Job Summary:The Director, Engineering - IT Cooling, is responsible for the leadership, capability, capacity, and technical excellence of the North American engineering organization supporting Cool IT's IT Cooling product portfolio. This role develops and leads a high-performing team while establishing the engineering standards, processes, and technical direction required to deliver cutting-edge, high-quality liquid cooling solutions and support the company's long-term growth strategy.What's In It For YouVacation and flex days, and paid company-wide shutdown during the holiday season.Comprehensive benefits including Dental, Drugs, Optical, Paramedical, and Health Spending. These costs are covered by Cool IT and are enacted from your first day.Dress for your day - in a casual yet professional environment.Retention rewards like The Big Coffee Break that reward tenure with additional vacation time and a monetary bonus.Company-funded RRSP contributions to support your long-term financial goals.What You Will DoLead the North American IT Cooling engineering organization responsible for the design of cold plates, cold plate loops, manifolds, and related cooling technologies.Provide functional leadership to engineering managers and technical leaders, ensuring organizational effectiveness and technical excellence.Own engineering resource forecasting, and organizational scaling to support business objectives.Develop, coach, and retain a high-performing engineering team through talent management, performance development, and succession planning.Establish and continuously improve engineering standards, processes, tools,



and best practices across the IT Cooling discipline.Partner with the Principal Engineer and the Advanced Technology Group to define technology roadmaps, innovation strategies, and long-term technical direction.Oversee the work of the Technical Solutions Group that is responsible for Technology Development and internal subject matter expert consultancy.Ensure robust technical governance through design reviews, risk management, validation activities, and engineering quality processes.Collaborate with Product Management, Program Management, Manufacturing, Quality, Supply Chain, and Customer Focus Teams to achieve business objectives.Represent the engineering organization in customer engagements, executive reviews, strategic planning, and key technical escalations.Represent Cool IT at industry events by participating in speaking engagement and panel discussions.Participate in corporate strategic planning and yearly budget development. Manage the budget for the department.Drive continuous improvement in engineering productivity, capability development, product quality, and organizational performance.Location and TravelBased in Calgary, ABUp to 20% internationalMinimum QualificationsBachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related engineering discipline.12+ years of engineering experience in product development, thermal management, liquid cooling, or related industries.5+ years of experience leading engineering managers, technical leaders, or multidisciplinary engineering organizations.Strong understanding of cold plate technologies, liquid cooling systems, thermal management, heat

📌 Director, Engineering (It Cooling, North America) (Calgary)
🏢 Ecolab
📍 Calgary