Design Engineering Manager

PTR Global is seeking an Engineering Manager – Design Engineering to lead design engineering execution across multiple customer projects and product lines. The role oversees engineering deliverables and a team of engineers and designers, coordinating with project management, structural engineering, manufacturing, procurement, sales engineering, and customers to support successful project delivery.

Responsibilities:

• Lead design engineering execution across multiple concurrent projects
• Translate customer requirements, specifications, layouts, and design criteria into complete engineering deliverables
• Develop and maintain engineering schedules aligned with customer approvals, procurement, and manufacturing timelines
• Ensure drawings, models, submittals, and engineering BOMs are accurate and delivered on time
• Identify technical, resource, and schedule risks and develop recovery plans
• Lead technical problem-solving throughout design, procurement, fabrication, and installation
• Manage engineering changes and ensure proper documentation and communication
• Lead, coach, and develop engineers, designers, and engineering leads
• Assign projects based on priorities, complexity, capacity, and individual capabilities
• Establish clear ownership, deadlines, and performance expectations
• Conduct workload and project-status reviews
• Address quality, responsiveness, performance, and accountability issues
• Support recruiting, onboarding, training, succession planning, and team development
• Establish consistent design standards, review procedures, checklists, and release controls
• Ensure designs meet customer requirements, engineering standards, applicable codes, and manufacturing capabilities
• Coordinate structural reviews and approvals before engineering release
• Ensure customer comments and design changes are properly incorporated and closed
• Reduce design errors, rework, omissions, and late-stage changes through effective planning and reviews
• Ensure engineering BOMs are complete, accurate, and aligned with approved drawings and models
• Coordinate part numbers, revisions, BOM approvals, ERP releases, and engineering documentation
• Work closely with Procurement, Manufacturing, Costing, Engineering Services, and plant teams
• Investigate BOM discrepancies and implement corrective actions
• Partner with Project Management to manage priorities, milestones, dependencies, and commitments
• Work with Sales Engineering to transition customer scope into execution
• Coordinate with Structural Engineering on calculations, connections, and technical approvals
• Engage Procurement on long-lead and technically critical components
• Partner with Manufacturing and DFM teams to ensure designs are practical and production-ready
• Participate in customer design reviews and technical discussions
• Track engineering performance, schedule adherence, drawing/BOM accuracy, rework, engineering changes, and resource utilization
• Lead root-cause analysis and corrective actions for recurring issues
• Improve engineering workflows, tools, templates, automation, and documentation
• Support capacity planning, resource forecasting, and strategic engineering initiatives

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Structural Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering , or related field
• 7–10 years of progressive engineering experience
• At least 3 years of engineering leadership or people-management experience
• Experience managing multiple complex engineering projects simultaneously
• Strong knowledge of:
• Design release and configuration control
• Engineering BOMs
• Manufacturing/fabrication drawings
• Engineering change management
• Design for Manufacturing & Assembly (DFMA)
• Experience working with Manufacturing, Procurement, Project Management, and customer-facing teams
• Proficiency with 3D CAD and engineering document-management systems
• Strong technical judgment and problem-solving
• Engineering team leadership
• Project planning and prioritization
• Design quality and attention to detail
• Cross-functional collaboration
• Customer-facing communication
• Accountability and decision-making
• DFMA knowledge
• Process improvement and execution
• Experience with Autodesk Inventor, Vault, Revit, AutoCAD , or similar platforms
• ERP/MRP and BOM/part-number release experience
• Experience with data-center infrastructure, modular construction, sheet-metal fabrication, structural systems, containment, or mechanical systems