CW - VP of Engineering and Technology Western Hemisphere

Vice President of Engineering & Technology leads and manages engineering and technology initiatives across multiple functions, teams, and job families for the Western Hemisphere. This role oversees cross‑functional planning and execution, ensures products meet customer, product rationalization, safety, and environmental requirements, and drives strategic technical objectives in alignment with organizational goals.

Houston, TX (preferred) or other Western Hemisphere hubs; travel across North America; interaction and travel to the Eastern Hemisphere may be required.

• Set the regional engineering and technology strategy for surface pressure control product lines in alignment with global roadmaps and business objectives.
• Own the Western Hemisphere engineering portfolio, staffing, and budget; prioritize investments across NPI, sustaining, cost‑out, reliability, and digital initiatives.
• Lead multi‑site teams across the US; strengthen standard work, governance, and metrics; assist the Eastern Hemisphere when requested.

• Deliver new products through a robust stage‑gate process; ensure design‑for‑safety, design‑for‑manufacturability, and design‑to‑cost.
• Oversee sustaining engineering, product care, and cost reduction while maintaining performance and compliance.
• Ensure rigorous design assurance: FEAs, design reviews, tolerance analysis, verification/validation, qualification (e.g., PR2), and change control/MOC.

• Comply with all safety, health, environmental, and quality Management System requirements, policies, and procedures relevant to the position.
• Ensure compliance with applicable standards and regulations, including API, ASME, NACE, ISO, and regional regulatory requirements where applicable.
• Champion product safety, reliability, and environmental stewardship; lead risk assessments (HAZID, HAZOP, LPOA), warranty reduction, and continuous improvement.
• Maintain strong QMS discipline (API Q1/ISO 9001) and HSE leadership across labs, test facilities, and manufacturing interfaces.

• Serve as the senior technical authority for customer engagements, tenders, and major projects; translate Voice of Customer into clear product requirements.
• Partner with Service/Operations to improve field reliability and lifecycle cost; lead critical issue response and complex failure investigations.

• Collaborate with plant operations and supply chain on process capability, special processes (e.g., welding, cladding, NDE), and supplier qualification.
• Ensure robust qualification and acceptance testing (hydrostatic, PSL compliance, PR2/PR levels), lab safety, and equipment readiness.

• Guide materials, sealing, and controls innovation relevant to surface pressure control applications (wellhead, frac/flowback, manifolds, valves, chokes, BOP‑related surface equipment).
• Advance digitalization initiatives, including sensors, condition monitoring, reliability analytics, and product data management.

• Build, coach, and retain a high‑performing, diverse engineering organization; develop successors and technical leaders.
• Lead through influence in a matrix; model business acumen, technical rigor, and high integrity.

• Set objectives for assigned teams, manage project schedules, and ensure costs and schedules are met.
• Own regional engineering financials (budgeting, OPEX/CAPEX); ensure on‑time, on‑budget program delivery.
• Define and manage KPIs including NPI on‑time delivery, COPQ, warranty/MTBF, cost‑out savings, ECO cycle time, test throughput, and safety metrics.

• Interpret customer requirements and apply industry and company standards to provide product designs and documentation.
• Continually evaluate existing products and develop new products to meet changing market and company requirements.
• Develop or review designs, drawings, and specifications for existing and new products; ensure assignments meet standards and performance…