S&C Electric Company · 1 week ago
Standards Strategy Director
Chicago, IL
Full-time
Hybrid
Director/Executive
$151K/yr - $200K/yr
10+ years expS&C Electric Company is a leader in the electrical industry, dedicated to transforming the grid for resilient and reliable power worldwide. The Standards Strategy Director will play a vital role in ensuring product development aligns with standards and regulations, while also influencing standard-making bodies and advocating for emerging technologies.
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Hiring Manager
Kevin DeWitt (CDR)
Responsibilities
Identify "standards gaps" in S&C's product portfolio, i.e areas where S&C's products and relevant standards misalign in ways that might disadvantage those products
Collaborate with product managers to prioritize steps to address those gaps
Develop strategies and tactics with S&C team members in standards-making bodies (such as IEEE and IEC) and trade associations such as NEMA to close standards gaps and advocate for standards to meet the needs of emerging technologies
Build relationships within appropriate standards-making bodies to ensure S&C's perspective is represented at the committee and sub-committee level and reflected in PARs and standards initiatives
Ensure S&C short-and long-term product roadmaps have appropriate "landing zones" in existing and emerging standards, which facilitate the execution of those roadmaps
Position S&C and, where appropriate, lead initiatives within standards-making bodies, to ensure electricity distribution equipment meets the needs of new and emerging applications both for utilities and C&I
Qualification
Required
10 years participation in an international standards-making body, at least at the sub-committee level
Undergraduate Degree within Engineering or related field
Solid understanding of the process of standards-making, through their inception, publication and maintenance
Excellent communication skills to work across the range of S&C stakeholders and ensure product requirements are developed with due consideration for their standards implications
Ability to work with, and influence industry stakeholders to achieve consensus around key topics which are important to S&C and support the expansion of electricity usage
Ability to travel frequently, including internationally to support S&C's standards strategy
Benefits
Health and Welfare Benefits: Medical & Prescription, Dental, Vision, Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts, , Health Savings Account (HSA), Group Life Insurance, optional Supplemental Life and AD&D Insurance, Wellbeing Resources including Employee Assistance Program and Family Forming Benefits (i.e., Adoption and Fertility support)
Leave Benefits: Vacation Time, Sick Time, Paid Holidays and Company Shutdown days, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, Other Leaves, Paid Parental Time and Military Leave
Retirement Benefits: 401(k) Retirement Savings and Employee Stock Ownership Plan (KSOP) offering traditional and Roth 401(k) options and an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) component; KSOP participants can receive annual ESOP company contributions of over 11% of eligible earnings (3% Core, up to 3.5% Match, Variable Periodic)
Company
S&C Electric Company
S&C Electric Company is a leading provider of switching, protection, and control solutions for electric power systems.
1001-5000 employees
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Anders Sjoelin
President and CEO
Aurelie Richard
Chief Financial and Strategy Officer
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