Jobs at Powell Industries

Designs standard electrical products from customer specifications, creates and modifies drawings, checks wiring diagrams, orders materials, and communicates with sales, customers, designers, and shop personnel. Applies electrical design principles, circuitry, power systems, relay applications, NEC and ANSI standards, and product knowledge to solve application problems. Supports economical product design, directs designers, attends training, and follows ISO, safety, and vendor procedures.

The Senior Prototype CNC Programmer and Machinist creates complex machined parts, programs multi-axis machines, collaborates with engineers, and maintains tooling. Requires extensive CNC programming experience and knowledge of machining practices.

Leads the organization’s marketing communications strategy, integrated campaigns, brand and content development, digital presence, SEO, marketing technology, events, sales enablement, budgets, vendors, and team leadership. Partners cross-functionally with sales, product management, HR, and business leaders to build awareness, generate qualified demand, support product launches, and measure campaign performance.

Designs low- and medium-voltage switchgear, motor control, and power distribution solutions from concept through manufacturing. Responsibilities include drafting electrical drawings in AutoCAD, creating schematics and bills of materials, reviewing client specifications, coordinating with mechanical design, purchasing, suppliers, and project management, supporting production and customer meetings, and ensuring designs meet applicable codes, standards, budgets, schedules, and quality requirements.

Develops new business and manages existing accounts for automation products, services, and solutions across Canada. Responsibilities include solution selling, customer presentations, sales strategy, contract reviews, technical proposals, forecasting, account relationship management, and supervision of manufacturer sales representatives. Requires strong knowledge of substation automation, power distribution standards, and industrial automation technologies, along with substantial travel and customer-facing experience.

Coordinates outbound domestic and international shipments, leads shipping associates, schedules personnel and carriers, prepares shipping documentation, verifies loads, manages freight claims, and maintains shipping supplies. The role also involves physically moving, packaging, loading, and securing materials using forklifts and cranes while enforcing safety procedures and processing Oracle shipping transactions.

Leads electrical engineering projects from concept through completion, designing custom low- and medium-voltage switchgear, motor control systems, schematics, wiring diagrams, and control schemes. Reviews client specifications, creates bills of materials, validates designs, supports manufacturing and customers, coordinates with suppliers and cross-functional teams, resolves production issues, and mentors junior engineers. Requires advanced AutoCAD, power distribution, relay application, and switchgear design expertise.

Leads electrical engineering projects for medium- and low-voltage switchgear from design through completion. Develops bills of material, electrical drawings, one-lines, three-lines, and control schemes; reviews customer specifications; directs designers; and coordinates with project management, production, customers, sales, and inspection teams. Applies power-system and relay expertise, electrical codes, and cost-effective design practices while managing multiple projects, resolving technical issues, and supporting production.

Leads monthly financial close and consolidation, corporate and SEC reporting, compliance reporting, account reconciliations, budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, and management reporting. Supports audits, investor relations materials, international legal entities, and accounting teams. The role requires strong technical accounting, financial analysis, reporting systems, stakeholder communication, and deadline management skills.

Reviews customer specifications and electrical drawings to assess feasibility, develop accurate technical proposals, estimate costs, and optimize solutions for customers and Powell. Supports Sales as a technical resource, evaluates subcontractor proposals, contributes to product specifications and cost-reduction initiatives, and collaborates across engineering and operations. The role primarily involves proposal preparation, with limited travel for customer meetings, conferences, training, and internal collaboration.

Designs and coordinates mechanical and electrical building systems in BIM using Revit and related software. Creates layouts, schematics, schedules, drawings, and shop drawing submittals; manages revisions and as-built information; coordinates MEP subcontractors; resolves design issues; supports budgeting, material ordering, field inspections, and customer communication. Ensures designs comply with specifications, building codes, safety requirements, and quality documentation standards.

Leads outside sales and business development for electrical service solutions across Eastern Canada. Responsibilities include sourcing opportunities, managing customer relationships, developing regional sales strategies, supporting proposals and negotiations, achieving revenue and profitability targets, delivering technical presentations, resolving customer issues, tracking pipelines, and traveling regularly to customers and company locations.

Manage electrical manufacturing and complex industrial projects from requirements through closeout. Responsibilities include planning schedules, budgets, forecasts, contracts, risks, quality, scope changes, stakeholder communications, customer relationships, progress reporting, and project management plans. The role coordinates matrixed teams, leads meetings, supports proposals, manages project financials and P&L objectives, and drives continuous improvement. Work occurs primarily in an office with occasional manufacturing, construction-site, and customer-facility exposure.

Leads manufacturing engineering, equipment reliability, facility maintenance, process improvement, and capital projects. Manages engineering and facilities teams, preventive and predictive maintenance programs, equipment troubleshooting, Lean initiatives, budgets, contractors, audits, safety and regulatory compliance. Oversees manufacturing processes, utilities, infrastructure, equipment installations, production launches, and continuous improvement activities while maintaining records and improving productivity, quality, cost, and uptime.

Manages projects from requirements through closeout, overseeing scope, schedules, budgets, quality, risks, contracts, customer communications, deliverables, and benefit realization. Leads cross-functional teams in a matrix environment, chairs kickoff and stakeholder meetings, manages project financials and reporting, ensures contractual compliance, and drives continuous improvement. The role requires approximately 5–10% travel and occasional work in manufacturing, construction, and customer facility environments.

Designs Powell standard electrical products from customer specifications, develops drawings and proposals, orders materials, and interfaces with sales, customers, and production. Reviews lower-level engineers’ work, checks wiring diagrams, provides technical guidance, troubleshoots complex application issues, and supports product improvements. Applies electrical design, power systems, relay coordination, short-circuit studies, industry codes, standards, and ISO requirements. May assign tasks, provide feedback, train engineers, and contribute to industry standards and professional development.

Designs Powell standard electrical products using customer specifications, creates and modifies drawings, interprets wiring diagrams and electrical codes, orders materials, and coordinates with sales, customers, designers, and shop personnel. The role checks diagrams, answers technical questions, resolves basic application problems, directs designers, applies power-system and relay knowledge, and improves product quality and cost efficiency.

Responsible for mechanical engineering and technical management of MV/LV switchgear purchase orders. Designs transformer enclosures, arc-duct, bus-duct connections, electro-mechanical layouts, termination enclosures, and cubicle assemblies. Produces material requisitions, maintains standard designs and device libraries, liaises with clients and internal teams, supports customer requirements, coaches junior staff, and drives continuous improvement.

Create and manage the facility master schedule using P6/Primavera to meet customer demand and capacity constraints. Produce monthly/quarterly/yearly production plans and revenue projections, adjust schedules to meet targets, manage material ordering and supplier relations, identify production vs. capacity issues, and participate in training and professional associations.

Designs, develops and improves manufacturing processes for engineered-to-order electrical products. Evaluates workflows, layouts, tooling and equipment; implements process improvements; ensures product and process quality; calculates production costs and prepares reports; coordinates maintenance; trains technicians; and ensures compliance with regulations and ISO 9001. Uses Lean/TPS, CAD, and manufacturing systems to drive efficiency and defect reduction.