Engineering Supervisor

Responsibilities

• Serve as the senior technical authority for industrial stairs, platforms, handrails, and welded structural assemblies.
• Lead the development and review of SolidWorks models, assemblies, and fabrication drawings to ensure quality, clarity, and manufacturability.
• Establish and maintain engineering best practices for structural integrity, tolerances, welding, material selection, and installation requirements.
• Act as the escalation point for complex engineering, design, and production issues.
• Serve as Lead Engineer on key customer accounts and high-complexity projects.
• Work directly with customers to define requirements, answer technical questions, and deliver engineered solutions.
• Partner with Sales to support technical scoping, solution selling, risk identification, and winning project strategies.
• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of SolidWorks designers while creating clear processes for design intake, reviews, revisions, and drawing release.
• Build team capability and accountability through coaching, structure, and a culture of ownership and practical problem-solving.
• Improve engineering systems and automation by working hands-on with SolidWorks, DriveWorks, and ERP to strengthen configurator logic, BOM accuracy, and engineering-to-production data flow.
• Partner closely with fabrication and operations to support production readiness, improve handoffs, and drive continuous improvement in efficiency, quality, scalability, and lead time.
• Meet business plan objectives and set performance standards and goals for the team.
• Promote the Lapeyre Stair Continuous Improvement culture.
• Collaborate with leadership on product innovation.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Structural, or related Engineering field
• 5+ years of experience in industrial or structural fabrication engineering
• Deep hands-on experience with SolidWorks (assemblies, drawings, configurations)
• Strong background in custom fabrication (stairs, platforms, railings, welded assemblies preferred)
• Proven experience leading and mentoring engineering or design teams
• Demonstrated success in customer-facing engineering roles
• Experience working with ERP systems in a manufacturing environment, Epicor preferred
• Highly Preferred: Deep hands-on experience with DriveWorks, Experience with DriveWorks or rules-based product configurators, Background in ETO / CTO engineered-to-order fabrication, Familiarity with applicable structural and safety standards (AISC, OSHA, IBC)
• Experience evolving legacy or analog engineering and production processes

Qualifications

• EEO/M/F/Vet/Disabled

Skills

• Customer-facing leadership
• Operational execution
• Full lifecycle management (concept, configuration, fabrication, delivery)
• Engineering best practices
• Complex engineering, design, and production issue resolution
• Team leadership and development
• Engineering systems and automation
• ERP systems
• DriveWorks or rules-based product configurators
• ETO / CTO fabrication
• Structural and safety standards

Benefits

• Medical/dental/vision insurance
• 4 weeks PTO
• 12 paid holidays
• On campus gym/pharmacy/wellness center
• 401(k)
• Tuition reimbursement
• stem cell treatment
• IVF