[Remote] Engineering Manager
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Oldcastle Infrastructure is a leading provider of innovative outdoor living products and utility infrastructure solutions. The Engineering Manager will lead a team of Product Engineers, focusing on product design and commercialization across various brand categories while ensuring alignment with engineering, operations, and commercial teams.
Responsibilities
- Lead, mentor, and develop Product Engineers, focusing on building technical depth, accountability, and career growth
- Act as a technical leader, providing hands-on guidance while scaling team capability
- Drive workload prioritization, performance management, and consistent delivery of high-quality engineering output
- Foster a collaborative, accountable, and growth-oriented team environment aligned with company values
- Take ownership of strategic, high-visibility engineering projects, driving execution clarity, pace, and accountability
- Contribute to new product development (NPD) initiatives– while applying a structured product development approach (stage-gate or equivalent) to manage progression from concept to commercialization
- Support the full product lifecycle, including enhancements, cost reductions, and sustainment engineering
- Lead execution of product design, prototyping, validation, and regulatory approval activities
- Serve as the technical escalation point for complex engineering challenges, with a practical understanding of manufacturing constraints
- Ensure engineering deliverables meet applicable standards, quality expectations, and customer requirements
- Champion scalable processes, including design control, ECM/ECO, and NPD governance where applicable
- Drive improvements in engineering workflows, documentation quality, and design standards
- Partner with Operations to support production readiness, tooling development, and manufacturability
- Collaborate with Sales, Customer Service, and Marketing to provide technical support for customer-facing activities
- Apply lean principles to improve efficiency, quality, and repeatability across engineering
- Engage with customers, job sites, and industry events to provide technical expertise and gather feedback
- Act as a technical representative of the company in external engagements when required
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, civil engineering, or related discipline
- 8+ years of hands‑on product development experience with physically manufactured products
- Prior mentorship, project leadership, or informal supervisory experience required
- Experience with manufacturing processes such as structural foam molding, injection molding, and assembly-line production
- Experience with ERP systems, product setup, BOM management, and SKU creation
- Knowledge of DFMA, FMEA, tolerance stack analysis, and lean principles
- Demonstrated ability to coordinate engineering deliverables across multiple stakeholders and functions
- Effective communication and interpersonal skills with ability to convey technical information clearly across levels
- Strong organizational capability, including management of multiple priorities and deadlines
- Growth‑oriented leadership mindset with a passion for developing talent and improving processes
- Ability to lead high‑impact initiatives with cross‑functional teams, balancing engineering rigor with customer responsiveness and commercial considerations
- Mobility to work effectively in an office environment with standard equipment
- Ability to lift and carry products or samples up to 40 pounds
- Capability to work in manufacturing environments with exposure to noise, dust, and varying temperatures
- Ability to wear required PPE and enforce safety standards
- Occasional travel (up to 20%) within the U.S., Canada, and Mexico
- PE/PEng preferred
- Proficient in 3D modeling & PDM/Vault systems (Inventor and SolidWorks preferred)
- Experience reviewing or performing simulation work (FEA & CFD would be beneficial)
- Strong knowledge of industry standards such as SCTE, AAHSTO, UL & Telcordia
Benefits
- Bonus opportunity 15%
- 401(k) plan / group retirement savings program
- Short-term and long-term disability benefits
- Life insurance
- Health, dental, and vision insurance
- Paid time off
- Paid holidays
- Highly competitive base pay
- Comprehensive medical, dental and disability benefits programs
- Group retirement savings program
- Health and wellness programs
- An inclusive culture that values opportunity for growth, development, and internal promotion
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