[Hiring] Manager Codes & Standards @Generac Power Systems

Role Description

Generac Home is hiring! The Manager Codes & Standards will lead the operational delivery of installation and code guidance at scale. The role manages the team’s code-influence activity, advisory and training cadence, installation information quality, and structured AHJ and code inquiry response process to accelerate approvals, increase activations, reduce rework, and protect customer satisfaction. This role directly supports Sales by reducing deal friction related to installation approval, supporting confident selling in regulated markets, and improving conversion from sale to activation.

This role could be 100% remote and salary will ultimately be aligned with location candidate is hired into. Preferred location is Pewaukee WI.

Major Responsibilities

• Code influence program management (NEC/NFPA/CSA)
  • Coordinate the team’s installation-code influence activity, including planning, assigning, and tracking Public Inputs and Public Comments across the NEC code cycle and related NFPA/CSA efforts.
  • Maintain a watchlist of code changes and adoptions with clear owners and documented outcomes, ensuring positions are aligned with Product and Regulatory stakeholders.
• Advisory and training impact (disciplined execution)
  • Plan and execute advisory and training sessions to consistently meet defined targets, segment overlays, and engagement KPIs within NPS targets.
  • Coordinate with Sales leadership to prioritize sessions that remove deal friction in key markets and segments.
  • Maintain a monthly scorecard with fill versus plan, no-show rates, engagement metrics, NPS, and process adherence.
• Installation information ownership (operational control)
  • Ensure the Codes & Standards function is the source of truth for installation guidance, from inputs through approved manuals and training assets.
  • Oversee documentation quality-assurance workflows, ensuring issues are routed to the proper owners and resolutions are captured and published as updates or addenda.
  • Standardize use of tailorable sections and local-code addenda to manage regional differences without base-course content forks.
• Code-challenge intake and 24-hour initial response
  • Own the inquiry intake process, required fields, triage assignment, and 24-business-hour initial response SLA.
  • Ensure 100% of inquiries are logged, tagged at closure (Resolved or Not Accepted), and converted into reusable knowledge where applicable.
  • Partner with Regulatory, Product, Technical Publications, and SFDC/Admin for dashboards, intake fields, and response templates.
• People leadership and capability building
  • Hire, coach, and develop team members; set expectations and manage performance.
  • Build coverage plans for priority topics (for example, NFPA 110 and gas installation training) and ensure subject-matter-expert backups.
• Boundaries
  • This role develops and influences installation codes and standards (for example, NEC Public Inputs and Public Comments, NFPA and CSA participation, and local-code interpretation) and owns code-correct installation guidance and AHJ enablement.
  • Role does not own product certification or listing to UL product safety standards (for example, UL 2200, UL 6200, and UL 1741), which resides with Product Compliance and Certification.
  • Does not perform installations or warranty service work; escalates product-listing matters to appropriate governance partners.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED.
• Master Electrician certification (or equivalent); valid Driver’s License and relevant travel documents for Canadian travel are required.
• 8+ years of relevant electrical, installation, or code experience.
• 2+ years of people leadership or supervisory experience.
• Demonstrated ability to manage operating rhythms and metrics for code-influence, advisory, and service processes.
• Working knowledge of the code-development process (Public Inputs/Comments).
• Strong communication skills with the ability to influence internal partners and external stakeholders.
• Ability to standardize processes and improve knowledge reuse.
• Comfort with dashboards and scorecards and a continuous-improvement orientation.

Preferred Job Requirements

• Associate degree or higher in a technical discipline preferred.
• Electrical Instructor certification; State Inspector certification.
• Experience managing advisory or training programs and/or customer and field escalation processes at scale; experience participating in code development.
• Experience partnering with CRM/case tools (for example, SFDC) and knowledge management practices.

Requirements

• This role is not approved for either OPT/H1B sponsorship or transfer.
• No Agencies or 3rd parties.

Physical Requirements

• Regularly required to talk and hear; use hands to manipulate objects or controls.
• Regularly required to stand and walk.
• Occasionally required to stoop, bend, or reach above the shoulders.
• Must occasionally lift up to 25 pounds.
• Typical conditions of frequent and continuous computer-based work requiring periods of sitting, close vision, and the ability to adjust focus.
• Occasional travel.

“We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.”