Director of Engineering

Position Summary

We are seeking an experienced Senior Engineering Manager to lead a large, established engineering organization supporting our growing power distribution and switchgear business. This is an executive-level leadership opportunity for a proven engineering director who deeply understands the heavy electrical power distribution and switchgear environment. In this role, you will take total ownership of technical direction, talent development, project execution, budgets, and key customer relationships for a team of approximately 30 engineering professionals based out of our Addison, Illinois facility, while playing a foundational role in our broader nationwide expansion.
Key Responsibilities

• Organizational Leadership: Provide strategic leadership and technical direction for a team of roughly 30 engineers, designers, and technical specialists.
• Engineering Operations: Oversee all engineering activities involving heavy switchgear, power distribution equipment, and related engineered electrical systems.
• Team Development: Manage, mentor, and scale engineering personnel while establishing crystal-clear accountability, performance expectations, and professional growth pathways.
• Client & Commercial Engagement: Serve as the senior technical point of contact for external clients; communicate complex requirements, schedules, and engineering solutions at a high executive level.
• Cross-Functional Execution: Partner seamlessly with project management, sales, estimating, manufacturing, and operations to ensure flawless customer project delivery.
• Commercial Support: Participate actively in proposals, quoting, project scoping, and other customer-facing commercial activities.
• Resource & Financial Management: Own engineering budgets, project resources, work priorities, schedules, and overall operational deliverables.
• Growth & Scaling: Help build and strengthen the broader multi-site engineering leadership structure as the organization expands operations.

Qualifications & Requirements

• Experience: 15+ years of progressive engineering experience within switchgear, electrical power distribution, electrical equipment manufacturing, or a closely related heavy industrial sector.
• Management History: Minimum of 5 to 6+ years of successful engineering management experience, with a proven track record leading sizable technical organizations (experience managing teams of 30+ employees is highly desirable).
• Technical Background: Strong mechanical or electrical engineering background with deep, hands-on knowledge of heavy switchgear and power distribution equipment design and manufacturing.
• Commercial Acumen: Demonstrated history bridging technical engineering operations with customer-facing commercial environments.
• Leadership Profile: A well-rounded leader comfortable operating in a highly visible role with significant accountability across technical direction, manufacturing impact, and people management.

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