Engineering Manager

Work Model: This is a fully onsite role, with work performed at your designated Regal Rexnord office.

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Position: Engineering Manager, Switchgear

Reports directly to: Plant Manager

Function: Manufacturing & Operations

Location: Langley, BC, Canada

Main responsibilities

• Lead and develop a multidisciplinary team of electrical and mechanical engineers and designers, providing coaching, mentorship, performance management, and career development.
• Own engineering execution for custom-engineered and standard products, ensuring delivery is on time, within scope, and meets quality standards.
• Provide technical oversight and decision-making authority for switchgears, control panels, and electrical distribution products.
• Ensure customer specifications, regulatory requirements, and applicable engineering standards are fully understood and incorporated into designs.
• Partner with the Plant Manager and cross-functional teams to align engineering priorities with business objectives and production capacity.
• Establish and maintain engineering best practices, standard work, design guidelines, and documentation processes to improve efficiency, quality, and scalability.
• Assist New Product Development (NPD) initiatives with technical reviews and support.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives focused on cost reduction, design standardization, manufacturability, and lead time reduction.
• Lead the resolution of complex technical, quality, and field issues through root cause analysis and corrective actions.
• Oversee development and maintenance of test plans, validation procedures, and design verification activities.
• Support customer engagements, including technical reviews, factory acceptance testing (FAT), and issue resolution.
• Manage departmental workload, priorities, and resource allocation to meet operational and strategic objectives.
• Ensure compliance with internal processes, safety requirements, and applicable engineering standards and codes.
• Define, track, and communicate key performance metrics to business leaders and cross-functional teams.
• Build organizational capability by fostering a high-performance culture grounded in Regal Rexnord values and employee engagement.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from an accredited institution.
• Professional engineering certification (P.Eng.), preferably in British Columbia.
• 10+ years of technical experience in switchgears and power distribution products.
• 7+ years of progressive leadership experience in engineering or comparable technical roles within a manufacturing or engineered-to-order environment.
• Recognized subject matter expert (SME) in switchgear products.
• In-depth knowledge of applicable switchgear standards, including UL 891, UL 1066, UL 1558, CSA C22.2, ANSI C37.20.2, UL 1008, ANSI/IEEE C37.04 & C37.06 and NEC/CEC.
• Familiar with CAD tools and engineering change management processes.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Working knowledge of ERP (e.g. SAP or equivalent).
• Legally authorized to work in Canada without company sponsorship.
• Ability and willingness to travel up to 10%.

Skills

• Strong organizational, planning, and problem-solving skills.
• Proven ability to lead multidisciplinary engineering teams.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously with result driven mindset.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with professional fluency in English.
• Strong cross-functional leadership capability, including managing direct reports and driving strategic growth initiatives within a highly matrixed organization.
• Customer-focused decision-making grounded in value creation and long-term partnerships.

About Regal Rexnord

Regal Rexnord is a publicly held global industrial manufacturer with 30,000 associates around the world who help create a better tomorrow by providing sustainable solutions that power, transmit and control motion. The Company’s electric motors and air moving subsystems provide the power to create motion. A portfolio of highly engineered power transmission components and subsystems efficiently transmits motion to power industrial applications. The Company’s automation offering, comprised of controls, actuators, drives, and precision motors, controls motion in applications ranging from factory automation to precision control in surgical tools.

The Company’s end markets benefit from meaningful secular demand tailwinds, and include factory automation, food & beverage, aerospace, medical, data center, warehouse, alternative energy, residential and commercial buildings, general industrial, construction, metals and mining, and agriculture.

Regal Rexnord is comprised of three operating segments: Industrial Powertrain Solutions, Power Efficiency Solutions, and Automation & Motion Control. Regal Rexnord has offices and manufacturing, sales and service facilities worldwide. For more information, including a copy of our Sustainability Report, visit RegalRexnord.com.

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