Electrical Design Engineering Manager

Industrial Electric Manufacturing•Jacksonville, FL

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About The Position

Industrial Electric Mfg. (IEM) is the largest independent full-line manufacturer of custom power distribution systems in North America. Founded more than 75 years ago in Fremont, California, IEM grew alongside Silicon Valley and today operates over 1.7 million square feet of manufacturing capacity. With $1B+ in annual sales and 10,000+ commissioned projects across technology, data centers, commercial, energy, utilities, healthcare, industrial, and infrastructure markets, IEM continues to deliver exceptional product quality, dependable service, and the flexibility to meet complex technical requirements at scale. Position Summary Responsible for the Electrical Design Engineering team based in Jacksonville, FL driving excellence in the development of custom electrical switchgear solutions. This role is responsible in bridging design and manufacturing, ensuring that engineering outputs—primarily dual-purpose customer submittal and production drawings—meet the needs of our local manufacturing facilities.

Requirements

Four year college degree in Electrical Engineering
At least 5 years of experience in design engineering related to switchgear, power generation equipment, custom control systems or similar
At least 2 years of experience in a leadership role providing mentorship to design engineers.
Leadership
Strong Technical Capability
Power engineering as it relates to LV and MV switchgear from 120V to 38kV
Design of custom control systems with automation elements within power products
Understanding NRTL certifications and UL listings
Functional testing

Responsibilities

Drives continuous improvement culture, driving up quality of engineering and product deliverables
Assigns customer orders to engineering staff; works closely with engineers to ensure they are meeting deadlines and communicating delays.
Reviews drawings and BOM to be built at the local manufacturing facility to ensure they are complete, accurate and contain all necessary information.
Takes accountability for the performance of all design engineers. Instills and encourages a sense of personal and professional accountability in engineering staff.
Provides instruction, training, coaching and mentorship for design engineers.
Ensures engineers are following IEM processes and applying standard components/designs whenever possible.
Works with the director of engineering and local management to promptly address staff or process deficiencies.
Helps facilitate factory tours, witness tests, and technical meetings.
Supports high level testing of IEM products and systems in the local test facility
Routinely walks the factory floors at local plants to work with production teams and inspect equipment in progress. Follow up with necessary parties as needed.
Travel to customer sites or other IEM facilities occasionally for engineering surveys, training, engineering department meetings, technical project meetings, or other project related business. Travel should not exceed 15%.