Electrical Engineering Manager
About The Position
S&S Worldwide, Inc. is seeking a full-time Electrical Engineering Manager to support its Engineering department. The role leads a small team of electrical engineers, controls engineers, designers, and drafters in designing, developing, and implementing electrical and control systems for amusement rides and devices. It provides technical leadership, project oversight, resource planning, and process improvement while ensuring compliance with industry standards, functional safety requirements, regulatory codes, project schedules, budgets, and company objectives. The manager is expected to remain technically proficient and actively involved in engineering work, dedicating a meaningful portion of time to hands-on engineering while leading and developing the team. The position provides guidance across design, manufacturing, testing, installation, and commissioning, and requires domestic and international travel of up to 25% as business and project needs require.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Controls Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
- At least 8 years of experience in electrical and controls system design, with progressive engineering leadership responsibilities.
- Experience managing technical teams and complex engineering projects.
- Strong knowledge of industrial control systems, PLCs, networking, instrumentation, and electrical power distribution.
- Experience developing electrical schematics, control panel designs, and technical documentation.
- Thorough understanding of electrical codes, standards, and safety requirements.
- Strong leadership, communication, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
- Ability and willingness to travel up to 25% of the time, including domestic and international travel as required by project and business needs.
Nice To Haves
- Experience in the amusement ride, theme park, industrial automation, or special machinery industries.
- Familiarity with ASTM F24 and EN 13814 amusement ride standards and applicable international amusement ride codes.
- Knowledge of functional safety standards and methodologies.
- Experience with UL508A panel design and manufacturing requirements.
- Professional Engineer (PE) license or ability to obtain licensure.
- Experience working with third-party review agencies and regulatory authorities.
Responsibilities
- Lead, mentor, and manage electrical engineers, controls engineers, designers, and drafters working on amusement rides and devices.
- Monitor team performance and productivity and improve them through mentoring, training, standardization, software tools, and process enhancements.
- Schedule workload and adjust priorities to meet project demands and the master engineering schedule.
- Foster continuous improvement, accountability, technical excellence, and collaboration.
- Assist the Engineering Director with departmental budgeting, resource planning, staffing, and workload forecasting.
- Participate directly in engineering and design activities, project deliverables, design reviews, engineering calculations, and problem resolution while balancing management responsibilities.
- Define and oversee electrical and control system design for new ride and attraction projects.
- Work with Project Engineers and the Engineering Director to establish project technical requirements, milestones, and deliverables.
- Ensure designs comply with applicable industry codes, standards, regulations, and company engineering practices.
- Implement standardized electrical architectures, design practices, and component selection to improve reliability, maintainability, and efficiency.
- Promote functional safety principles and safety-focused design methodologies throughout the engineering process.
- Maintain UL508A panel shop compliance with applicable codes, standards, and industry best practices.
- Facilitate development of functional specifications, ride safety analyses and documentation, I/O lists, electrical schematics, hardware designs and panel layouts, conduit and cable routing requirements, FAT procedures and checklists, installation and commissioning support documentation, ride programming, and SAT procedures and checklists.
- Collaborate with engineering management and company leadership to complete projects on schedule and in alignment with company goals.
- Provide technical guidance and oversight through design, manufacturing, testing, installation, and commissioning.
- Review and approve engineering deliverables through the Engineering Change Order (ECO) process.
- Support manufacturing, installation, and field operations with technical problem-solving and design guidance.
- Coordinate with third-party review agencies, inspectors, and certification bodies to facilitate design approval and compliance.
- Travel domestically and internationally as required for project design reviews, factory testing, installations, commissioning, customer meetings, regulatory reviews, and field troubleshooting.
- Provide on-site engineering leadership and technical support during manufacturing, installation, testing, and commissioning.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
