Director of Engineering

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Director of Engineering, Electrical Distribution Equipment (Panel boards, Switchboards, Custom Power Systems)

✈️ 30–40% travel to Bartlesville, OK manufacturing facility

🏭 Family‑owned, legacy industrial manufacturer with explosive customer demand

My client is a U.S. manufacturer with a 75+ year legacy of designing and building custom panel boards, switchboards, and power distribution equipment engineered to customer specifications and built to stringent UL/NEMA standards. Equipment is made in the USA with short lead times, flexible configurations, and a reputation for reliability and service.

Over the past few years the business has expanded beyond its regional roots, shipping to all 50 states, winning new customers across healthcare, data centers, renewables, telecom, and e‑mobility infrastructure, and rapidly scaling both engineering and manufacturing. The volume and complexity of orders are now outpacing current engineering capacity, creating the need for true technical leadership at the next level.

As Director of Engineering, you will be the company’s top technical leader, responsible for the strategy and execution of both Electrical and Mechanical Engineering functions across panel boards, switchboards, and custom power distribution system, from feasibility and design through compliance and manufacturing release.

The organization already has momentum; the opportunity is to shape how they meet demand and out compete based on engineering excellence.

• Technical decision authority on complex custom builds
• Engineering standards for UL/NEMA compliance, safety, and manufacturability
• Scaling engineering throughput to match the sales pipeline
• Coaching and developing engineering managers in both disciplines
• Tight coordination with manufacturing, project management, and customers

• Lead and grow cross‑disciplinary engineering teams
• Set technical direction for panel board, switchboard, and distribution system design
• Drive design for performance, reliability, cost, serviceability, and compliance
• Partner with manufacturing leadership to ensure designs are buildable at scale
• Establish consistent engineering process, documentation standards, and quality gates

• Deep custom power distribution equipment experience (panel boards, switchboards, switch gear, EVSE, custom engineered power distribution systems)
• 15+ years in engineering in power distribution OEMs
• 7+ years leading engineering teams
• Strong track record of owning technical decisions on engineered products
• Bachelor’s in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering (Advanced degree / PE a plus)
• Comfortable onsite in NJ + regular travel to OK

those with EPC‑only, MEP design, consulting, or general manufacturing without direct power distribution equipment backgrounds.