Engineering Manager - Connection Design Services

Director of Structural Engineering – Connection Design (PE Required)

Tempe, AZ | Remove Available | Full-Time

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Build a connection design and PE stamping practice from the ground up inside an established global engineering firm — 900+ professionals, 50 years delivering steel, mining, and energy infrastructure worldwide. This is a greenfield leadership mandate: full authority to build the function, no inherited team, no legacy playbook to work around.

What You'll Own

• Lead the transition of connection design from outsourced to a scalable in-house function, with full backing to build it right

• Start hands-on: stamp drawings, support estimating and sales enablement, and drive project delivery from day one

• Recruit, build, and mentor a high-performing structural engineering team as the practice scales

• Set quality assurance standards across the North American portfolio

• Partner directly with sales and tender teams on project scoping and commercial alignment

• Bring Python, automation, and AI-assisted workflows into engineering delivery

Must-Haves

• Active PE license with authority to stamp and seal connection design drawings

• 10+ years in structural engineering or connection design, including 5+ years leading teams

• Bachelor's degree in Civil, Structural, or Mechanical Engineering

• Strong grasp of engineering design software

Nice to Have

• Python or scripting experience

• Steel detailing workflow exposure

• Track record standing up a new engineering function xhyhwjd

• Contract discipline background (claims, variations, change orders)

Why This Role

Full ownership of a new function inside a firm with the scale and project pipeline to back it — landmark mining, energy, and infrastructure work, precision structural modeling at the highest level, and real investment in your team as you build it out.

Compensation & Benefits

Comprehensive health and dental, 401(k), EAP, and a firm genuinely invested in your growth as the practice scales.