Project Engineering Manager, Hyperscale

Eaton Group; Raleigh (NC); Remote; USD 113,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Eaton’s ES AMER NAS division is seeking a Project Engineering Manager, Hyperscale. This role can be remote anywhere in the United States, with a preference for candidates near Eaton facilities.

The position leads a team of Project Engineers supporting hyperscale data center orders, balancing workloads, and ensuring efficient use of systems and processes. Travel up to 25% is anticipated.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Minimum 5 years of sales, customer service and/or project management/project engineering experience.
• Valid driver’s license; no sponsorship for immigration.
• No relocation; must reside in the United States.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and development to Project Engineers supporting Project Managed orders across the assigned region.
• Serve as escalation point of contact for technical and commercial issues.
• Promote proactive technical project support with internal partners (Product lines, Field Sales, and Project Managers) and external customers.
• Coordinate with Field Sales and Project Managers to manage pricing, BOM changes and documentation packages.
• Utilize Vista/SAP, Power BI, Bid Manager, PM Hub and Microsoft Office to resolve issues on orders (Built-To-Order, ATO, ETO).
• Identify process improvements and document revised procedures.

Skills

Leadership

Customer focus

Communication

Problem solving

Project management

Prioritization

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

PMP Certification

Tools

Vista/SAP

Bid Manager

PM Hub

Microsoft Office

Power BI

Job description

Eaton’s ES AMER NAS division is currently seeking a Project Engineering Manager, Hyperscale. This role can be remote anywhere in the United States, with a preference given to individuals living within a 50-mile radius of an Eaton facility.

What you’ll do:

The Project Engineering Manager will provide strategic leadership and direction to a team of Project Engineers supporting Field Project Managed orders for hyperscale data centers. This role is responsible for overseeing engineering resources to ensure workloads are effectively balanced, identifying and addressing training and development needs, and driving the consistent and efficient use of systems, tools, and processes. The Project Engineering Manager will play a key role in proactively supporting project execution and delivering exceptional outcomes for customers, Field Sales, and Project Managers within the hyperscale data center market.

In this function you will:

• Provide leadership and development to Project Engineers supporting Project Managed orders across the assigned region.
• Develop and motivate direct reports through goal setting, development plans, performance reviews and ongoing monitoring of performance.
• Serve as escalation point of contact for technical and commercial issues.
• Promote proactive technical project support through timely and accurate communications with internal partners (Product lines, Field Sales, and Project Managers) and external customers relative to pricing and application support, managing Bill of Material and configuration changes, and providing documentation packages.
• Actively promote the Project Management Organization capabilities to customers, distributors, and sales.
• Communicate product line changes which impact order management processes.
• Identify process improvements and facilitate the documentation, communication and training on revised processes and procedures.
• Utilize tools (Vista/SAP, Power BI, BidManager, Microsoft Office, Salesforce/PM Hub) and other available resources to identify and resolve issues on project orders consisting of Built-To-Order, Assembled-To-Order, and Engineered-To-Order equipment as well as insuring workload balance across team.
• Develop strong working relationships with Field Sales Management, the Project Management Leadership Team, key customers within the supported region, and division management.
• Coordinate with the Technical Services Team to support efforts to drive continuous improvements in the documentation and configuration support processes.
• Perform all other duties as required by the Manager, Project Engineering.

Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution required
• Minimum 5 years of sales, customer service and/or project management/project engineering experience
• Possess and maintain a valid and unrestricted driver’s license
• Eaton will not consider applicants for employment immigration sponsorship or support for this position. This means that Eaton will not support any CPT, OPT, or STEM OPT plans, F-1 to H-1B, H-1B cap registration, O-1, E-3, TN status, I-485 job portability, etc.
• No relocation is available. Candidates must currently reside in the United States to be considered.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering from an accredited institution
• PMP Certification from the Project Management Institute
• Strong application knowledge of Electrical Power Engineered Products (power distribution)
• Prior leader of people experience
• Proficiency in Eaton proprietary tools and applications (Vista/SAP, Bid Manager, PM Hub).

Position Criteria:

• Leadership skills.
• Strong customer focus and interpersonal skills (written and verbal communication).
• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with customers and Eaton personnel at all management and professional levels
• Proficient in creative problem solving, conflict resolution and managing priorities.
• Exceptional organizational and project management skills.
• Demonstrated proficiency in key proprietary tools (Vista, Bid Manager, Project Management Calculator) as well as Microsoft office applications.
• Market and customer knowledge and a solid understanding of the sales process and management of project orders.
• Up to 25% Travel

The expected annual salary range for this role is $113000 - $165000 a year.

Please note the salary information shown above is a general guideline only. Salaries are based upon candidate skills, experience, and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.

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The application window for this position is anticipated to close on 10/9/2026

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