Senior Engineering Manager, Non-Standard Enclosures
nVent · Anoka, MN
- Level
- Manager
- Team
- Manufacturing
- Base pay
- $124k–$230k
- Degree
- Required
- Experience asked
- 15+ years
- Industry
- Industrial
- Posted
- 30+ days ago
The role in 30 seconds
A management manufacturing role at nVent (industrial) in Anoka, MN. Be responsible for the Engineering and Design of Custom Enclosures.
- They ask for
- 15+ years · degree required
- Base pay
- $124k–$230k
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From the plant jobs report · week of October 19, 2026
Manufacturing Engineer roles in Minnesota: typical posted base $101k–$155k. This one lists $124k–$230k.
Median of the low and high ends of 22 live postings that list pay, out of 37 manufacturing engineer openings in Minnesota, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
Minnesota plant jobs report →Pay by team and state →What moves pay →
How this role compares
Against 36 other live manufacturing postings in Minnesota.
- Base pay
- About 53% above similar roles
- Experience asked
- More than usual (15+ vs 5+)
Typical $89k–$141k, from 19 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 5+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- Tooling 46%
- Lean 41%
- Team leadership 38%
- New product launch 30%
- EHS / safety 27%
- Root cause 24%
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This plant: nVent in Anoka
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Full description from nVentAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
What you will experience in this position
- ✓Leading a multi-site North American Custom Enclosure Engineering team
- ✓Leading and prioritizing engineering resources and initiatives in collaboration with other functions to meet customer and business demands.
- ✓Serve as a member of the Enclosure Engineering leadership team by helping to develop and deploy the engineering strategy, resource management and engineering initiatives
- ✓Collaborating with multiple functions in the Engineered To Order (ETO) process ensuring process rigor, velocity and flexibility to ensure business results are met.
- ✓Providing technical leadership and guidance aligned to long-term product architecture and business goals while balancing short-term custom design execution
- ✓Developing an engineering talent pipeline, influencing recruitment and retention to support growth
- ✓Leading, coaching and mentoring engineering people leaders, engineers and designers
- ✓Be responsible for the Engineering and Design of Custom Enclosures
- ✓Direct and mentor a team of people leaders, Engineers and Designers related to custom Enclosure designs
- ✓Balance short-term execution with long term scalability
- ✓Drives cross-team collaboration and process improvements supporting our product and manufacturing capabilities and targets
- ✓Continuously develops, champions and participates in a continuous improvement environment and drives team-wide efficiency
- ✓Analyze trends, issues and KPIs driving engineering execution
- ✓Supports critical internal/external customers and partnerships
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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.
You have
- •Bachelor’s Degree in an engineering-related area; Mechanical
- •15+ years of proven ability with 10+ years of leadership experience
- •Proven experience in custom engineering design, process improvement, or technical program leadership.
- •Solid understanding of engineering development processes, documentation practices, and product lifecycle management.
- •Strong interpersonal and planning skills coupled with an agile mentality
- •Highly organized and analytical using data to drive behaviors, decisions and strategies
- •Exceptional communication, facilitation, and stakeholder‑management capabilities.
Preferred
- +Advanced degree in Engineering, Business, or related field.
- +Experience with transformation initiatives or enterprise engineering systems.
- +Background in manufacturing, product development, or industrial engineering environments.
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