This position exists to support operations in a liaison role. Candidates must have strong manufacturing, industrial and mechanical skills. You should also have a working knowledge of electronics. This position will create a vision for future state development improvement, via hands-on experience.

You will continuously improve our manufacturing processes by:
•Validating existing documentation and drafting new documentation.
•Focusing on tooling and design.
•Eliminating waste in our production environment.
•Incorporating feedback from our highly-skilled and tenured battery assembly technicians

Key responsibilities include -- but are not limited to:
•Supporting daily production needs in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
•Acting as a liaison for our Aerospace, Defense and Racing customers.
•Utilizing skills set for: new product introduction, technical writing, problem solving, continuous improvement, and quality assurance.
•Adhering to World Class practices.

Required Skills:
•Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering Discipline (Manufacturing, Industrial, Mechanical, or equivalent).
•Three to five years of work experience in a manufacturing/production environment.
•Background utilizing World Class or Lean Manufacturing Processes.
•Must be able to clearly and effectively communicate.
•Should have highly-competent organizational skills.
•Must be a US citizen.

Preferred Skills:
•Ideal candidates will be self-starting, goal-oriented and project driven.
•Knowledge of manufacturing, industrial and mechanical design concepts.
•Experience with general fastening systems.
•Continued process improvement (yield / revenue enhancement).
•Adhesive systems application.
•Machine controls comprehension.
•PPE safety and ergonomic standard knowledge.
•Use of inspection and measurement equipment.
•Understanding of mechanical & electrical drawings.
•Some knowledge of DC and AC electrical basics.
•Lean and/or Six Sigma experience (root cause analysis/problem solving).
•Technical writing (such as work instructions).
•Knowledge of IPC standards.
•Competent proficiency of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
•Knowledge of configuration management.

WHO are we looking for?

Saft Batteries in Cockeysville, Maryland, is looking for a mid-level Technical Writer. In this full-time position, you will work with Contracts, Finance, Procurement, Program Managers, Sales, Operations and Engineering.
Ultimately, you will be contributing to the design and development of the next generation of lithium-ion batteries for defense, space, and racing applications. Saft is headquartered in France, with 4,300 employees in 18 countries. Our manufacturing site here in Cockeysville houses the research and development for Saft America’s Space and Defense Divisions.

What will you DO?

• Prepare customer facing reports in support of contract deliverables, test reports, and other technical documents.
• Coordinate with Proposal Managers to ensure timely submittal of high quality, well organized, compliant proposals with targeted win themes based on known intelligence.
• Actively collaborate with:
o Program Managers to prepare customer facing presentations in support of design reviews, project reviews, and other presentations
o Process and Manufacturing Engineers to write work instructions and process specifications for the production floor and test lab
o R&D scientists to create journal papers and conference presentations/preparations
• Assist with white papers and proposals for all business segments.
• Prepare a library of reusable text and graphics for business and technical descriptions.
• Maintain Saft’s ‘Lessons Learned Database.’
• Conduct training programs on proposal/technical writing (or production topics, as needed) to ensure high-quality, cost-effective output.

What experience is REQUIRED?

• A Bachelor’s degree in Technical or Professional Writing, English, Communications (or another business-related field).
• Qualified applicants will have junior to mid-level experience within technical writing (gained within an industrial, engineering or research & development setting).
• Candidates should employ strong work habits, in regard to codes and standards, time management, meeting preparation/participation and ethics compliance.
• Candidates must have a proven work history of creating technically accurate and high-quality documentation.

What experience is DESIRED?

• Ideal candidates will have a working knowledge of ISO / AS9100 compliance, configuration management, CDRL / SDRL / DID contract requirements, government document deliverable formats, and preparing and hosting trainings.
• Prior work experience within worldwide defense/space industries will give candidates an extreme advantage. Highly-qualified candidates will also have experience with document production, written contract deliverables, complex commercial / government proposal preparation, SOP flow, meeting presentations and technical products.
• Knowledge of proposal preparation/best practices will be extremely helpful. Proposals will be created for both commercial and government entities.
• Knowledge of battery products would be helpful but is not necessary.
• Experience with public relations, training, and FBO search/extraction is a plus.
• Membership in the Association of Proposal Management Professionals is a plus. (An alternate proposal certification would also be suitable.)

What TECHNOLOGY should you have used?

• Candidates should be expert users of Microsoft Office (Visio, Excel, PowerPoint, Office), Adobe Acrobat, and other document development software.

Let us tell you about this FULL-TIME POSITION:

• This will be a salaried, full-time position in Cockeysville, Maryland.
• For a qualified individual, accommodations may be made if the employee needs to start out on a part-time basis, in order to finish up any existing contractual agreements.
• All applicants must be US citizens or green card holders.

What are the BENEFITS of joining our Saft family?

• We offer a full benefits package, including but not limited to yearly salary increases, an extremely attractive 401K match, up to $10,000 yearly in tuition reimbursement, plus gym member reimbursement program incentives, etc.
• Our site in Cockeysville is financially stable and has not any reductions in force since 1993. We have numerous employees that have accrued 15, 30, even 50 years of tenure!
• We value our community, and participate in multiple charity events and fundraisers. A few examples include: participating in the annual Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) walk in downtown Baltimore, bringing the Red Cross Bloodmobile onsite, and holding events throughout the year that raises funds to sponsor families in need around the holidays.
• Our Cockeysville work family also enjoy participating in numerous Saft-sponsored activities throughout the year, including family picnics, Orioles baseball games and crab feasts in the summer, chili cook-offs and tailgate parties in the fall, Christmas parties and charity events in the winter, and Diversity Days potlucks and interactive ‘Bring your Kids to Work’ days in the spring.

This position is established for the purpose of formally integrating the Purchasing function (and associated expertise) into the manufacturing sourcing process. The expected result or benefit will be a more effective process in terms of cost management and schedule integrity. One of the strategic elements of Purchasing's pursuit of World Class designation is the introduction of suppliers into the development process to exploit the expertise of the supplier(s) and maximize cost effective manufacturability. The Commodity Manager position provides support to Engineering, Operations, and Facilities. Position is responsible for management of all aspects of the supplier relationship for their given commodity. This includes commercial negotiations, sourcing decisions, Lead Time and MOQ reduction, Free Cash Improvement, Alternate Supplier Development, Quality Issue Resolution, Supplier Visits, Supplier Score Cards, and TCO evaluations

Responsibilities

• Management of Supply Relationship for assigned commodity
• Conduct the appropriate level of price / cost analysis in order to obtain the most favorable purchase.
• Participate in meetings / presentations concerning your functional area
• Support of Supply Chain Program initiative                                                 
• Coordinate closely with members of the Operations Team to provide acquisition support necessary to source and purchase electronics in the most cost-effective approach possible.                                                        
• Customer Satisfaction                                                                                                                                                                        

Minimum Requirements

Education:

  College degree with business / technical background preferred, equivalent experience considered

  Experience:

  Minimum of eight years progressively responsible purchasing or commodity management experience in a   manufacturing environment. Candidate must have a strong purchasing background with proven success in leading cost reductions.

Specific Knowledge:

  Senior knowledge negotiation techniques and supplier management. Demonstrated ability to see market trends and react accordingly to prevent shortages and develop long term GSR (savings roadmap)

 Business Understanding:

  Well-developed understanding of business principles with effective communicative skills, proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite

Saft America is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or protected Veteran status. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact us by email at reasonableaccomodation@saftbatteries.com and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information

The Bid Manager works with relevant function groups to manage the bid qualification (bid – no bid) process for new opportunities. Ensure that the customer technical and programmatic requirements are clearly identified and validated by the teams. Coordinate costing inputs from the Engineering, Procurement, Program Office and other relevant functions. Obtain program execution schedule from the Program Office.

Responsibilities

• Work with the Sales Manager to prepare and review the commercial aspects of the bid, ensuring all services are included in the final price to the customer.
• Ensures that the bid is executed in accordance with company procedures.
• Tracks risk, risk impact and mitigation plan throughout the bid process, including the schedule and cost impact associated with the risk, defining the program contingency.
• Organizes the technical, commercial and programmatic teams to write the proposal in line with the customer instructions or clearly, concise and addresses all critical aspects of the offer - both in terms of content and presentation (such as preparation of a management summary, commercial section, programmatic and technical sections)
• Manages the review of the offer with other internal teams prior to submitting to the sales manager.
• Manages the bid budget and ensures timely delivery of compliant and commercially sound bids.
• Understand and resolve complex technical, strategic and business issues.
• Tracks and manages all necessary changes to the bid driven by internal or external drivers.
• Validates that the customer order / contract is in line with the proposed bid. If there are any deviations, discusses them with the team and creates a plan of action.
• Organizes and leads bid review with the sales team
• Coordinates the status of the bids with the Engineering group and ensures that resources are reserved and available for the project.
• Document assumptions made during the proposal process.
• Document and present, at the Bid Review stage, all risks associated with the Program execution.

Minimum Requirements

Education: Bachelor of Science Degree in an Engineering field

Experience: Project management, engineering, project development

Specific Knowledge: Project and Risk Management

Business Understanding: Industrial applications, Battery Market

Saft America is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or protected Veteran status. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact us by email at reasonableaccomodation@saftbatteries.com and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information

 The Sales Manager is responsible to secure the achievement of regional order intake and sales targets, as it relates to energy storage systems.  The Sales Manager will understand what is valuable to the customer, present how Saft fulfills this value, understand his / her region's energy markets, anticipate regulatory impacts, develop new customers and ensure his / her budget is met or exceeded.   These customers will include utilities, independent power producers, integrators, OEM’s and developers.  In order accomplish this, the Sales Manager will be responsible for understanding the technical and commercial attributes of Saft’s Energy Storage Solutions’ offerings.  The Sales Manager will also coordinate regularly with Saft’s Bid Management team, Project Management team, Engineering and Supply Chain.    

Responsibilities

• Develop orders and sales in assigned markets and territory
• Price bids and sales contracts
• Make sure all contractual obligations are acceptable to Saft
• Make appropriate use of internal supporting resources
• Secure support from internal and external resources for
• Manage assigned projects and major sales contracts to successful conclusion
• Coordinate activities with various Saft departments, ensure timely support from all involved parties
• Develop and implement sales plan for assigned market and territory
• Budgets, forecasts and reports, provide timely and realistic budget input as required
• Provide updated sales forecasts as required
• Update CRM accurately and timely
• Analyze market needs for new and improved products
• Propose solutions for such products and modifications, complete with supporting business plan.
• Coordinate customer requirements/approvals/standards with Engineering, Quality and Product Manager
• Support Saft's energy storage marketing activities
• Propose beneficial activities

Minimum Requirements

Education: Bachelor of Science Degree in an Engineering field

Experience:  5 - 10 years experience in one of more of the following fields:  Energy storage systems, renewable energy, power generation, trasnmission or distribution, retail energy provider, power systems design, substation design and protection

Specific Knowledge: PC Word, Excel and PowerPoint.  Power systems / electrical grid experience.  Exposure to project development / financing. 

Business Understanding: How to manage commercial risks, how to ensure profitability for Saft, how to communicate internally and with customers.

Location: San Francisco CA (TCBC)

Languages: Proficient reading, writing and speaking Spanish  a plus

Saft America is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or protected Veteran status. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact us by email at reasonableaccomodation@saftbatteries.com and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information

• Project coordination with specific follow up on:
• Quality (product compliant with requirements)
• Cost (RC & NRC) control On time delivery
• Project management process, Saft's SOP"
• Lead project cross functional teams to accomplish the objectives of projects assigned. Responsible for organizing, coordinating preparations for, and effectively running phase gate reviews, and obtaining approval to proceed to the next phase, per Saft’s standard project management methodologies.
• Responsible for defining and producing all typical project documentation to expected quality levels – (e.g. project charter, detailed project plans, work plans, schedules, project estimates, resource plans, status reports, feasibility studies, risk/issue assessments, mitigation plans and statements of work).
• Ensure the development of high level functional requirements for the systems, services, constraints, and goals established from a functional perspective.
• Communicate to all stakeholders on a regular basis and effectively identify and escalate issues as appropriate.
• Drive the post mortem (lessons learned) for each project utilizing these lessons to continuously improve the PM processes.
• Support Sales and Marketing in the formulation and cost estimation of high level business opportunities (e.g., RFQ).
• Provide key information and ensure that during the project execution that the customer is properly informed and that changes in scope, timing, and / or cost are managed per Saft guidelines.

To successfully test Saft Jacksonville Energy Storage Systems and subsystems, including but not limited to, factory acceptance, qualification, validation, product development testing. Includes generation of test procedures and subsequent reports.

The Software Engineer provides the technical aspect of the system software design to ensure product design for the US market with respect to technical requirements, design quality, product and costs and according to Jax BE rules and building blocks.  The incumbent provides expertise in software design and analysis, support of technical issues, and review of designs and documentation.  The incumbent’s broad background and technical depth in software design and analysis provide highly skilled problems solving and design leadership.  The incumbent also ensures the technical support for pre-project discussions and quotations.

Technical support of sales force on energy storage projects, including integration of Li-ion solutions with the power electronics/renewable energy package.

The Senior Program Manager coordinates the activities of development, realization of the prototypes, and validation; until the certification of the product and the approved transmission of the design files to the product line that will manufacture them.  The incumbent ensures the follow-up of the project in terms of Quality, Costs, and On-Time Delivery.

The Senior Mechanical Engineer provides design and development in areas such as mechanical, thermal, and electromechanical systems for production of Lithium-Ion battery systems.  Also, supports the development and improvement of Saft products; by using the appropriate requirements management, standards, processes, procedures, and tools throughout the product development cycle.  The Senior Mechanical Engineer Provides structural analysis and thermal analysis of battery systems and components.  Also, leads other engineers with design for manufacturability (DFM) and design for cost (DFC) to ensure that the design of components and systems are optimized for manufacturing and assembly. Leads technical tasks for small to medium projects.  Performs tolerance stacks and apply GD&T to drawings.  Participates in DFMEA’s and provides input to PFMEEA’s and creation of test plans.  Provides Engineering support to manufacturing and operations and contributes to technical proposals.