Senior Manager, Mechanical Engineering

Senior Manager – Mechanical Engineering

Austin, TX | Phoenix, AZ | Raleigh-Durham, NC

Hybrid | PE Required

We’re partnering with a major US organization that is making a significant investment in building out its integrated architecture and engineering capability , with a particular focus on complex, technically demanding projects.

They are now looking to appoint a Senior Mechanical Engineering Manager who can combine strong technical engineering credentials with proven people leadership.

This is a particularly interesting opportunity because the practice is still being built. Rather than stepping into a rigid, mature structure, you’ll have the opportunity to influence how the mechanical engineering function develops, help establish standards and processes, and build a team around you as the workload grows.

The business is delivering complex, predominantly ground-up projects across Mission Critical/Data Centers, Advanced Manufacturing, Semiconductor, Life Sciences, Healthcare and Laboratory environments.

What you’ll be doing

You’ll take leadership and technical ownership of complex mechanical engineering projects, working across the project lifecycle and collaborating closely with multidisciplinary design, construction and prefabrication teams.

Alongside hands-on technical/project leadership, you’ll initially manage a small engineering team, with the expectation that you will grow and develop that group as the practice expands.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Lead mechanical engineering delivery across complex projects from early design through construction.
• Provide technical direction and solve complex engineering challenges across project teams.
• Collaborate with design, construction and prefabrication teams to deliver coordinated, buildable solutions.
• Manage and develop a growing team of mechanical engineers.
• Help shape engineering standards, processes and best practices as the practice expands.
• Maintain technical oversight and professional responsibility for engineering deliverables.
• Stamping engineering work where required.

What we’re looking for

The successful candidate will be an established mechanical engineering leader with:

• An active Professional Engineer (PE) license – essential .
• Strong Mechanical Engineering design experience.
• Experience delivering complex, ideally ground-up , projects.
• Proven technical and project ownership.
• Previous people-management experience – this is intended for an established manager rather than someone taking their first step into management.
• Experience within Data Centers/Mission Critical, Advanced Manufacturing/Semiconductor, Life Sciences, Healthcare or Laboratory projects would be highly advantageous.
• Experience working alongside construction, design-build and/or prefabrication teams would be particularly valuable.

A collaborative, progressive mindset and an interest in challenging traditional approaches to design and construction.

Why this opportunity?

The attraction here is less about joining another traditional engineering consultancy and more about helping build something .

The wider organization already has significant scale, project pipeline and resources, while this particular engineering practice is still in a high-growth phase. Senior hires joining now will have genuine input into how the group operates and develops.

There is also a deliberate push toward bringing design, construction and prefabrication closer together , allowing engineers to influence constructability and delivery much earlier than they typically would within a conventional consulting environment.

The culture is collaborative, low-ego and progressive, and they are particularly interested in people who believe traditional design and construction processes can be improved.

Locations: Austin, TX | Phoenix, AZ | Raleigh-Durham, NC

Working model: Hybrid – approximately 2 days per week in-office initially, with increased flexibility once established.

Bonus: Senior Manager bonus opportunity is approximately 15–20% of base salary , across individual and company performance components.