Engineering Supervisor

What will you do?

In this Engineering Supervisor role, approximately 50% of your time will be dedicated to automation and control systems engineering activities and project execution, while the remaining 50% will be focused on supervision, people leadership, and team development activities.

As a working supervisor, you will be responsible for leading a team of up to 8 engineering professionals while remaining actively engaged in project work to support customer delivery and business objectives.

Travel: Ability to travel up to 15% within North America as required

Key Responsibilities:

People Leadership and Team Development (50%)


* Direct supervision, coaching, and leadership of up to 8 employees within the engineering organization.


* Conduct regular one-on-one meetings to support employee engagement, development, and performance.


* Establish and maintain individual development plans and career progression discussions for team members.


* Complete annual performance reviews, goal setting, and ongoing performance management activities.


* Identify training and development opportunities to build technical and leadership capabilities within the team.


* Participate in recruiting, interviewing, hiring, onboarding, and workforce planning activities.


* Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, continuous improvement, and employee growth.


* Address employee relations issues and partner with Human Resources to resolve concerns as needed.


* Ensure compliance with company policies, procedures, and safety requirements.


* Manage resource allocation and support day-to-day operational activities of the engineering team.

Engineering Delivery and Operational Leadership (50%)


* Serve as a lead engineer, project engineer, or technical contributor on automation and control system projects while maintaining approximately 50% billable utilization.


* Leverage project assignments as development opportunities by coaching and mentoring engineers to assume increasing levels of project leadership responsibility.


* Intentionally create opportunities for team members to lead customer engagements, project planning activities, technical execution, and project delivery efforts.


* Delegate responsibilities and provide guidance to help engineers grow into independent project leads capable of managing projects with minimal supervisory involvement.


* Participate in project planning, execution, and delivery activities to ensure quality, schedule, and budget objectives are achieved.


* Participate in monthly project reviews and operational meetings.


* Collaborate with project managers and engineering leaders to effectively allocate resources across projects and customer commitments.


* Develop engineering estimates, scope definitions, and technical solutions to support proposals and business development activities.


* Lead selected projects and provide technical guidance to projec...