Senior Manager, Project Management - nVent Engineered Building Solutions

We’re looking for people who put their innovation to work to advance our success – and their own. Join an organization that ensures a more secure world through connecting and protecting our customers with inventive electrical solutions.

We are seeking an experienced Project Management leader to lead our Wisconsin & Georgia project management group. This role is responsible for building a high-performing team, driving disciplined execution across a complex customer project portfolio, and partnering cross-functionally to improve delivery performance, customer confidence, and business results.

WHAT YOU WILL EXPERIENCE IN THIS POSITION:

• •Lead the Project Management organization for an engineered-to-order business, setting the strategy, operating cadence, standards, and expectations needed to deliver complex customer projects safely, on time, on budget, and to specification.
• •Lead all aspects of project execution, including schedule alignment, margin protection, change order discipline, risk management, customer communication, and escalation resolution.
• •Partner across Sales, Engineering, Operations, Supply Chain, Finance, Quality, and local teams to align customer requirements, capacity, technical inputs, and execution priorities.
• •Strengthen project management processes, tools, metrics, and governance to improve forecast accuracy, resource planning, schedule reliability, profitability, and customer satisfaction.
• •Coach and develop project management leaders and team members, building capability, accountability, and scalable operating practices across the function.
• •Lead executive-level portfolio reviews and represent the Project Management organization in customer discussions, business planning, and operational reviews.

YOU HAVE:

• •Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business, Operations, or a related field; equivalent experience will be considered.
• •Ideally 10+ years’ experience in project management, operations, engineering, or customer delivery within an engineered-to-order, custom manufacturing, construction, industrial, or similarly complex project-based environment.
• •Ideally 5+ years’ of people leadership experiencing including developing talent, to lead teams or leaders, build scalable processes, develop talent, and drive accountability across a project-based organization.
• •Strong business and financial competence, including experience with project margins, budgets, forecasts, risks, change orders, and customer commitments.
• •Excellent communication and influencing skills with the ability to work effectively with customers, senior leaders, functional partners, and site teams.
• •Background in project governance, portfolio reporting, execution metrics, continuous improvement, ERP/scheduling systems, or PMP/Lean/Six Sigma preferred.

WE HAVE:

A dynamic global reach with diverse operations around the world that will stretch your abilities, provide plentiful career opportunities, and allow you to make an impact every day

nVent is a leading global provider of electrical connection and protection solutions. We believe our inventive electrical solutions enable safer systems and ensure a more secure world. We design, manufacture, market, install and service high performance products and solutions that connect and protect some of the world's most sensitive equipment, buildings and critical processes. We offer a comprehensive range of systems protection and electrical connections solutions across industry-leading brands that are recognized globally for quality, reliability and innovation.

Our principal office is in London and our management office in the United States is in Minneapolis. Our robust portfolio of leading electrical product brands dates back more than 100 years and includes nVent CADDY, ERICO, HOFFMAN, ILSCO, SCHROFF and TRACHTE. Learn more at www.nvent.com .

Commitment to strengthen communities where our employees live and work

We encourage and support the philanthropic activities of our employees worldwide

Through our nVent in Action matching program, we provide funds to nonprofit and educational organizations where our employees volunteer or donate money

Core values that shape our culture and drive us to deliver the best for our employees and our customers. We’re known for being:

Innovative & adaptable

Dedicated to absolute integrity

Focused on the customer first

Respectful and team oriented

Optimistic and energizing

Accountable for performance

Benefits to support the lives of our employees

Benefit Overview

At nVent, we value our people and their health and well-being. We provide a broad benefits package with meaningful programs for eligible full-time employees that includes:

Medical, dental, and vision plans along with flexible spending accounts, short-term and long-term disability benefits, critical illness, accident insurance and life insurance.

A 401(k) retirement plan and an employee stock purchase plan — both include a company match.

Other supplemental benefits may include tuition reimbursement, caregiver, personal and parental leave, back-up care services, paid time off including volunteer time, a well-being program, and/or legal & identity theft protection.

At nVent, we connect and protect our customers with inventive electrical solutions. People are our most valuable asset. Inclusion and diversity means that we celebrate and encourage each other’s authenticity because we understand that uniqueness sparks growth.

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