Engineering & Productization Manager – Fabrication & Manufacturing

The role

The Engineering & Productization Manager converts market demand into standardized, repeatable, and commercially viable fabricated and manufactured solutions. This role leads technical development and productization of integrated modular solutions to advance a scalable manufacturing platform.

What you will do

• Develop and execute an engineering and productization roadmap.
• Identify recurring customer needs for standardization and modularization.
• Prioritize product-development investments.
• Maintain a stage-gate portfolio from concept through lifecycle management.
• Develop strategic relationships with engineering and packaging firms, developers, and owners.
• Lead technical engagement in design-assist and constructability workshops.
• Lead development of fully integrated modular systems.
• Develop engineering and work-allocation strategies for hub-and-spoke manufacturing.
• Plan, lead, and coordinate internal and external engineering resources.
• Embed Design for Manufacturing and Assembly (DfMA) principles in products.

Required qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive experience in engineering management, product development, modularization, fabrication, manufacturing, EPC, industrial construction, systems integration, or a related environm
• Demonstrated experience leading multidisciplinary engineered products, skids, modules, packaged systems, or repeatable fabricated assemblies from concept through production and field deployment.
• Strong working knowledge of engineering deliverables, BIM/VDC, procurement, fabrication, manufacturing, quality, testing, logistics, installation, commissioning, and project execution.
• Demonstrated knowledge of DfMA, constructability, modularization, standardization, configuration management, and design change control.
• Experience managing external engineering firms, consultants, OEMs, packaging partners, or other technical partners.
• Ability to evaluate technical feasibility, customer value, manufacturing readiness, risk, cost, schedule, capacity, and return on investment.
• Ability to interpret contracts, scopes, drawings, models, calculations, specifications, codes, bills of material, and technical submittals.
• Strong commercial judgment and ability to collaborate with Business Development, Estimating, Finance, Legal, Supply Chain, Projects, and Operations.
• Strong leadership, facilitation, negotiation, presentation, written communication, and executive stakeholder-management skills.
• Ability and willingness to travel regularly to customer, partner, project, supplier, and Loenbro manufacturing locations.
• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Structural, Industrial, Manufacturing, or another relevant engineering discipline required; equivalent highly relevant technical leadership experience may

Nice to have

• Professional Engineer licensure, or ability to work effectively within a delegated professional-design structure
• Advanced degree in engineering, engineering management, manufacturing, or business
• Experience with integrated mechanical/electrical modules, data-center cooling systems, electrical skids, modular piping, utility racks, packaged power systems, process modules, or similar manufactured
• Experience developing and commercializing product platforms within an engineer-to-order, configure-to-order, or mass-customization environment
• Knowledge of applicable ASME, AWS, API, NEC, UL, NFPA, IBC, and other codes and certification frameworks relevant to targeted products
• Experience with product lifecycle management, common data environments, BIM/VDC platforms, parametric design, digital fabrication, ERP/MRP integration, or design automation
• Lean, Six Sigma, systems engineering, value engineering, project management, or product-management credentials
• Existing relationships within Loenbro's target end markets and partner ecosystem

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• 401(k) retirement plan with company match
• Performance-based bonus plan
• Long-term Incentives
• Paid time off (PTO) and holiday pay
• Life and disability insurance
• Professional development and training opportunities
• Employee assistance program (EAP)

About the company

Loenbro is a construction lifecycle partner to customers across the U.S. in industries including Electrical, Mechanical & Structural, Soft Crafts, Inspection, Underground Maintenance and Installation, and Fabrication.