Senior Engineering Manager

Enercon Services, Inc.; Oak Ridge (TN); On-site; USD 160,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

ENERCON is seeking a Senior Engineering Manager in Oak Ridge, TN to lead a multidisciplinary engineering team focused on technical excellence, client success, and staff development. The role requires PE licensure, 10+ years of design experience, and DOE familiarity, with travel to client sites up to 25%.

The position involves overseeing large-scale projects from concept to completion, ensuring schedule, budget, and quality, and maintaining compliance with DOE and industry standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering required.
• Licensed Professional Engineer (PE) required.
• 10+ years of engineering design experience.
• Familiarity with DOE projects.
• Experience leading designs of commercial projects.
• Experience in project and people management.
• Strong technical expertise in one or more engineering disciplines.
• Excellent communication, technical writing, and leadership skills.
• U.S. Citizenship and ability to gain unescorted access to nuclear sites.
• Required to travel at least 25% of the time to client sites for project meetings, marketing meetings, conferences and to ENERCON regional offices.

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day leadership and mentorship to a multidisciplinary engineering team.
• Maintain and strengthen client relationships. Collaborate with Business Development to support proposals and win new work.
• Oversee major projects, ensuring quality, budget, and schedule alignment with the support of your engineering leadership team.
• Lead weekly team meetings to monitor progress and allocate resources.
• Lead and manage large-scale, multi-discipline engineering projects from concept through completion.
• Ensure project execution aligns with scope, schedule, budget, and quality expectations.
• Conduct regular project reviews and risk assessments to ensure proactive issue resolution and capturing lessons learned.
• Coordinate task assignments and resource allocation across teams to balance workload.
• Monitor project performance metrics and implement corrective actions as needed.
• Ensure compliance with internal processes, client requirements, and regulatory standards.
• Apply deep engineering knowledge to complex system and equipment designs.
• Ensure compliance with DOE requirements and industry standards.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Project management

DOE familiarity

Nuclear site access

Travel readiness

Engineering depth

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering

PE license

Job description

Overview

The ENERCON Federal Services team is seeking a Senior Engineering Manager to join the team and be located in Oak Ridge, TN. This is a key leadership role focused on technical excellence, team development, and client success.

Responsibilities

Imagine a day where you inspire a team to push boundaries, turning complex challenges into engineered solutions that matter. You lead with purpose, mentor with heart, and build trusted partnerships that shape the future. Every decision you make moves projects, people, and possibilities forward.

• Leadership & Staff Development: Provide day-to-day leadership and mentorship to a multidisciplinary engineering team. Conduct performance reviews, support career development, and promote a culture of growth. Recruit, hire, and onboard new team members. Identify and develop future leaders within the organization
• Client & Business Development: Maintain and strengthen client relationships. Collaborate with Business Development to support proposals and win new work. Contribute to development of proposals, including technical scopes and labor estimates
• Project & Task Management: Oversee major projects, ensuring quality, budget, and schedule alignment with the support of your engineering leadership team. Lead weekly team meetings to monitor progress and allocate resources. Lead and manage large-scale, multi-discipline engineering projects from concept through completion. Ensure project execution aligns with scope, schedule, budget, and quality expectations. Conduct regular project reviews and risk assessments to ensure proactive issue resolution and capturing lessons learned. Coordinate task assignments and resource allocation across teams to balance workload. Monitor project performance metrics and implement corrective actions as needed. Ensure compliance with internal processes, client requirements, and regulatory standards
• Technical Expertise: Apply deep engineering knowledge to complex system and equipment designs. Ensure compliance with DOE requirements and industry standards #LI-SH7

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering required
• Licensed Professional Engineer (PE) required
• 10+ years of engineering design experience
• Familiarity with DOE projects
• Experience leading designs of commercial projects
• Experience in project and people management
• Strong technical expertise in one or more engineering disciplines
• Excellent communication, technical writing, and leadership skills
• U.S. Citizenship and ability to gain unescorted access to nuclear sites
• Required to travel at least 25% of the time to client sites for project meetings, marketing meetings, conferences and to ENERCON regional offices

Compensation Range

USD $160,000.00 - USD $230,000.00 /Yr.

Additional Information

ENERCON Services, Inc. (ENERCON) is powered by people who make a difference. We offer rewarding careers in a culture built on excellence, innovation, and growth.

The compensation range listed is a good-faith estimate of the compensationexpected for this position at the time of posting. Actual compensation will be determined based on job-related skills, experience, geographic location, and internal equity.

Some positions may be performed remotely in one or more U.S. states. Compensation is aligned with applicable pay transparency requirements and reflects expected compensation at the time of posting.

Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. without current or future employer sponsorship. We ask all candidates this question to better understand work authorization and any potential sponsorship needs. Employment may be contingent upon passing pre-employment and random drug/alcohol screenings, background checks, and annual motor vehicle record reviews per company and client policies.

We are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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