Engineering Manager

Basic Purpose

The Engineering Manager oversees and coordinates the daily operations of highly skilled engineering staff while ensuring that company objectives and goals are met. The Engineering Manager also assists end users, architects, engineers, contractors, and distributors with comprehensive technical support on the use of the company's product offerings in both new and retrofit data center applications. The Engineering Manager also provides guidance on the implementation of best practices to maximize energy efficiency and effectiveness.

Responsibilities

• Leads and coordinates various engineering functions and operations including quality assurance, testing, production, and research and development of new and existing product lines.
• Facilitates communication among clients/customers and engineers, ensuring specifications, budgets, and deadlines are clearly communicated and understood.
• Serves as project manager for multiple projects, creating timelines and cost projections, organizing collaborative meetings, and ensuring projects comply with specifications, timelines, and budgets.
• Establishes, implements, and maintains administrative policies, procedures, and standards.
• Negotiates contracts with outside vendors.
• Maintains knowledge of new trends, developments, technologies, materials, and best practices; applies this knowledge to continually improve product lines and production efficiency.
• Assists in product testing and evaluation, both physically and with the use of simulation software tools.
• Evaluates construction specifications and provides product recommendations to meet project requirements.
• Provides application engineering support for existing and future products designed to support mission-critical/data center spaces and containment solutions.
• Assists in the development of whitepapers that support the use of structural flooring and containment systems and their peripheral products.
• Identifies trends in data center design and helps guide R&D in the development of new products to respond to market requirements.
• Maintains awareness of individual contribution to and impact of quality, safety, environmental, and product compliance policies and activities; reports all quality issues, unsafe acts, and unsafe conditions to proper personnel.

Qualifications

• 4-year degree in an engineering field with at least 2 years' experience required.
• Experience completing electrical infrastructure surveys and measurement a plus.
• General knowledge base of server technology and associated hardware required.
• General knowledge base of cooling technologies and strategies to condition data center environments required.
• Prior energy audit work and cooling optimization knowledge a plus.
• Must be computer literate, including proficiency with standard office productivity software.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills required.
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail required.
• Strong supervisory and leadership skills required.