Senior Electrical Engineering Manager

About the role

Henderson is seeking a Senior Electrical Engineering Manager to join our business line servicing one of our oldest and largest clients. The ideal candidate will lead a team of engineers, drive technical excellence, and support the professional growth of their staff.

Responsibilities

• Leads the coaching culture across a team of technical staff through goal setting and alignment with organizational goals, measuring progress, and ensuring succession planning, leadership development, and technical mentorship are scalable within the sector.
• Builds strong leadership teams and supports engagement across multiple levels within a sector.
• Oversees performance management processes for their staff, sets expectations for Engineering Managers, monitors sector-wide performance trends, and adjusts plans with business workload.
• Proactively collaborates with sector leadership on business planning, team capacity, forecasted needs, and cross-sector alignment to ensure an effective staffing strategy.
• Cultivates psychological safety and inclusion and leads through trust and high-impact relationships.
• Ensures discipline-specific communication reaches the sector and translates strategy into clear expectations for Engineering Managers and their teams.
• Acts as a career coach, providing performance feedback and guidance on skills progression and career development, particularly for engineers advancing to more senior roles.
• Practices effective employee relations and personnel management for the discipline.
• Provides technical guidance, leveraging engineering judgement to solve complex challenges.
• Manages the application of quality strategies for the discipline and ensures quality standards are met.
• Drives the application of quality initiatives to enhance engineering processes, optimize production, and improve how we work.
• Champions a culture of continuous improvement, implementing best practices and adopting developing technologies to drive operational excellence.
• Serves as a consultant on interviews for technical production staff within the sector.
• Works closely with engineering leadership to ensure the team adheres to technical processes and standards.
• Supports technical problem solving where necessary.
• Manages employee performance and operational needs as necessary including performance evaluations, technical employee development, discipline, timesheets, etc.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in relevant field of engineering (e.g., mechanical, electrical, fire protection, or architectural) preferred.
• High School Diploma or General Education Degree (GED) required.
• Minimum 15 years of relevant progressive experience required.
• Expert knowledge and proficiency in engineering design, A&E industry, codes, design guides and standards relating to a broad range of practices, projects and/or program types required.
• Proficient knowledge and understanding of earned value, contracts and construction processes and methods required.
• Working knowledge of current and industry specific tools and software required, including BIM modeling, markup and annotation, workflow and task management applications.
• High emotional intelligence and ability to lead with empathy and clarity, navigate performance conversations constructively and support team members through challenge and change.
• Experience and comfortability with training others on systems and processes.
• Proven track record of developing high-performing teams, aligning them with organizational goals, and fostering cross-discipline collaboration.
• Proven track record of serving as a connector between teams, leadership and business functions, translating vision into action and culture into practice.
• Experience in championing the growth of others through mentorship, coaching and cultivating a pipeline of future leaders.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills with the ability to communicate with designers at all levels in a clear and concise manner.
• Effective critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
• Team oriented and willingness and ability to function in a highly collaborative environment, in group projects and leading less experienced designers.
• Ability to work independently as needed.
• Adapts to changing work environments, priorities and organizational needs.
• Ability to prioritize, execute and/or direct multiple tasks in a dynamic environment.
• Ability to give and receive constructive feedback and adjust to coaching.
• Must be a self-starter, proactive and willing to teach, manage and/or help others as needed.
• Must be trustworthy and capable of handling sensitive information.

Preferred Qualifications

• Professional Engineering (PE) license preferred.
• Additional certifications aligning with the relevant technical field (e.g., BEMP, CPD, CDP, NICET, RCDD, etc.) preferred.
• Sustainability certifications (e.g., CDP, LEED, WELL, etc.) preferred.
• Performance as an Engineer of Record (EOR) preferred.

Pay

Competitive salary and benefits package.

Schedule

Full-time position.