Engineering Manager

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The Engineering Manager heads a team of engineers in Electrification Distribution Solutions, provide strategic direction, leadership, management, and coordination of the engineering function across the business. Drive the performance of the engineering function performance to ensure that all engineering activities meet the required safety, integrity, financial and contractual requirements. Initiate and drive continuous improvement activities across the function.

This position reports to

Local Product Group Manager

Your responsibilities

• Technical contribution: Leads engineering teams which are responsible for several products or sector areas and ensures delivery of a portfolio of projects on time, in full. Provides direction to the teams with a focus on safety, on time delivery, quality, and margin improvement
• Customer and sales: Build and maintains customer relationships, seeks feedback, and provides innovative solutions to meet customer requirements and deliver improvements. Provides engineering support during the bid phase, supports presentation of proposals to customers. Works with business development to target new opportunities. Presents new technology and innovation at conferences, client events
• Contract management: Oversees contractual work within one’s area of responsibility. Conducts regular progress reviews, identifies, and manages contractual risks
• Planning and control: Ensures that engineering teams are adequately resourced, developed, and equipped to meet business needs. Oversees planning and control process in the engineering teams Conducts regular reviews to ensure that the teams are delivering work according to the customer and ABB requirements
• Risk and opportunity management: Creates and implements plans to ensure that business risks are identified and managed, opportunities maximized Ensures that required systems are understood, developed, and correctly implemented
• Supply chain management: Collaborates with the Supply Chain function to ensure that correct suppliers services and equipment are available to support the engineering execution
• Technical leadership and development: Facilitate best practice sharing within the engineering team
• Processes and tools: Initiate and drive continuous improvement activities. Develops, implements, and improves relevant processes, policies, and procedures to improve effectiveness across the engineering function
• People leadership and development: Ensures (with HR support) that the area of responsibility is properly organized, staffed, skilled and directed. Guides, motivates, coaches, and develops employees reporting directly and indirectly, within HR policies

Your background

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or related field with minimum 7 or more years of Management experience with increasing responsibility and scope.
• Ability to read and interpret electrical diagrams and knowledge in power systems and protection-related matters.
• Must be familiar and have practical experience with CREO, SolidWorks, Windchill, MS Word, MS Excel, MS Project, PowerPoint, SAP, and other applicable software.
• 7 years of experience in an engineering or manufacturing environment is preferred.
• Experience in dealing with the cultural diversity of a global business environment.
• Strong interpersonal skills.
• Must be self-motivated with a high level of creativity.
• Complex problem-solving skills required.
• Strong conflict resolution skills required.
• Travel required approximately 10%.
• Candidates must already have a work authorization that would permit them to work for ABB in the US.

Benefits

• Retirement plan
• Life insurance
• Disability insurance
• Medical insurance
• Wellbeing program

More about us

ABB's Distribution Solutions Division provides utility, industrial and commercial customers with safe, smart and sustainable technologies for the distribution of electricity. With ABB AbilityTM enabled digital solutions at its core, our extensive portfolio includes distribution automation products, switching, limiting, measuring and sensing devices, switchgear, modular substation packages, and related services. We look forward to receiving your application. If you want to discover more about ABB, take another look at our website www.abb.com. Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action at ABB ABB is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and Affirmative Action Employer encouraging diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, creed, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, citizen status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, marital status, family medical leave status, or protected veterans status. For more information regarding your (EEO) rights as an applicant, please visit the following websites: http://www1.eeoc.gov/employers/upload/eeoc_self_print_poster.pdf http://www1.eeoc.gov/employers/poster.cfm. http://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/OFCCP_EEO_Supplement_Final_JRF_QA_508c.pdf As an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer, applicants may request to review the Affirmative Action Plan of a particular ABB facility between the hours of 9:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M. EST Monday through Friday by contacting an ABB HR Representative at 1-888-694-7762. Protected veterans and qualified individuals with a disability may request a reasonable accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to use or access ABB's career site as a result of your disability. You may request reasonable accommodations by calling an ABB HR Representative at 1-888-694-7762 or by sending an email to US-AskHR@abb.com. Resumes and applications will not be accepted in this manner. #LI-Hybrid