Senior Engineering Supervisor

at nVent Management Company in Kewanee, Illinois, United States Job Description We're looking for people who put their innovation to work to advance our success - and their own. Join an organization that ensures a more secure world through connecting and protecting our customers with inventive electrical solutions.

WHAT YOU WILL EXPERIENCE IN THIS POSITION

As a Senior Engineering Supervisor at nVent Management Company, you will lead and mentor a team of diverse engineers and designers while staying actively involved as a project engineer. This position is essential for connecting engineering, project coordination, and production to deliver high-quality, timely results. You will act as a hands-on leader-offering technical guidance, clearing obstacles, and making sure internal teams stay aligned. Coordinate the daytoday operations of the engineering team, ensuring smooth workflow and timely project delivery by assigning work, balancing resources, and monitoring progress across multiple projects. Lead and support a blended team of onsite engineers and offshore contract engineers, ensuring alignment, accountability, and consistent engineering standards. Serve 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, mentor.

YOU HAVE

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 handson 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.

WE HAVE:

A dynamic global reach with diverse operations around the world that will stretch your abilities, provide plentiful career opportunities, and allow you to make an impact every day nVent is a leading global provider of electrical connection and protection solutions. We believe our inventive electrical solutions enable safer systems and ensure a more secure world. We design, manufacture, market, install and service high performance products and solutions that connect and protect some of the world's most sensitive equipment, buildings and critical processes. We offer a comprehensive range of systems protection and electrical connections solutions across industry-leading brands that are recognized globally for quality, reliability and innovation. Our principal office is in London and our management office in the United States is in Minneapolis. Our robust portfolio of leading electrical product brands dates back more than 100 years and includes nVent... For full info follow application link. At nVent, we are committed to equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by national, federal, state or local law. To view full details and how to apply, please login or create a Job Seeker account