Electrical Department Manager

Department Electrical Manager – Cincinnati, OH

Location: Cincinnati, OH (Hybrid / On-site)
Department: Electrical Engineering
Reports To: Director of Engineering / Operations Leader
Job Type: Full Time, Exempt

About:
Full service engineering, procurement, and construction management (EPCm) solutions to industrial process manufacturers in sectors such as pulp & paper, chemical, CPG, F&B, power and heavy industrial markets. We are in significant growth mode, and this is an exciting time to join our business.

Position Overview:

As the Department Electrical Manager, you will lead our Electrical Engineering department in Cincinnati, overseeing the design, coordination, and delivery of electrical engineering projects from concept through execution. You will establish, maintain and grow department standards, supervise engineering staff, collaborate across disciplines, support business development, and ensure client satisfaction and project profitability.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage the day-to-day operations of the Electrical Engineering department, including engineers, designers, and support staff.

• Lead electrical engineering deliverables across industrial/EPCm projects: power distribution systems, switchgear, control systems, motor/panel design, grounding, arc-flash studies, and MV/LV systems.

• Coordinate with project managers, discipline leads (mechanical, structural, civil, instrumentation), vendors and clients to ensure on-time, on-budget, quality deliverables.

• Develop and maintain department standards, tools, best practices, workflows and quality control processes.

• Participate in staffing planning, resource allocation, department budgeting, and forecasting of man-hours and workflow.

• Mentor, train and develop engineering staff; serve as technical resource and escalate scope or design issues as needed.

• Engage in business development support: proposal development, estimating engineering hours, assist with electrical scope definition.

• Ensure compliance with applicable electrical codes and standards (NEC, ANSI, NEMA, NFPA) as well as client/industry expectations in heavy industrial/EPC settings.

• Provide technical leadership and review of electrical engineering outputs, drawings, specifications, one-lines, wiring diagrams, and vendor documentation.

• Support construction/commissioning by responding to design questions, reviewing submittals, performing field visits as necessary.

• Promote a safe, collaborative, entrepreneurial culture aligned with values of quality, innovation and client focus.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering or related discipline.

• 12+ years of electrical engineering experience in an industrial, heavy-industrial or EPC environment (power generation, process manufacturing, etc.).

• Minimum 5 years of leadership or department-level management experience of engineers/designers.

• Proven track record with multi-discipline industrial/EPC projects, ideally with large-scale capital equipment/systems in heavy manufacturing/processing.

• Strong technical knowledge of electrical systems: power distribution (MV/LV), grounding systems, arc-flash, one-line diagrams, relay coordination, panel/PLC design.

• Excellent leadership, organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills.

• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects and priorities, allocate resources, define scope, estimate hours, and meet budgets.

• Able to develop and enforce engineering standards, mentor staff, and maintain high quality deliverables.

• Willingness to travel to job sites occasionally (up to ~20-30%).

• Professional Engineer (PE) license preferred; otherwise, strong commitment to obtaining licensure.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in the pulp & paper, chemical, power generation, or heavy manufacturing industry.

• Experience with EPC or EPCm project delivery models.

• Familiarity with electrical design software (e.g., SKM, ETAP), AutoCAD/Revit and one-line/three-line diagram preparation.

• Exposure to business development processes: proposal writing, scope definition and client engagement.

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