Senior Engineering Supervisor

About the role

Join an organization that ensures a more secure world through connecting and protecting our customers with inventive electrical solutions. This position is essential for connecting engineering, project coordination, and production to deliver high-quality, timely results.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of diverse engineers and designers while staying actively involved as a project engineer.
• Carefully coordinate the day-to-day operations of the engineering team, ensuring smooth workflow and timely project delivery by assigning work, balancing resources, and monitoring progress across multiple projects.
• Act as a hands-on leader—offering technical guidance, clearing obstacles, and making sure internal teams stay aligned.
• Lead and support a blended team of onsite engineers and offshore contract engineers, ensuring alignment, accountability, and consistent engineering standards.
• Act as the technical lead on new and existing projects, delegating tasks, prioritizing resources, and resolving technical and scheduling roadblocks.
• Remain actively engaged as a working supervisor, contributing as a project engineer while mentoring, troubleshooting, and supporting the team as needed.
• Validate that engineering builds align with customer specifications, applicable codes, and internal standards; partner with Project Management or customers to clarify requirements when necessary.
• Review and approve builds for consistency, manufacturability, and functional performance.
• Lead build review meetings to communicate project scope, expectations, and technical direction.
• Interact with customers as needed on project specifications and updates, and relay changing requirements back to the engineering team.
• Act as a liaison between Engineering, Project Management, Production, Supply Chain, Sales, and other internal collaborators to ensure alignment in implementation.
• Capture feedback from manufacturing and production teams to drive development for manufacturability and assembly improvements.
• Participate in Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT) as required.
• Lead and implement continuous improvement (CI) initiatives passionate about efficiency, standardization, and timely delivery.
• Support potential R&D initiatives, customer-focused engineering updates, and build standardization efforts.
• Build a strong team culture that supports professional development, mentorship.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or equivalent engineering field required, preferred.
• 2+ years of experience in a technical team leadership or supervisory role preferred.
• 5+ years of engineering experience in electrical distribution, control, or automation systems preferred.
• Strong understanding of power distribution systems and related standards.
• Experience working in a manufacturing or industrial environment.
• Ability to remain hands-on while effectively delegating, following up on tasks, and meeting deadlines.
• Proven ability to adapt to changing priorities, redistribute work as needed, and lead teams through ambiguity.
• Strong ability to present technical information clearly to both internal and external collaborators.
• Experience with Creo, AutoCAD Electrical, PLC systems, and Oracle (or similar ERP's) preferred.

Qualifications

• Passionate about efficiency, standardization, and timely delivery.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Knowledge of relevant industry standards and regulations.

Skills

• Technical leadership and mentoring skills.
• Project management and coordination skills.
• Problem-solving and troubleshooting skills.
• Attention to detail and accuracy.
• Effective communication and collaboration skills.
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Strong analytical and decision-making skills.
• Experience with Creo, AutoCAD Electrical, PLC systems, and Oracle (or similar ERP's).

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision plans.
• Flexible spending accounts.
• Short-term and long-term disability benefits.
• Critical illness, accident insurance, and life insurance.
• A 401(k) retirement plan and an employee stock purchase plan.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Back-up care services.
• Paid time off including volunteer time.
• A well-being program.
• Legal & identity theft protection.

Pay

Pay Transparency: nVent’s pay scale is based on the expected range of base pay for this job and the employee’s work location. Employee pay within this range will be based on a combination of factors including knowledge, skills, abilities, experience, education, and performance. Where federal, state, or local minimum wage requirements exist, employee pay will comply. Compensation Range $76,000.00 - $141,100.00 Depending on the position offered, employee may be eligible for other forms of compensation, such as annual incentives.

Schedule

Full-time position.