Job Overview
The Manager, Engineer-to-Order (ETO) leads the engineering design and configuration process for custom high-voltage switching and substation products. This role oversees the translation of customer specifications into manufacturable designs, manages engineering resources and priorities, coordinates with product management, operations, planning, and production teams, and ensures projects are delivered accurately and on schedule.
A Day In The Life
Key Responsibilities
- Manage the Engineer-to-Order design team supporting customized substation and transmission switch products.
- Establish engineering priorities and workload balancing to meet customer commitments and production schedules.
- Provide technical direction for complex customer requirements and product configurations.
- Drive continuous improvement of engineering processes, standards, and design tools.
- Support the transition from RFQ through quotation, sales order, design release, customer approval, and production.
- Coordinate with Customer Service, Sales, Product Management, Planning, and Operations throughout the order lifecycle.
- Oversee development of design drawings, approval drawings, structural layouts, and engineering documentation.
- Ensure compliance with engineering standards, customer specifications, and internal requirements.
- Partner closely with manufacturing and planning teams to ensure designs can be produced efficiently.
- Lead Variant Configuration maintenance and development efforts for most efficient customer configuration process
- Lead and develop engineering and configuration personnel.
- Track all pertinent KPIs measuring ETO process health and be able to diagnose and correct any process deviations
Primary Areas of Accountability
- On-time release of ETO engineering packages
- Design quality and compliance
- Customer approval cycle performance
- Engineering support for manufacturing execution
- Engineering capacity and resource management
- Continuous improvement of ETO workflows and systems
Key Interfaces
- Sales and Customer Service
- Product Management
- Planning and Operations
- Manufacturing
- Quality
- Customers and consulting engineers
- SAP and configuration management resources
- SQL Database
What will help you thrive in this role?
- Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Data Science, Project Management or Supply Chain; equivalent combination of education and work experience may be considered in lieu of a Bachelors degree
- 5+ years of experience in manufacturing with 3-5 years supervisory experience preferred
- CAD experience
- Strong critical-thinking skills
- Variant Configuration experience
- Strong SQL Database experience
Hubbell Incorporated
Hubbell creates critical infrastructure solutions that power our customers, communities, people and the planet. Our company is strategically aligned around enabling grid modernization and electrification. As more products plug in to an aging grid, Hubbell solutions enable the transition to a more reliable, resilient and efficient energy infrastructure. Founded in 1888 our innovation has made us a leading global manufacturer of high quality electrical and utility solutions enabling customers to operate critical infrastructure reliably and efficiently.
The company operates in two segments. Hubbell Utility Solutions (HUS) enable the grid to conduct, communicate and control energy across utility applications and Hubbell Electrical Solutions (HES) are essential to managing power across a wide range of industries and applications. Our vertical market solutions can be applied to markets including Data Centers, Renewables, Commercial Buildings, Industrial, Telecom and Transportation. Supporting both of our business segments is our corporate and Hubbell Unified Business Solutions teams that provide consistent process, tools technologies across our businesses.
We are committed to operating sustainably and ethically while promoting an inclusive and supportive culture for our people to grow and develop in their careers. Our employees proudly work and serve our communities from our headquarters in Shelton, CT, across the United States and around the globe.
Hubbell Utility Solutions
Hubbell Utility Solutions (HUS) enable the grid to conduct, communicate and control energy across utility applications. HUS provides the critical components that allow the grid to reliably transmit and distribute energy, as well as the communications and controls technologies to make the grid smarter and more flexible.
Hubbell Incorporated, its subsidiaries and affiliates, is an EO Employer AA: M/F/Veteran/Disability. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other protected class.
The above summary of position responsibilities and requirements is not intended, and should not be construed, to be an exhaustive list of duties, skills, efforts, physical requirements, or working conditions associated with the position. It is intended to be an accurate reflection of those principal position elements essential for making decisions related to position performance, employee development, and compensation.
