What are the responsibilities and job description for the Engineering Manager position at JMS Southeast, Inc.?
JMS Southeast is a small, growing company built on our ability to turn custom engineering challenges into finished temperature sensor designs. Our customers come to us because we can deliver what larger, slower organizations cannot: creative, high-quality custom solutions in days, not weeks or months. We are looking for an Engineering Manager who will lead and grow our engineering department end-to-end, leading a team of junior engineers, a seasoned chief engineer, and CAD drafting personnel — all working primarily in Solid Edge.
What You’ll Own
- Lead daily operations of the engineering department, ensuring rapid turnaround on custom design projects scoped to customer requirements
- Serve as a working manager — actively contributing to designs, reviewing CAD outputs, creating and reviewing content in ERP system including BOMs, creating and reviewing product literature and solving technical problems alongside the team
- Collaborate with the chief engineer on complex technical challenges and leverage their expertise strategically across the team
- Set and enforce CAD drafting standards, workflows, and best practices within Solid Edge to ensure quality, consistency, and speed across all deliverables
- Develop junior engineers through hands-on mentorship, direct feedback, and structured skill-building
- Own the intake, scoping, and scheduling of custom design requests so the team always knows what matters most and why
- Identify bottlenecks in process or capability and develop solutions — whether that means rewriting a workflow, sourcing a tool, overseeing design and creation of new tools and jigs, or personally filling a gap
- Build upon a culture of accountability, responsiveness, and craftsmanship where fast and right are not in conflict
- Work cross-functionally with manufacturing, purchasing and sales to align on customer commitments and deliver on them effectively
Qualifications and Education Requirements
- Demonstrated hands-on mechanical aptitude — designs reflect an understanding of how things are made
- Practical proficiency in Solid Edge or similar CAD systems with a strong command of modeling standards, part drafting, assembly workflows, and GD&T fundamentals
- Proven experience leading an engineering team, including performance management, workload planning, and individual development
- A track record of working in high-tempo, short-deadline environments
- Strong organizational instincts — you can juggle multiple active projects, re-prioritize without losing your footing, and communicate clearly even when under pressure
- The initiative to identify what needs to be done and do it without waiting to be told
- Experience coaching early-career engineers and a genuine interest in developing people as a professional discipline
- Comfort with ambiguity and a willingness to wear multiple hats as business needs shift