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Team Leader - Power Systems Automation

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Location: Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA Southfield, Oakland County, Michigan, USA North Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas, USA San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas, USA Appleton, Outagamie County, Wisconsin, USA Urbandale, Polk County, Iowa, USA Lenexa, Johnson County, Kansas, USA Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, USA El Paso, El Paso County, Texas, USA Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, USA Grapevine, Tarrant County, Texas, USA Fenton, Saint Louis County, Missouri, USA Menomonee Falls, Waukesha County, Wisconsin, USA Westerville, Franklin County, Ohio, USA Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas, USA Parma, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA Glendale Heights, DuPage County, Illinois, USA Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, USA Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, USA Comstock Park, Alpine Township, Kent County, Michigan, 49321, USA Chanhassen, Carver County, Minnesota, USA West Chester, Butler County, Ohio, 45069, USA Posted: Mar 23, 2022

Job Description

Eaton’s Electrical Engineering Services & Systems is currently seeking a Technical Program Manager to join our team. This position will be based at any of the locations listed.

Eaton's Electrical Services & Systems team offers a comprehensive portfolio of services tailored for every stage of a power system’s life cycle—whether it’s design, build, or support. Our services integrate and optimize the elements of a power system to make sure it’s aligned with business goals. We can help keep your power system safe, efficient, reliable, and up-to-date.

Position Overview:

The Power Systems Automation (PSA) group is a full-service systems integrator with the capabilities to integrate the necessary equipment and technologies, to provide a complete, power automation solution. This team of engineers and technicians brings extensive skills and experiences with a variety of leading HMI software packages enabling us to design graphically rich, easy-to-use operator interfaces that take advantage of the latest standalone or web-based technologies. Our experience transcends a multitude of equipment manufacturers, software packages, and network architectures, including all major OEMs HMI, PLCs, and components. We offer single point responsibility, a high level of engineering and systems integration expertise, and a unified focus on cost effective solutions, seamless integration, HMI development, energy management tools, and professional turnkey system design and implementation.

The PSA organization offers opportunities to specialize as a PSA Field Service Representative in a variety levels representing increased scope and responsibility within the organization. The primary purpose of this position is to provide leadership and field service systems integration engineering and technical consultation for customers in the areas of system design, programming, installation, start-up, maintenance, repair, training and modification of power management systems.

In this function you will:

  • Act as sales and marketing agent in conjunction with sales engineers to help drive sales in the consulting and engineering business. Identify and develop prospective new customers. Keep current on the trends and significant issues in the local marketplace providing direction for the strategic planning process. Maintain effective relationships with and service to customers.
  • Provide input to profit plan and monthly forecasts with accuracy so that the operation meets these numbers on a monthly (and even daily) basis. Responsible for efficient execution of projects, ability to execute to sales quotes, cost control, leveraging subcontractors, inventory management, and turn of backlog and projects
  • Assure an effective and skilled staff through recruiting, assessment of talent (find gaps and follow action plans to fill gaps), training & development, goal setting, communications, performance appraisal, and conformance to applicable company policies. Provide leadership and direction to ensure professional growth for employees and retention within the operation.
  • Act as a technical mentor and back up for engineering personnel. Provide front line support for engineering staff on technical questions, sales and negotiation questions, project management matters, and commercial issues.
  • Assure the safety of employees who work in low, medium, and high voltage work environments. Ensures strict compliance with safety policies, trains and implements safety programs, ensures safety equipment resources are available and properly tested, and acts as a safety liason with customers.
  • Effectively manages diverse and dispersed field based workforce in assigned geographic territory, which includes multiple office locations. Demonstrates good corporate citizenship. Assures the security and effective allocation of company resources and assets.
  • Key interface with customers, district operations, general sales force, manufacturing plants, product division management, and functional support staff.
  • Handles escalation procedures in accordance with our 24/7 service business. Makes sound business decisions on the fly when support functions are unavailable.

When we embrace the different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds that make each of us unique, we — as individuals and as a company — are stronger

Qualifications

Required (Basic) Qualifications:

  • Bachelor degree in electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, engineering technology, computer science, or business management from an accredited college or university.
  • Minimum of five years of experience working in a service or engineering business.
  • Must be able to work in the United States without company sponsorship.
  • Must reside within a 50-mile radius of the work locations listed on this posting as no relocation is being offered.

Preferred qualifications:

  • Advanced degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering from an accredited institution
  • Experience with designing products for Potentially Explosive Atmospheres
  • Experience in design for harsh and hazardous environments.
  • Experience in control systems, sensors, wireless connectivity, SW/FW/HW design and development

Position Criteria:

  • Successfully complete and maintain complaince with Eaton's safety programs and policies.
  • Possess and maintain a valid and unrestricted drivers licence.
  • Knowledge of power distribution, HMI and power monitoring software programs.
  • Demonstrated ability to develop and maintain customer relationships and resolve complaints.
  • Demonstrated ability to lead people and understanding of a fiscal entity.
  • Ability to communicate effectively and equally well with senior corporate executives, engineers and technicians.
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication/presentation skills
  • Broad understanding of marketing and business planning
  • Strong analytical skills
  • Practical understanding of accounting principles and P&L
  • Practical understanding of demand flow production concepts
  • Broad understanding of market channel relationships and processes
  • Basic understanding of product applications and customer needs

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What you will get from us

Eaton’s mission is to improve the quality of life and the environment through the use of power management technologies and services. We provide sustainable solutions that help our customers effectively manage electrical, hydraulic and mechanical power – more safely, more efficiently and more reliably. Making what matters work at Eaton takes the passion of every employee around the world. We create an environment where creativity, invention and discovery become reality, each day. It’s where bold, bright professionals like you can reach your full potential—and where you can help us reach ours. Eaton’s 2020 revenues were $17.9 billion, and we sell products to customers in more than 175 countries. We have approximately 85,000 employees.

We make work exciting, engaging and meaningful for our employees through our dedication to tackling some of the toughest power management challenges on the planet and by never losing sight of what matters. Our culture is built on a strong commitment to practicing our core values and supporting our employees with the tools they need to succeed. We pledge to always foster a diverse and inclusive environment, including inclusion resource groups that bring together employees who share a common purpose, interest or background. In the past year, our company has received top employment recognition by the Human Rights Campaign and almost fifty percent of our Board of Directors represented diverse groups. When we embrace the different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds that make each of us unique, we — as individuals and as a company — are stronger.

We have demonstrated our passion for sustainability with the recent announcement of cutting carbon emissions from the company’s operations by at least 50 percent by 2030. We are ethical, passionate, accountable, efficient, transparent and committed to learning. We are confident we can deliver on our promise to improve the quality of life and the environment because of the attributes that our employees embody.

We are committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all job applicants and employees. Employment decisions are based upon job-related reasons regardless of an applicant's race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, marital status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other status protected by law.

Job: Engineering

Region: North America – US/Puerto Rico
Organization: ESSG EESSD Electrical Engrg Svcs Systems Div

Job Level: Manager
Schedule: Full-time
Is remote work (i.e. working from home or another Eaton facility) allowed for this position?: Yes
Does this position offer relocation?: No
Travel: Yes, 25 % of the Time

About Eaton

EATON is a diversified power management company for electrical, hydraulic, and mechanical applications.

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