Engineering Manager

Job Title: Engineering Manager
Location: San Antonio, TX
Industry: manufacturing
Status of Hire: direct placement
Benefits: Company paid employee medical insurance, dental & vision insurance, short and long-term disability, accident and critical illness insurance, PTO and holidays, 401k with company match & profit sharing, and more!
Summary of Primary Functions: This position is with our client who specializes in manufacturing and completing projects with concrete products! The Engineering Manager plans, organizes, and manages activities of the department through effectively delegating and monitoring the activities and performance of both the Engineering and Quality Control Departments. This position is effectively the primary party responsible for ensuring the technical integrity of the company’s designs and systems.

Supervisory Responsibilities: Engineering Department and Quality Control Department.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
• Delegate and monitor project assignments among department personnel
• Continuously evaluate production/engineering schedule demands. Assign duties, accordingly, including procurement of outside engineering sources
• Meet with contractors, engineers, architects to ensure understanding of project requirements and schedule demands
• Provide technical guidance to staff designers and drafters and sales staff. This typically involves evaluation of company products and their applicability to prospective projects, or modification of a prospective project to allow products
• Respond to field and production problems as appropriate via investigations, analyses, or repair design
• Work with production personnel and Industrial Engineering to develop new products and processes
• Monitor overall performance of department to assure effective presence in company manufacturing process
• Review calculations and drawings prepared by department personnel and outside contractors for conformance to appropriate codes and company standard practice.
• Affix seal on drawings and calculations for purpose of certification
• Work closely with QC Manager and lead Quality Improvement Process within department while assuring effective employee participation
• Ensure that field inspections are being conducted by competent personnel with required frequency
• Perform structural analysis and occasional member design on contracted and/or prospective projects
• Develop and monitor department budgets. Monitor department revenue and costs. Process all department invoices and monthly billings
• Serve on Corporate Engineering Standards Committee, taking part in continual evaluation of company design and detail standards
• Conduct performance evaluations and support professional development of all department personnel. Evaluate staff salaries and offer recommendations for periodic adjustments.
• Evaluate department manpower needs and solicit new hires as needed. Make recommendations regarding personnel terminations when necessary
• Has daily contact with fellow employees in other units of the company, top management, customers, vendors/suppliers, Federal/State government agencies

Job Specifications or Qualifications:
• Certificates, Licenses, Registration: Registration as a PE Required
• Education: College Degree (4-year) is required from an ABET accredited school.
• Experience: 10 (+) years of related experience is required.
• Supervisory Experience: 3 (+) years of similar Supervisory experience is required.

We are an equal opportunity employer that recognizes the value of a diverse workforce. All qualified individuals will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, or any other criteria protected by governing law. All candidates must be able to pass pre-employment drug screens and background checks to be considered eligible for hire.