Engineering Manager, PPA Field Technician Program Lead

Siemens; Wendell (NC); Hybrid; USD 106,000 - 181,000; Full time

Job summary

Siemens is seeking an Engineering Manager for the PPA Field Technician Development Program (FTDP) based in Wendell, NC, with a hybrid work model. You will build and develop a nationwide team of field technicians supporting FATs, SATs, and commissioning activities.

Lead curriculum development, qualifications, and readiness assessments while coordinating with engineering and project teams to align skills with program needs and client requirements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related field.
• 3+ years of experience in power systems, protection and automation, controls, commissioning, field service, or technical project execution.
• Protection relays, relay injection and functional testing, protection-curve verification, FATs, SATs, troubleshooting, and technical documentation.
• Experience leading, training, mentoring, or developing technical employees and field teams.
• Ability to work from the Wendell, North Carolina office at least two days per week and travel up to 25% domestically.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and manage FTDP participants from onboarding and technical training through field rotations, readiness assessments, program completion, and placement into field-service roles.
• Deploy technicians across the United States to support FATs, SATs, relay injection testing, protection-curve verification, functional testing, troubleshooting, commissioning support, and technical documentation.
• Provide technical guidance for protection and automation testing while connecting technicians with engineering subject-matter experts for equipment-design decisions and complex technical issues.
• Coordinate assignments, travel, overtime, tools, test equipment, software access, safety training, and customer-site requirements across competing project priorities.
• Partner with Engineering Managers, Project Managers, Power Academy, subject-matter experts, and field teams to align technician qualifications, capacity, and deployment with project needs.
• Develop and standardize technical curricula, hands-on learning, qualification matrices, checklists, test procedures, and documentation practices that improve safety, quality, and execution consistency.
• Monitor readiness, productivity, quality, and employee development; use field feedback, defects, rework, and lessons learned to improve training and field execution.

Skills

Power systems

Protection & automation

Controls

Field service

Leadership & training

Travel readiness

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering

Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering (preferred)

Job description

Siemens is seeking an Engineering Manager for the PPA Field Technician Development Program (FTDP) based in Wendell, NC, with a hybrid work model. You will build and develop a nationwide team of field technicians supporting FATs, SATs, and commissioning activities.

Lead curriculum development, qualifications, and readiness assessments while coordinating with engineering and project teams to align skills with program needs and client requirements.