Engineering Manager ETO - MVA & MCC

What you'll do:

Engineering Operations Leadership

• Lead a multi-disciplinary organization of engineers, designers, technical leads, and specialists supporting ETO, COE, COD, wiring diagrams, application engineering, and manufacturing support for MVA and LV MCC.

• Own engineering execution from customer specification and order configuration through drawings, bills of material, customer approval, manufacturing release, as-built updates, and engineering-change closure.

Product-Line and Technical Leadership

• Serve as the technical and organizational leader for Medium Voltage Assembly and Low Voltage Motor Control Center engineering; ensure leaders and teams understand product architecture, application boundaries, design rules, configuration logic, manufacturing constraints, and test requirements.

• For MVA, guide engineering for metal-clad and arc-resistant switchgear applications, including 5/15 kV, 27 kV, and 38 kV classes; indoor and outdoor lineups; main, feeder, tie, transition, auxiliary, metering, and protection sections; and IGX and other supported MVA/MVS configurations.

Engineering Systems, Digital Thread, and Continuous Improvement

• Lead adoption and governance of BidManager, AutoCAD and AutoCAD Electrical, EPLAN, Inventor, ENOVIA/3DX, Design Automation, MAPICS/AS400, Product Order Management tools, and related engineering systems used by the product lines.

• Advance reusable product definitions, standardized 3D models, integrated engineering and manufacturing bills of material, configuration rules, automated drawing and wiring outputs, and a connected digital thread.

Business, Plant, and Cross-Functional Leadership

• Partner with global product engineering, Greenwood and Fayetteville plant engineering and operations, Sales, Project Management, Supply Chain, Quality, Manufacturing, IT, and Customer Support to align priorities and execute customer orders.

• Translate business growth, product strategy, plant capacity, and customer requirements into engineering capability, staffing, training, succession, and investment plans.

Talent and Organizational Development

• Coach and develop engineering managers, team leaders, senior engineers, and technical specialists; build succession plans and clear technical and leadership career paths.

• Establish product-line competency matrices and structured development plans covering MVA and MCC fundamentals, ETO execution, tools, standards, manufacturing processes, and quality practices.

Qualifications:

• Bachelors/Masters in Electrical engineering or equivalent
• 15+ years of engineering experience in power distribution, switchgear, motor control, or related electromechanical products, with substantial experience in Engineer-to-Order, Customer Order Engineering, Customer Order Design, Application Engineering, or Requisition Engineering. Minimum 5 years of people-leadership experience leading multi-disciplinary electrical and mechanical engineering teams; experience leading leaders or multiple product-line teams is preferred.

Today, the world runs on critical infrastructure and technology. Planes. Hospitals. Factories. Data centers. Vehicles. The electrical grid. These are things people depend on every day. And the companies behind them depend on us to help solve some of the toughest power management challenges on the planet. At Eaton, we’re dedicated to improving people’s lives and the environment with power management technologies that are more reliable, efficient, safe and sustainable. Making it work takes the passion and creativity of every employee around the world. Discover the career opportunities waiting for you.