Design/Engineering Project Manager

Position Summary

The Design Project Manager supports engineering and project execution teams by coordinating engineering deliverables, managing project schedules, overseeing design reviews, and ensuring projects progress efficiently following contract award. This role serves as a key point of coordination between engineering, design, manufacturing, procurement, and project management teams to ensure technical requirements, project milestones, and deadlines are met.

The Design Project Manager works closely with multidisciplinary teams of engineers and designers, managing project assignments and deliverables without direct supervisory responsibility. The ideal candidate has a strong technical engineering background, preferably in Mechanical, Electrical, or Structural Engineering, combined with strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and the ability to independently prioritize competing project demands.

Key Responsibilities

Engineering Project Management and Coordination

• Coordinate engineering and design activities throughout project execution, ensuring deliverables align with project specifications, schedules, budgets, and quality requirements.
• Develop, maintain, and track engineering schedules, project milestones, resource allocations, and design deliverables.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary engineering teams, including mechanical, electrical, structural, and design personnel, on a project-by-project basis.
• Monitor project progress, identify potential roadblocks, and proactively resolve scheduling, resource, or technical coordination challenges.
• Collaborate with construction project managers and other stakeholders to align engineering deliverables with overall project execution timelines.

Engineering Design and Technical Reviews

• Coordinate peer reviews, engineering reviews, and 30/60/90 design review milestones to ensure technical accuracy and project readiness.
• Review and interpret engineering drawings, technical specifications, design documentation, and project requirements.
• Track engineering deliverables to ensure designs meet applicable specifications, codes, standards, and quality expectations.
• Support engineering change requests (ECRs), requests for information (RFIs), change order requests (CORs), and new product introduction (NPI) processes.
• Coordinate preliminary, critical, and detailed design reviews (PDR, CDR, DDR), ensuring required documentation and milestones are completed.

Cross-Functional Communication and Project Support

• Serve as a primary point of coordination between engineers, designers, project managers, procurement, manufacturing, and external engineering resources.
• Facilitate communication regarding project specifications, schedules, engineering changes, and technical requirements.
• Coordinate vendor submittals and track bill of materials (BOM) releases to support procurement and manufacturing schedules.
• Monitor engineering resource utilization, project budgets, and key performance indicators (KPIs) associated with design milestones.
• Support the development and improvement of engineering processes, workflows, documentation standards, and project tracking procedures.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, preferably Mechanical, Electrical, Structural, or a related engineering discipline.
• Minimum of 3–5 years of experience in engineering design, engineering project management, power generation design, cooling system design, or a related technical engineering environment.
• Ability to read, interpret, and understand engineering drawings, technical specifications, and design documentation.
• Strong organizational and administrative skills, with the ability to manage project schedules, documentation, milestones, and competing priorities.
• Detail-oriented approach with strong problem-solving skills and the ability to identify issues, develop solutions, and follow tasks through completion.
• Ability to work independently, prioritize responsibilities with limited day-to-day direction, and manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to coordinate effectively across multidisciplinary engineering and project teams.
• Authorization to work in the United States.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with SolidWorks, AutoCAD, or other 3D CAD modeling and engineering design software.
• Background in manufacturing, fabrication, industrial engineering, or product development environments.
• Previous experience as a Mechanical Engineer, Electrical Engineer, Structural Engineer, Design Engineer, or Project Engineer with project management responsibilities.
• Familiarity with engineering design review processes, including 30/60/90 reviews, PDR, CDR, DDR, and NPI milestones.
• Experience working with bills of materials (BOMs), engineering change requests (ECRs), requests for information (RFIs), and vendor submittals.
• Knowledge of mechanical equipment and cooling systems, including chillers, pumps, cooling towers, heat exchangers, and related industrial equipment.
• Familiarity with applicable engineering codes and standards, including ASME B31, NEC, ASHRAE, AHRI, CTI, HI, and building codes.

Work Schedule and Environment

This is a full-time position primarily based at the Normandy facility in Jacksonville, FL. The typical work arrangement consists of four days onsite and one day remote per week, with flexibility in daily scheduling based on project responsibilities and deliverables.

Occasional work from the Jacksonville corporate headquarters may be required.

Work is primarily performed in an office and engineering environment, with occasional visits to manufacturing or fabrication areas for project coordination, observation, and technical review.

The position involves managing engineering and design resources on a project-by-project basis but does not have direct supervisory responsibilities.