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Engineering Manager - Protection

Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories and Careers
Vacaville, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 12/26/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 2/25/2026

Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories seeks an Engineering Manager to support the West Region within the Engineering Services Division. In this role you’ll be leading teams to deliver power system solutions for utilities, industrial, and government sectors.


As an Engineering Manager in Engineering Services, a typical day might include the following:

  • Leads on discipline/technology/process, keeping cost, schedule, and performance objectives in mind.

  • Assists portfolio planning and long-term strategy.

  • Performs management activities to attract, hire, supervise, and develop individual contributors to meet the goals of the group.

  • Participates at external meetings and presents at large internal meetings/forums.

  • Model, teach, and apply SEL Values, Principles of Operations, and World Class Manufacturing Principles.


This job might be for you if:

  • B.S. in Engineering field or equivalent combination of education/experience

  • 8 years of related engineering or management experience

  • Strong technical knowledge in one or more engineering disciplines/technologies

  • Demonstrated ability to design/produce/support successful products/processes

  • Ability to manage product line/process problems requiring creativity, ingenuity, and guidance from manager

  • Project Management

  • Strong desire to develop employees and lead projects

  • Ability to define general approaches and specific solutions to technical problems


Location:

Vacaville, CA- This position is located in Vacaville, CA where you'll enjoy an unmatched quality of life. Positioned between Sacramento and Napa Valley, the city's close proximity will allow you to enjoy great shopping, dining, and entertainment. In Vacaville, enjoy easy access to outdoor recreation, and wide open spaces. Vacaville has it all, making it the perfect place to live and work.

Competitive pay. Superior benefits. Inspiring work.

People are at the core of our company and we hire employee-owners. We welcome you to learn more about how we support employees.

  • We’re 100% employee owned. Retirement benefits include an employer funded stock ownership plan (ESOP) and personal 401(k) options.

  • We offer top tier medical, prescription, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance.

  • We recognize the importance of a healthy life balance and offer: 10 paid holidays, annual vacation accrual starting at 12 days, 9 paid sick days, and paid family and medical leave that covers 90% of your pay.

  • We foster growth and development of our employees through avenues such as STEM courses, apprenticeships, tuition assistance, and engineering development programs.

  • Ask our team about other benefits including wellness, fertility, adoption, and flexible spending benefits.

Pay Range: We anticipate filling this position as a Engineering Manager I $136,000- $201,000. We are open to reviewing additional candidates with more or less experience and the salary range may differ if filled at a different level. Our salary ranges are determined by job, responsibility, and location. We base our starting pay offer and title on location and job-related factors such as candidate experience, training, knowledge, and skills.

Communication with Applicants

We communicate with all applicants. If you do not receive a response about your application, please check your SPAM filter or reach out to us at careers@selinc.com.

SEL is an Equal Opportunity Employer: Vets/Disabled.

Salary : $136,000 - $201,000

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