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Job Title: Mechanical Chapter Lead
Location: Hybrid at our location in Fairport, NY
Job Type: Full-time
Qualitrol , a division of Ralliant, is the leading provider of essential technology that enables the delivery of uninterrupted power. Established in 1945, we produce thousands of products on-demand, customized to meet our customers' needs. We are the largest and most trusted global leader for partial discharge monitoring, asset protection equipment, and information products across power generation, transmission, and distribution.
Job Summary
The Mechanical Chapter Lead is a senior technical leader and recognized subject matter expert responsible for the technical excellence, capability growth, and professional development of the global Mechanical Engineering Chapter , whose members are distributed across multiple locations and value streams worldwide.
This role combines deep hands-on mechanical engineering expertise with strong leadership, mentoring, and coaching skills. The Mechanical Chapter Lead sets the technical direction for mechanical engineering across the organization, leads the introduction of new technologies and engineering capabilities, and ensures consistent, high-quality mechanical design practices globally.
In addition to people leadership, the Chapter Lead is actively engaged in mentoring engineers, reviewing designs, supporting complex technical challenges, and elevating the overall technical maturity and consistency of mechanical engineering across the enterprise.
Key Responsibilities
Technical Leadership and Subject Matter Expertise
Serve as the primary mechanical engineering subject matter expert for the organization, providing guidance on complex, high-risk, or novel technical challenges.
Lead the evaluation, introduction, and adoption of new mechanical technologies, tools, materials, and design methodologies that strengthen the chapter's global capabilities.
Actively participate in design reviews, technical problem-solving, and escalation support when teams encounter challenging mechanical issues.
Define and evolve the long-term technical roadmap for mechanical engineering capabilities in alignment with business and product needs.
Mentoring, Coaching, and Capability Development
Mentor chapter members through hands-on technical coaching, design reviews, and knowledge transfer, supporting both day-to-day execution and long-term growth.
Act as a trusted technical advisor for engineers across experience levels and geographic locations, helping them grow depth, confidence, and engineering judgment.
Identify skill gaps within the global chapter and proactively build capability through training, mentoring, and targeted development plans.
Chapter Leadership and Standards
Lead, mentor, and coach the Mechanical Chapter, ensuring technical excellence, consistency, and continuous learning across all regions.
Own and maintain harmonized mechanical development procedures, design standards, design checklists, and design controls, ensuring global alignment and continuous best-practice adoption.
Ensure mechanical work across value streams meets quality, reliability, manufacturability, and compliance expectations.
Collaboration and Organizational Alignment
Collaborate with other Chapter Leads, Product Owners, and Scrum Masters to ensure strong cross-disciplinary alignment and consistent execution across regions.
Support Agile teams by balancing standards and consistency with flexibility, learning, and rapid feedback.
Foster a strong culture of collaboration, knowledge sharing, technical curiosity, and continuous improvement across the global engineering organization.
People Development and Chapter Health
Support career development through regular feedback, coaching toward D4G goals, identification of growth opportunities, and input into performance reviews.
Manage the chapter's training budget and learning investments to maximize technical and organizational impact.
Coordinate succession planning to ensure long-term stability, continuity, and technical leadership within the global Mechanical Chapter.
Key Requirements
Bachelor's or Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related field.
8+ years of progressive experience in mechanical engineering, including deep expertise in areas such as mechanical design, finite element analysis, thermal management, materials selection, prototyping and testing, manufacturing processes, reliability engineering, and product compliance for industrial products.
Demonstrated technical leadership as a go-to expert, including mentoring others and leading complex technical problem-solving efforts.
Experience leading and developing teams of technical professionals, including distributed or global teams.
Proven ability to mentor and coach engineers through hands-on technical engagement.
Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to influence across disciplines, cultures, and seniority levels.
Strong problem-solving and conflict resolution skills.
Passion for innovation, continuous improvement, and building sustainable engineering capabilities.
Preferred Qualifications
Understanding of the power utility industry and related monitoring technologies.
Strong understanding of Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban, etc.) and Agile best practices.
Proven experience working in an Agile environment, preferably in a technical leadership or mentoring role.
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Ralliant Corporation Overview
Ralliant, originally part of Fortive, now stands as a bold, independent public company driving innovation at the forefront of precision technology. With a global footprint and a legacy of excellence, we empower engineers to bring next-generation breakthroughs to life - faster, smarter, and more reliably. Our high-performance instruments, sensors, and subsystems fuel mission-critical advancements across industries, enabling real-world impact where it matters most. At Ralliant we're building the future, together with those driven to push boundaries, solve complex problems, and leave a lasting mark on the world.
About Qualitrol
QUALITROL manufactures monitoring and protection devices for high value electrical assets and OEM manufacturing companies. Established in 1945, QUALITROL produces thousands of different @types of products on demand and customized to meet our individual customers' needs. We are the largest and most trusted global leader for partial discharge monitoring, asset protection equipment and information products across power generation, transmission, and distribution. At Qualitrol, we are redefining condition-based monitoring.
We Are an Equal Opportunity Employer. Ralliant Corporation and all Ralliant Companies are proud to be equal opportunity employers. We value and encourage diversity and solicit applications from all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or other characteristics protected by law. Ralliant and all Ralliant Companies are also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities. Individuals who need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment application process, please contact us at applyassistance@Ralliant.com.
Bonus or Equity
This position is also eligible for bonus as part of the total compensation package.
Pay Range
The salary range for this position (in local currency) is 104,300.00 - 193,700.00
