Manager, Head of Electrical Systems (Datacenter/Mission Critical) Relocation Offered

Australia-Employment; Birmingham (AL); On-site; USD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobot is seeking a Senior Manager, Head of Electrical Systems to own the electrical strategy behind next-generation mission-critical infrastructure in Birmingham, AL. This on-site, permanent role offers relocation and leads a multidisciplinary team across design, manufacturing, and construction to deliver scalable, cost-effective electrical solutions.

The ideal candidate has extensive experience delivering mission-critical electrical infrastructure and bridges design, manufacturing,

Qualifications

• 12+ years in commercial/industrial electrical environments.
• Ownership of electrical systems from design through deployment.
• Experience leading electrical engineering, construction, manufacturing, or commissioning teams.

Responsibilities

• Own electrical system performance, deployment consistency, cost structure, and profitability across an assigned product line.
• Lead the development and continuous improvement of the electrical operating model.
• Manage and mentor a team of electrical engineering, manufacturing, construction, and project leadership professionals.
• Drive alignment between engineering intent, manufacturing execution, and field deployment activities.
• Influence electrical distribution architecture, grounding strategies, utility interfaces, switchgear design, UPS systems, generators, and commissioning approaches.
• Partner with engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, construction, and operational teams to improve product standardization and deployment efficiency.
• Support integration of electrical systems into repeatable manufacturing environments.
• Lead deployment and commissioning efforts during critical project execution phases.
• Establish feedback loops that convert field lessons learned into product improvements.

Skills

Electrical design

Project leadership

Team management

Electrical codes

Budgets & margins

Reading drawings

Cross-functional

Education

Professional Engineer (PE)

Master Electrician certification

Job description

Manager, Head of Electrical Systems (Datacenter/Mission Critical) Relocation Offered

$180000 - $230000 per year | Birmingham, AL | On-site | Permanent

Own the electrical strategy behind next-generation mission-critical infrastructure. Lead the team, influence product architecture, drive manufacturing integration, and shape how complex facilities are built and deployed at scale.

A bit about us:

We are transforming how complex facilities are designed, manufactured, and deployed by combining engineering, manufacturing, and construction into a repeatable product-driven model. Our focus is creating scalable, high-performance infrastructure solutions that improve quality, predictability, and speed of delivery across mission-critical environments.

Why join us?

• Own the electrical strategy for an entire product line
• Lead a multidisciplinary team spanning design, manufacturing, and construction
• Influence next-generation mission-critical infrastructure solutions
• Drive standardization, scalability, and operational excellence
• High visibility role with executive-level impact
• Opportunity to shape long-term product strategy and deployment methodology

Job Details

We are seeking a senior electrical systems leader to take ownership of the electrical scope within a rapidly growing product platform. This role combines engineering leadership, operational ownership, manufacturing integration, and deployment execution to ensure electrical systems are scalable, repeatable, cost-effective, and aligned with long-term product strategy.

The ideal candidate has extensive experience delivering mission-critical electrical infrastructure and understands how to bridge design, manufacturing, construction, commissioning, and operations into a standardized delivery model.

Responsibilities

• Own electrical system performance, deployment consistency, cost structure, and profitability across an assigned product line
• Lead the development and continuous improvement of the electrical operating model
• Manage and mentor a team of electrical engineering, manufacturing, construction, and project leadership professionals
• Drive alignment between engineering intent, manufacturing execution, and field deployment activities
• Influence electrical distribution architecture, grounding strategies, utility interfaces, switchgear design, UPS systems, generators, and commissioning approaches
• Partner with engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, construction, and operational teams to improve product standardization and deployment efficiency
• Support integration of electrical systems into repeatable manufacturing environments
• Lead deployment and commissioning efforts during critical project execution phases
• Establish feedback loops that convert field lessons learned into product improvements
• Improve scalability, predictability, profitability, and operational performance across the product line
• Support long-term product and electrical infrastructure strategy development

Required Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience within commercial, industrial, mission-critical, or high-reliability electrical environments
• Demonstrated ownership of electrical systems from design through deployment
• Experience leading electrical engineering, construction, manufacturing, or commissioning teams
• Strong knowledge of NEC, NFPA, grounding, bonding, and electrical distribution systems
• Experience with switchgear, generators, UPS systems, utility coordination, and commissioning activities
• Experience managing budgets, cost performance, margins, or large-scale financial responsibility
• Ability to evaluate electrical drawings, specifications, and one-line diagrams
• Strong leadership, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Data center experience
• Mission-critical facility experience
• Modular construction experience
• Prefabrication or manufacturing-based delivery experience
• Professional Engineer (PE)
• Master Electrician certification
• Experience scaling repeatable infrastructure products
• Experience reducing deployment variability and driving operational standardization

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