Senior Electrical Engineering Manager

Overview

Posted February 4, 2026. Henderson Engineers is a people-first firm focused on problem-solving, innovation, and integrating building design and construction processes. ESOP employee-owners support the mission to lead in innovation, sustainability, and client experience. The company provides total building system design services across multiple markets for industry leaders in mission-critical, higher education, healthcare, retail, and related sectors.

Henderson is looking to hire a Senior Electrical Engineering Manager to join their Business Sector. A Senior Engineering Manager leads a team of engineers, drives technical excellence, and ensures operational efficiency through discipline-specific leadership, resource management, and staff development while guiding the sector s technical vision and strategy.

Note:

This posting reflects current openings and responsibilities and may be subject to change.

• Lead the coaching culture across a team of technical staff, aligning goals with organizational objectives, and ensuring scalable leadership development and technical mentorship within the sector.
• Build strong leadership teams and promote engagement across multiple levels within a sector.
• Oversee performance management for staff, set expectations for Engineering Managers, monitor sector-wide trends, and adjust plans to match workload.
• Collaborate with sector leadership on business planning, team capacity, forecasted needs, and cross-sector alignment to maintain effective staffing strategies.
• Cultivate psychological safety, inclusion, trust, and high-impact relationships.
• Communicate discipline-specific goals to Engineering Managers and their teams, translating strategy into clear expectations.
• Act as a career coach, providing performance feedback and guidance on skills progression and advancement to senior roles.
• Practice effective employee relations and manage personnel within the discipline.
• Provide technical guidance, applying engineering judgment to solve complex challenges.

• Apply quality strategies and ensure quality standards are met for the discipline.
• Utilize quality assurance tools, processes, databases, and industry best practices relevant to the discipline.
• Drive continuous improvement to enhance engineering processes and operational efficiency.
• Promote a culture of continuous improvement and adopt new technologies to improve performance.
• Support design and implementation of process improvements with safety, regulatory, and environmental compliance.

• Work with sector leadership on resource allocation and staffing to fit project scopes.
• Monitor earned value generation and advise on tools and efficiencies for accurate data monitoring and reporting.
• Ensure feedback loops on engineering initiatives, staffing, and KPIs function smoothly.
• Serve as a consultant on interviews for technical production staff within the sector.
• Work with engineering leadership to ensure adherence to technical processes and standards; assist with problem solving as needed.
• Manage employee performance and operational needs, including evaluations, development, discipline, and timesheets.

(Where applicable)

• Operate to high industry standards consistent with holding a PE license and being enabled as an Engineer of Record, including making sound engineering decisions and delivering quality work with accountability to projects.
• May be enabled as an Engineer of Record with additional involvement and accountability for signing and sealing projects.

As a Henderson employee, you ll enjoy a range of benefits, including flexible hours, casual dress, paid volunteer time, parental leave, health and wellness initiatives, leadership accessibility, clear career paths, strong retirement benefits, employee stock ownership, professional development, performance bonuses, comprehensive insurance, health savings and flexible spending accounts, paid time off, financial wellness coaching, and more.

EEO and compliance statements:
Henderson is an EEO Employer/Vet/Disabled and participates in the E-Verify program. Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Offers are contingent upon background checks and verifications. No unsolicited resumes from agencies. Fraud alert information available on the company site.