Engineering Supervisor
Lapeyre Stair · New Orleans, LA · Yesterday
EngineeringFull-time
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