[Remote] Manager, Project Engineering

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Eaton is seeking a Manager, Project Engineering to lead and direct Project Engineers supporting Field Project Managed orders across its Central Region. The role focuses on team leadership and development, technical and commercial issue escalation, customer and sales support, project-order process improvement, and workload coordination.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and development to Project Engineers supporting Project Managed orders across the assigned region
• Develop and motivate direct reports through goal setting, development plans, performance reviews and ongoing monitoring of performance
• Serve as escalation point of contact for technical and commercial issues
• Promote proactive technical project support through timely and accurate communications with internal partners (Product lines, Field Sales, and Project Managers) and external customers relative to pricing and application support, managing Bill of Material and configuration changes, and providing documentation packages
• Actively promote the Project Management Organization capabilities to customers, distributors, and sales
• Communicate product line changes which impact order management processes
• Identify process improvements and facilitate the documentation, communication and training on revised processes and procedures
• Utilize tools (Vista/SAP, Power BI, BidManager, Microsoft Office, Salesforce/PM Hub) and other available resources to identify and resolve issues on project orders consisting of Built-To-Order, Assembled-To-Order, and Engineered-To-Order equipment as well as insuring workload balance across team
• Develop strong working relationships with Field Sales Management, the Project Management Leadership Team, key customers within the supported region, and division management
• Coordinate with the Technical Services Team to support efforts to drive continuous improvements in the documentation and configuration support processes
• Perform all other duties as required by the Manager, Project Engineering

Skills

• * Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution
• * Minimum 5 years of sales, customer service and/or project management/project engineering experience
• * Possess and maintain a valid and unrestricted driver's license
• * Relocation is not available. Candidates must currently reside within Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan, Indiana, Kansas,or Ohio to be considered
• * Eaton will not consider applicants for employment immigration sponsorship or support for this position. This means that Eaton will not support any CPT, OPT, or STEM OPT plans, F-1 to H-1B, H-1B cap registration, O-1, E-3, TN status, I-485 job portability, etc
• * Strong application knowledge of Electrical Power Engineered Products (power distribution)
• * Prior leader of people experience
• * Proficiency in Eaton proprietary tools and applications (Vista/SAP, Bid Manager, PM Hub)
• * Leadership skills
• * Storng customer focus and interpersonal skills (written and verbal communication)
• * Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with customers and Eaton personnel at all management and professional levels
• * Proficient in creative problem solving, conflict resolution and managing priorities
• * Exceptional organizational and project management skills
• * Demonstrated proficiency in key proprietary tools (Vista, Bid Manager, Project Management Calculator) as well as Microsoft office applications
• * Market and customer knowledge and a solid understanding of the sales process and management of project orders
• * Up to 25% Travel
• * Bachelor's degree in Engineering from an accredited institution
• * PMP Certification from the Project Management Institute

Benefits

• Remote role supporting the Central Region.
• Health and Welfare benefits
• Retirement benefits
• Paid and unpaid time away from work

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