Design Team Manager

About New England Wire Products

New England Wire Products is a family-owned manufacturer, building custom wire and metal products entirely in the USA for over 45 years. Everything happens under one roof, from design through delivery, and we are growing fast.

The opportunity

We are hiring an Engineering Design Team Manager to lead a team of 3 to 5 individual contributors who develop custom metal solutions for customers in the retail and warehousing storage industries. You will balance team workload, track deliverables, and keep Sales and senior leadership informed of project progress.

You will oversee the design process from concept through presentation, prototyping, and release of approved production drawings. The team also revises approved designs to support production.

What you will own

• Team workload: assigning work, setting milestones, and prioritizing new customer projects and production-support requests
• Project visibility: tracking status, risks, and deadlines, and giving Sales and senior leadership regular updates
• The design process: leading concept development, design presentations, and prototype coordination for custom customer solutions
• Production drawings: making sure approved designs become accurate, complete drawings, and coordinating revisions to released designs
• Team development and workflow: coaching team members, reviewing output for quality, and improving handoffs between design and production

Qualifications

Who we are looking for

• Experience in engineering design, product design, drafting, or a related field, manufacturing experience preferred
• Experience coordinating projects or leading a team, ideally a small team of individual contributors, and tracking deliverables against deadlines
• Proficiency with relevant CAD and design tools
• Familiarity with production drawings, prototyping, and design revisions in a manufacturing environment
• Explains technical progress and risks to technical and nontechnical audiences, with a practical, collaborative approach

What you will gain

• Leadership of a small design team with a direct line to Sales and senior leadership
• Ownership of customer solutions from concept through release of production drawings
• A role in a family-owned American manufacturer that does everything in-house
• Salaried pay, with health and dental insurance and a retirement plan

New England Wire Products provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and applicable state law. Candidates who require an accommodation to perform the essential functions of a position are encouraged to contact Human Resources.

Employment with New England Wire Products is contingent on a successful background check, which we conduct after a conditional offer of employment and in line with applicable law. We participate in E-Verify and confirm the employment eligibility of all new employees.

New England Wire Products is an equal opportunity employer. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law.