Technical Design Manager

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Missouri, +1 more state.

📋 Description

• Oversee technical relationships and act as the main contact for 10 strategically selected design firm headquarters accounts.

• Foster and sustain partnerships with influential decision-makers, technical leads, and engineers.

• Create and implement account growth strategies to enhance ABB's presence within assigned firms.

• Manage and monitor budget targets for ABB project designs, ensuring performance aligns with revenue objectives.

• Ensure uniform technical messaging and account strategies across different regions.

• Assist Field Application Engineers with escalations and intricate customer challenges.

• Offer technical consultation and engineering advice during project design and specification stages.

• Aid in proposal development, design assessments, and technical presentations.

• Address complex technical queries and coordinate solutions across various ABB business units.

• Guide and mentor Field Application Engineers across multiple locations in the US.

• Collaborate with the sales EPC team on unified account development strategies.

• Work together with ABB internal teams and business units to provide integrated solutions that enhance customer value and drive revenue growth.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor of Science degree in engineering, preferably in electrical.

• At least eight (8) years of experience in the electrical distribution sector.

• Expertise in MV/LV switchgear, switchboards, panelboards, transformers, and arc flash mitigation technologies.

• Excellent interpersonal skills.

• Ability to consider diverse perspectives and resolve technical challenges.

• Strong problem-solving skills and capability to develop new customer relationships.

• Self-motivated, responsible for outcomes, and able to work independently without detailed guidance.

• Ability to establish and maintain partnership relationships within the regional engineering consulting community.

• Must possess authorization to work for ABB in the US.

• Preferred: prior field, plant, or design engineering experience in electrical power systems with major oil and gas companies, electric utilities, or industrial facilities.

• Familiarity with ANSI, IEEE, NEC, NEMA, NFPA 70E, and UL industry codes and standards.

🏝️ Benefits

• Short-term incentive plan/annual bonus.

• Option to choose between two medical plans: PPO Copay Plan or High Deductible Health Plan with Health Savings Account.

• Choice of two dental plans: Core and Core Plus.

• Vision benefits.

• Company-paid life insurance (2X base salary).

• Company-paid AD&D (1X base salary).

• Voluntary life and AD&D options.

• Short Term Disability coverage for up to 26 weeks — fully paid by the company.

• Long Term Disability coverage at 60% of salary, company-paid, with an option to buy up to 66 2/3% of salary.

• Additional benefits: Accident insurance, hospital indemnity, critical illness coverage, and pet insurance.

• Paid Parental Leave.

• Employee Assistance Program available.

• Health Advocate support resources for mental/behavioral health, general health navigation, virtual health, and infertility/adoption services.

• Employee discount program.

• Retirement 401k Savings Plan with Company Contributions.

• Employee Stock Acquisition Plan (ESAP).

• 11 paid holidays.

• Vacation under a permissive time away policy for salaried exempt positions.

• Remote work opportunities.