Regional Operations Manager - Digital Integration Solutions

Eaton; Raleigh (NC); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Eaton in Raleigh area seeks a Regional Operations Manager for Digital Integrations Solutions. The role focuses on operational excellence, profitable growth, and safe, high-quality project execution across the Southeast with 25% travel.

A Bachelor's degree and 7+ years in electrical industries are required, plus 3+ years leading teams. Salary ranges from $130,000 to $190,000 with a variable incentive program.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution.
• 7+ years of experience in the electrical industry.
• 3+ years leading teams or business operations.
• No immigration sponsorship for CPT/OPT/H1B etc.
• No relocation benefit; within a 50-mile radius.
• Active-Duty Military candidates exempt from area limit.

Responsibilities

• Lead growth strategy across digital solutions, engineering services, automation, and recurring offerings.
• Develop profit plans, forecasts, and business strategies based on trends.
• Partner with sales to identify opportunities and align capacity with growth.
• Drive financial and operational performance across projects, backlog, margins.
• Ensure project execution meets quotes, contracts, safety, and profitability.
• Recruit, develop, engage, and retain a skilled workforce.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic planning

Financial performance

Project management

Cross-functional teams

Education

Bachelor's degree

MBA or related master's

Master’s degree in Electrical Eng / CS / Engineering Management

Job description

As a Regional Operations Manager for Digital Integrations Solutions, you will play a critical leadership role in driving the success and growth of our business. You will be responsible for delivering operational excellence, accelerating profitable growth, enhancing customer satisfaction, and ensuring safe, high-quality project execution. You'll focus on developing talent, improving utilization and project performance, and deliver consistent business results across the Southeast region. This is a hybrid role with 25% anticipated travel.

The expected annual salary range for this role is $130000 - $190000 a year. This position is also eligible for a variable incentive program.

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.

What You’ll Do

• Lead DIS growth strategy across digital solutions, engineering services, automation, and recurring service offerings.
• Develop profit plans, forecasts, and business strategies based on market, customer, and technology trends.
• Partner with sales teams to identify opportunities, support customer engagement, develop proposals, and align operational capacity with regional growth objectives.
• Drive financial and operational performance across projects, backlog, utilization, margins, inventory, and subcontractors.
• Ensure project execution meets quotation, contract, customer, safety, and profitability expectations.
• Recruit, develop, engage, and retain a skilled technical and leadership workforce.
• Champion a zero-incident safety culture and ensure compliance with Eaton, customer, and regulatory EHS requirements

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree required from an accredited institution.
• Minimum of 7 years of experience working in the electrical industry.
• Minimum 3 years leading teams or business operations
• 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 H1B, H1-B cap registration, O-1, E-3, TN status, I-485 job portability, etc.
• No relocation benefit is being offered for this position. Only candidates within a 50-mile radius of the locations listed on the job posting will be considered. Active-Duty Military Service member candidates are exempt from the geographical area limitation.

Preferred Qualifications

• MBA, Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Engineering Management, or related technical/business discipline.
• Professional Engineer license, equivalent technical certification, or advanced industry certification.
• Experience managing a technical service, systems integration, engineering services, or field operations business with P&L responsibility.
• Experience leading geographically dispersed technical teams, people leaders, project managers, and field-based employees.
• Experience with power systems automation, digitalization, cybersecurity, recurring service offerings, energy management, or advanced power monitoring solutions.
• General Contractor’s License, Electrical Contractor’s License, or comparable credentials relevant to field service execution.

Position Criteria

• Knowledge of power distribution, power management, automation, HMI, PLCs, monitoring software, and digital solutions.
• Ability to lead business growth, customer development, sales strategy, forecasting, and market planning.
• Experience managing financial and operational results, including profit planning, utilization, backlog, margins, and project execution.
• Ability to lead and develop technical professionals, project leaders, and people leaders across multiple locations.
• Strong communication skills with customers, leaders, sales, engineering, technicians, contractors, and cross-functional teams.
• Strong customer relationship, negotiation, escalation management, service recovery, and decision‑making skills.
• Working knowledge of EHS requirements, field safety practices, risk mitigation, audits, and electrical work environments.
• Ability to drive continuous improvement, standardization, technical development, process discipline, and organizational effectiveness.

All positions may require participation in video and in‑person interviews as part of the hiring process. All candidates will be evaluated based on job‑related competencies, and all candidates’ privacy rights and data security will be protected in accordance with applicable laws.

We are committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all job applicants and employees. Employment decisions are based upon job‑related reasons regardless of an applicant's race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, marital status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other status protected by law.

Eaton believes in second chance employment. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction history will be considered regardless of their arrest or conviction history, consistent with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, the California Fair Chance Act and other local laws.

You do not need to disclose your conviction history or participate in a background check until a conditional job offer is made to you. After making a conditional offer and running a background check, if Eaton is concerned about conviction that is directly related to the job, you will be given the chance to explain the circumstances surrounding the conviction, provide mitigating evidence, or challenge the accuracy of the background report.

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We know that good benefit programs are important to employees and their families. Eaton provides various Health and Welfare benefits as well as Retirement benefits, and several programs that provide for paid and unpaid time away from work. Please note that specific programs and options available to an employee may depend on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.