identify economical tradeoffs
• Prepare insights and fact-base for in person ideation workshops
• Participate in and prepare cross-function teams for in person workshops
• Estimate productivity opportunity size and prepare productivity business cases

Skills and Experience

• Degree in Engineering or equivalent relevant industry experience
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
• Capable of working independently as well as with a cross functional team
• Experience tearing down products and documenting observations
• Demonstrable experience in two or more of the following
• Voice of the customer experience to validate and drive initiatives
• Full product life cycle insights with an emphasis on productivity
• Supply chain insights
• Manufacturing and commercialization experience
• Assessing value propositions

Hubbell Incorporated, its subsidiaries and affiliates, is an EO Employer AA: M/F/Veteran/Disability. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other protected class.