Engineering Manager

Anton Cabinetry is looking for a strong, decisive Engineering Manager to lead the transformation of our engineering and design team. This is a hands-on leadership role for someone who thrives on bringing structure, consistency, and accountability to a fast-paced commercial millwork operation.

If you are energized by fixing broken workflows, standardizing processes, elevating teams, and restoring healthy collaboration between Engineering and Production — this is the role where you will make a visible impact every single day.

We are a $30M architectural millwork firm with 50 years of history and a growing pipeline of healthcare and commercial projects. The relationship between Engineering and Production is the heartbeat of our operation. This position is central to strengthening that bridge.

What You’ll Lead

1. Standardize and elevate engineering output

We need a leader who can:

Establish consistent drawing standards for both shop drawings and production drawings

Align the team around one way of doing things

Improve accuracy and reduce variation across engineers

Strengthen internal review processes

Ensure predictable, high-quality release packages to the shop

2. Coach, develop, and hold engineers accountable

You will lead a team of:

Project Design Managers, Engineers / Designers, and Outsourced drafters

Your leadership will:

Raise expectations, build discipline, drive training consistency, and create a culture of ownership and follow-through.

3. Rebuild the rhythm between Engineering & Production

This role is the bridge between upstream engineering work and downstream shop flow.

You will:

Work closely with the Director of Production

Improve predictability of releases

Reduce rework and late surprises

Establish a dependable weekly schedule

Bring clarity, communication, and stability to the process

4. Lead by presence — not from behind a screen

This is an onsite leadership role.

The shop, PMs, and engineering team need a leader who is:

Visible, engaged, accessible, and in the mix with people and processes.

A limited hybrid day for systems work is possible, but this role is fundamentally in-person.

This role is designed for a leader who has successfully improved engineering teams before, someone who thrives in environments that need structure and momentum.

Required Qualifications:

7–15 years of commercial millwork, casework, or store fixture engineering experience

Strong command of shop drawings, production drawings, CNC workflows, and millwork standards

Enough technical depth to guide and review work, without being a “heads down” drafter

A steady, accountable, results-driven leadership presence

The confidence and communication style to reset expectations and bring people together

Experience building processes, not just following them

2–5 years managing or leading engineering teams

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience overseeing hybrid design teams (internal, outsourced, varying experience levels)

Working knowledge of CNC post-processors, BOM systems, or software automation

Familiarity with AWI standards and QCP testing protocols

Bachelor’s or Associate’s degree in Engineering, Construction Science, or related field

Experience implementing new CAD tools, standards, or systems