Engineering Manager - AHU Manufacturing
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About the Role
Daikin Middle East & Africa seeks a Manufacturing Engineering Manager for Air Handling Unit (AHU) manufacturing in Sudair, Riyadh. The role leads engineering activities including order engineering, BOM management, NPI, and continuous improvement.
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Responsibilities
- Review customer orders received from Sales and Application teams to ensure technical completeness, compliance, and manufacturability
- Lead the preparation and validation of accurate and optimized Bills of Materials (BOM) for production execution
- Ensure engineering outputs are aligned with factory standards, production capability, lead time requirements, and quality expectations
- Establish robust engineering review and validation processes to minimize errors, NCRs, and production rework
- Drive standardization of components, assemblies, and engineering practices across all AHU product lines
- Lead product development initiatives aligned with market requirements, localization strategy, and Daikin global standards
- Manage the industrialization and factory implementation of new AHU products and product enhancements
- Coordinate cross functional activities with Production, Procurement, Quality, Supply Chain, and Sales teams to ensure successful product launches
- Drive value engineering initiatives to improve product performance, manufacturability, reliability, and cost competitiveness
- Support product certification activities and compliance with regional and international HVAC standards
- Provide technical leadership and engineering support to Sales and Application teams for AHU selection, optimization, and technical compliance
- Lead, mentor, and develop the engineering team to strengthen technical competency, accountability, and performance
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering or a related engineering field
- Minimum 10 years of experience in HVAC manufacturing, with strong exposure to AHU systems and factory engineering operations
- Proven experience in manufacturing engineering, product development, order engineering, and NPI management within HVAC manufacturing environments
- Strong knowledge of AHU design, HVAC systems, psychometrics, manufacturing processes, and international HVAC standards
- Experience with ERP systems, BOM management, AutoCAD, and engineering documentation systems
- Strong understanding of manufacturing processes including sheet metal, coil systems, insulation, assembly, and testing of AHUs
- Experience in value engineering, localization, and cost optimization initiatives
- Strong leadership, team management, and cross functional coordination skills
- Excellent analytical, problem solving, and decision making capabilities
- Effective communication and stakeholder management skills
- Familiarity with ISO quality systems, product certifications, and factory compliance requirements is preferred
Full Job Posting
About the Role
- The Manufacturing Engineering Manager Air Handling Unit (AHU) is based at Sudair industrial city, Riyadh, and is responsible for leading all engineering activities related to AHU manufacturing operations.
- The role ensures accurate engineering deliverables, optimized Bills of Materials (BOM), product standardization, and manufacturable designs aligned with Daikin’s quality, cost, and delivery objectives.
- This position acts as the technical bridge between Sales, Application Engineering, Production, Procurement, Quality, and Supply Chain.
How You Will Make An Impact
- Review customer orders received from Sales and Application teams to ensure technical completeness, compliance, and manufacturability.
- Lead the preparation and validation of accurate and optimized Bills of Materials (BOM) for production execution.
- Ensure engineering outputs are aligned with factory standards, production capability, lead time requirements, and quality expectations.
- Establish robust engineering review and validation processes to minimize errors, NCRs, and production rework.
- Drive standardization of components, assemblies, and engineering practices across all AHU product lines.
- Lead product development initiatives aligned with market requirements, localization strategy, and Daikin global standards.
- Manage the industrialization and factory implementation of new AHU products and product enhancements.
- Coordinate cross functional activities with Production, Procurement, Quality, Supply Chain, and Sales teams to ensure successful product launches.
- Drive value engineering initiatives to improve product performance, manufacturability, reliability, and cost competitiveness.
- Support product certification activities and compliance with regional and international HVAC standards.
- Provide technical leadership and engineering support to Sales and Application teams for AHU selection, optimization, and technical compliance.
- Lead, mentor, and develop the engineering team to strengthen technical competency, accountability, and performance.
What You Need To Succeed
- Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering or a related engineering field.
- Minimum 10 years of experience in HVAC manufacturing, with strong exposure to AHU systems and factory engineering operations.
- Proven experience in manufacturing engineering, product development, order engineering, and NPI management within HVAC manufacturing environments.
- Strong knowledge of AHU design, HVAC systems, psychometrics, manufacturing processes, and international HVAC standards.
- Experience with ERP systems, BOM management, AutoCAD, and engineering documentation systems.
- Strong understanding of manufacturing processes including sheet metal, coil systems, insulation, assembly, and testing of AHUs.
- Experience in value engineering, localization, and cost optimization initiatives.
- Strong leadership, team management, and cross functional coordination skills.
- Excellent analytical, problem solving, and decision making capabilities.
- Effective communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Familiarity with ISO quality systems, product certifications, and factory compliance requirements is preferred.
Good climate starts with people
- Our employees are the beating heart of our company. At Daikin, you get to work in a positive environment backed by trust, creativity and continuous improvement.
- Together, we create our top quality solutions by empowering talented teams. You will get plenty of opportunities to learn and grow.
- We are deeply committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace culture that reflects the communities we serve.
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