Electrical & Controls Engineering Leader

Federal MFG LLC.; Greenville (SC); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision

Life Insurance

Paid Time Off

Retirement Plan with company match

Job summary

ProMach in Greenville, SC seeks an Electrical & Controls Engineering Manager to lead a multi-disciplinary team responsible for design, manufacture, and implementation of cellular and turnkey packaging systems. The role sits on the leadership team and reports to the VP/GM.

In this position you will drive engineering activities, lean improvements, and cross-functional collaboration—balancing technical excellence with team development and project execution across domestic and international sites.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in an engineering or technical field or substantial applicable experience in lieu of degree.
• 10+ years of experience combined in facility and equipment maintenance and/or electrical/controls engineering, 5 years minimum in a leadership function.
• Experience supervising a multi-disciplined team – electrical and controls.
• Effective change management, problem solving, and communication skills (both oral and written).
• Proficient with manufacturing processes, techniques, and practices.
• Experience reading mechanical prints and electrical schematics.
• Able to define a problem, gather data to draw conclusions and develop appropriate plans to address.
• Excellent time management, organizational, and prioritization abilities.
• Relevant experience working with a Manufacturing Resource Planning (MRP) system.
• Proficient in business software (MS Office or similar).
• Ability to travel domestically and internationally approximately 5-20% of time; international customers will require off-normal hour interface.

Responsibilities

• Manage all engineering activities within a department including resource loading; innovation; design; standards; procedures; and product development, implementation, and testing.
• Lead the department in employing a culture of sustained lean/continuous improvement practices.
• Work collaboratively with fellow department managers to communicate and to solve joint challenges.
• Maintain staff job results by training, coaching, counseling, and disciplining employees; promoting positive employee relations; planning, monitoring, and appraising performance results.
• Develop and communicate individual growth paths for direct reports.
• Lead recruiting and hiring of direct reports.
• Work with senior leadership to develop both short-term and long-term business goals/objectives. Lead department direct reports to participate and support achieving the goals/objectives.
• Manage and communicate project labor/material WIP and forecasting costs.
• Provide guidance and support to the commercial applications and sales departments on potential orders.
• Define, develop, and implement project execution processes that employ repeatable systems for consistency in excellence.
• Generate and oversee risk analysis as they apply to controls systems and implement plans to mitigate the customer’s and the company’s exposure.
• Develop and drive key performance indicators to the highest standards of performance in safety, quality, delivery and cost.
• Remain abreast of new and legacy industry standards, controls component migration, and national/local electrical codes. Ensure direct reports comply with current standards and codes.
• When labor demands exceed department capacity, periodically support direct reports by assuming responsibilities in controls system design, programming, field commissioning, and field start-up.
• Visit job sites to support direct reports in the field.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic thinking

Communication skills

Problem solving

Lean/CI culture

Schematic reading

MRP experience

MS Office

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Tools

Electrical schematics

Electrical/controls software

MRP system

Job description

ProMach in Greenville, SC seeks an Electrical & Controls Engineering Manager to lead a multi-disciplinary team responsible for design, manufacture, and implementation of cellular and turnkey packaging systems. The role sits on the leadership team and reports to the VP/GM.

In this position you will drive engineering activities, lean improvements, and cross-functional collaboration—balancing technical excellence with team development and project execution across domestic and international sites.