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Job Title: Engineering Manager

Location: Duncan, SC

Job Type: Full-time

Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced Engineering Manager to serve as the technical lead for our modular fabrication business, overseeing the engineering design effort that turns preliminary client designs into final designs ready for manufacturing. This role manages a multi-discipline team of consulting engineers — mechanical, electrical, pipe stress analysis, structural, and instrumentation and controls — supporting pipe fabrication, modular assembly, and structural steel projects for the data center and life sciences/pharmaceutical markets.

The Engineering Manager is the primary technical resource for Project Managers and works directly with client engineers to resolve design questions, drive design completion, and ensure deliverables support a fast-paced fabrication schedule. This role requires fluency across multiple engineering CAD and modeling platforms and the judgment to manage technical risk across disciplines and consultants.

Key Responsibilities

Technical Leadership

Serve as the organization's technical lead, providing engineering direction and final technical sign-off across all active modular fabrication projects.
Act as the primary technical resource for Project Managers, resolving design questions and escalations in a fast-paced, schedule-driven environment.
Set engineering standards, design review protocols, and quality expectations across all disciplines.
Make or guide key technical decisions on design approach, constructability, and fabrication feasibility.

Multi-Discipline Engineering Management

Manage and coordinate consulting engineers across mechanical, electrical, pipe stress analysis, structural, and instrumentation and controls disciplines.
Allocate engineering resources and consultant assignments across concurrent projects to meet design and fabrication schedules.
Review and approve multi-discipline deliverables for accuracy, completeness, and interdisciplinary coordination.
Evaluate, onboard, and manage performance of outside engineering consultants and firms.

Design Development & Client Coordination

Lead the engineering design effort from preliminary design through final design for manufacturing, ensuring designs are fabrication-ready.
Work directly with client engineers to clarify design intent, resolve technical questions, and manage design change through the development process.
Drive design completion against aggressive project schedules without compromising code compliance or quality.
Support design reviews, constructability reviews, and technical clarifications during the proposal and early project phases.

Engineering Tools & Standards

Maintain working proficiency across multiple engineering CAD and modeling platforms used by in-house and consulting engineers.
Drive standardization of design tools, templates, and modeling practices to improve consistency and throughput across projects.
Support pipe stress analysis and code compliance efforts (e.g., ASME B31.1/B31.3/B31.9) across project scopes.
Champion continuous improvement in engineering processes to support faster, more reliable design-to-fabrication handoff.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

Partner with fabrication and project management to ensure designs translate efficiently into shop execution.
Coordinate with quality on weld procedures, material specifications, and code compliance requirements.
Support estimating with technical input on scope, design complexity, and engineering hours for proposals.