Electrical Engineer Manager - ASU Americas

Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

401k Match

Paid Vacation

Parental Leave

Backup Care

Adoption Assistance

FSAs

Life Insurance

EAP

Job summary

Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. is seeking an Electrical Engineering Manager to lead the regional electrical engineering team, supporting proposals and projects across the Americas with 20% travel to customer sites.

Based at our Houston, TX office or Allentown, PA HQ, you will drive technical standards and collaborate across offices to deliver high‑impact solutions. The role emphasizes team leadership, budget oversight, and development of staff while ensuring delivery within time and quality

Qualifications

• Electrical power systems experience in process industries.
• Proven supervisory experience with budget responsibility.
• Experience developing staff and managing teams.
• Experience coordinating across offices/locations.
• Knowledge of large motors (1–10 MW) and HV equipment.
• Familiarity with power system analysis software (SKM Powertools, ETAP).
• Self-motivated with ability to drive results and accountability.

Responsibilities

• Reporting to the Global Electrical Engineering Manager and leading the regional electrical engineering team across proposals and projects in the Americas.
• Leading team recruitment and allocating resources to support projects.
• Staff development including goals, development plans, and mentoring.
• Providing supervision and technical input to meet time/quality constraints.
• Contributing to development of electrical design standards.
• Liaising with suppliers and partners to support projects.
• Defining execution models for electrical scope and improving processes.

Skills

Leadership

Budget management

Staff development

Team supervision

Cross-office communication

Power systems knowledge

Large motors experience

Education

Electrical Engineering degree

Tools

SKM Powertools

ETAP

Job description

At Air Products, we reimagine what's possible. By tapping into the motivation of our people and our collective experience, we create the ideas and innovations that drive us forward. When we come together - where every voice is heard and everyone knows they belong and matter - we create solutions that launch people into space, support lifesaving care in hospitals, and enable the construction of groundbreaking, world scale production facilities.

Reimagine What's Possible

We are seeking a highly motivated Electrical Engineering Manager to be based at our Global headquarters in Allentown, PA or our Houston, TX office. If you can demonstrate team leadership and technical expertise, we'll offer you an outstanding opportunity to develop your career within the Air Separation Unit (ASU) organization, working across a wide range of technically ambitious projects. 20% travel to Air Products and customer sites.

What's In It for You:

At Air Products we foster a culture of inclusion where every voice is heard, and everyone feels they belong and matter. Additionally, we offer competitive pay and great benefits for our employees. Check-out some of our benefits below!

• Affordable Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance (day 1 of employment)
• 401k with 100% vested company core and match
• Paid Vacation, holidays + sick time
• Paid Parental leave (Up to 8 weeks for both parents)
• Backup Child and Adult Care benefit
• Adoption assistance
• Flexible spending accounts (medical, dependent daycare)
• Life Insurance (AD&D- Paid for by Air Products), Supplemental AD&D
• Legal Plan & Identity theft coverage
• EAP (Employee Assistance Program)
• Many more supplemental benefits available

Roles/Responsibilities:

• Reporting to the Global Electrical Engineering Manager and leading the regional electrical engineering team (consisting of both engineers and designers) across proposals and projects driven in the Americas region.
• Leading team recruitment and allocating suitable resources to support projects
• Staff development including setting of goals and objectives, development plans and support of their professional development
• Providing supervision and technical expertise to ensure delivery against time and quality constraints.
• Providing technical input to the ongoing development of Air Products electrical design standards
• Liaising with existing suppliers and outsourcing partners, seeking additional partners to give to AP and customer projects.
• Defining execution models for electrical engineering scope, supervising performance and developing improved processes where appropriate based on lessons learned.

Qualifications/Requirements:

• An Electrical Engineering degree with a demonstrated ability in invent of electrical power systems within the process invent industry.
• Proven experience in a supervisory position with budget responsibility.
• Experience in staff development (previous team managerial experience would be a plus).
• Experience communicating with a team with varied strengths across multiple offices and locations.
• Demonstrated understanding of large motors (induction and synchronous) in the range of 1-10MW. Experience with larger motors (10MW up) will be a plus.
• Experience in specification and procurement of low, medium and high voltage Switchgear, Power transformers and Power electronics (LCI's, VSD's and Thyristor Controllers).
• An ability to work with software packages for analysis of power systems (e.g. SKM Powertools or ETAP)
• Candidate must be self-motivated, able to drive results and accept a high degree of personal responsibility for results.

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Founded in 1940, Air Products is a world-leading industrial gases company and has a proud history of innovation, operational excellence, with an unwavering commitment to safety and environmental stewardship. Working together, we are taking our passion and diverse backgrounds forward to reimagine what's possible and generate a cleaner future for our customers, our communities, and the world.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer (U.S.).You will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, citizenship, gender, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, or veteran status.

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