Engineering Manager — Architectural Millwork Drafting Leader

Micro-Cap Solutions; United States; On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Micro-Cap Solutions is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead its Engineering and Drafting department, driving quality, accountability, and continuous improvement across the complete engineering process for high-end commercial millwork projects.

This hands-on leadership role partners with Project Management, Production, Purchasing, and Field Operations to ensure fabrication-ready drawings, scalable workflows, and a culture of coaching and performance.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in architectural millwork or related manufacturing.
• Experience leading engineering and drafting teams.
• Strong drafting, fabrication processes, and project execution knowledge.
• Experience with standards, workflows, and ERP/MRP systems preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and develop the Engineering and Drafting team.
• Establish departmental priorities, performance expectations, and accountability.
• Balance workloads and coach team members through performance management.
• Foster urgency, ownership, quality, and continuous improvement.
• Oversee engineering activities from submittals through fabrication release.
• Ensure production drawings are complete, accurate, and fabrication-ready.
• Drive consistency in drafting standards and detailing methods.
• Simplify complex projects into buildable solutions.
• Develop engineering standards, SOPs, and quality review procedures.
• Monitor workflows, priorities, and bottlenecks; resolve issues early.
• Build scalable systems to improve throughput and department performance.
• Partner with Project Management, Production, Purchasing, and Field Operations.
• Improve constructability, fabrication efficiency, and engineering execution.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives across the organization.
• Serve as the department's technical expert for engineering methods.

Skills

Leadership

Project management

Coaching

Communication

Problem-solving

Education

Tools

AutoCAD

Cabinet Vision

AlphaCAM

ERP/MRP (Innergy)

Job description

Micro-Cap Solutions is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead its Engineering and Drafting department, driving quality, accountability, and continuous improvement across the complete engineering process for high-end commercial millwork projects.

This hands-on leadership role partners with Project Management, Production, Purchasing, and Field Operations to ensure fabrication-ready drawings, scalable workflows, and a culture of coaching and performance.