Sr Engineering Manager, Non-Standard Enclosures

nVent • Anoka, MN

16d • $123,500 - $229,500 • Hybrid

About The Position

We’re looking for people who put their innovation to work to advance our success – and their own. Join an organization that ensures a more secure world through connecting and protecting our customers with inventive electrical solutions.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in an engineering-related area; Mechanical
• 15+ years of proven ability with 10+ years of leadership experience
• Proven experience in custom engineering design, process improvement, or technical program leadership.
• Solid understanding of engineering development processes, documentation practices, and product lifecycle management.
• Strong interpersonal and planning skills coupled with an agile mentality
• Highly organized and analytical using data to drive behaviors, decisions and strategies
• Exceptional communication, facilitation, and stakeholder‑management capabilities.

Nice To Haves

• Advanced degree in Engineering, Business, or related field.
• Experience with transformation initiatives or enterprise engineering systems.
• Background in manufacturing, product development, or industrial engineering environments.

Responsibilities

• Leading a multi-site North American Custom Enclosure Engineering team
• Leading and prioritizing engineering resources and initiatives in collaboration with other functions to meet customer and business demands.
• Serve as a member of the Enclosure Engineering leadership team by helping to develop and deploy the engineering strategy, resource management and engineering initiatives
• Collaborating with multiple functions in the Engineered To Order (ETO) process ensuring process rigor, velocity and flexibility to ensure business results are met.
• Providing technical leadership and guidance aligned to long-term product architecture and business goals while balancing short-term custom design execution
• Developing an engineering talent pipeline, influencing recruitment and retention to support growth
• Leading, coaching and mentoring engineering people leaders, engineers and designers
• Be responsible for the Engineering and Design of Custom Enclosures
• Direct and mentor a team of people leaders, Engineers and Designers related to custom Enclosure designs
• Balance short-term execution with long term scalability
• Drives cross-team collaboration and process improvements supporting our product and manufacturing capabilities and targets
• Continuously develops, champions and participates in a continuous improvement environment and drives team-wide efficiency
• Analyze trends, issues and KPIs driving engineering execution
• Supports critical internal/external customers and partnerships

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision plans along with flexible spending accounts, short-term and long-term disability benefits, critical illness, accident insurance and life insurance.
• A 401(k) retirement plan and an employee stock purchase plan — both include a company match.
• tuition reimbursement, caregiver, personal and parental leave, back-up care services, paid time off including volunteer time, a well-being program, and/or legal & identity theft protection.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior