Engineering Team Manager

Engineering Team Manager# Engineering Team Manager Eden Prairie or Remote - EDEN PRAIRIE, MN 55344## Overview Salary Range$ - $ Salary/year Position Type Full Time Job Shift Day Education  Level4 Year Degree

Travel Percentage Up to 30%
Category Engineering## Description
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* Summary:

** Alpha consults on, designs, installs, and supports large scale broadcast and AV systems for sports and live events, casinos, secondary and higher education, government, and corporate environments.

The Engineering Manager leads the Engineering team and is accountable for accurate, timely presales designs; delivery within approved project labor estimates; accurate bills of materials; and complete, accurate final deliverables issued when needed. Success means each handoff equips the receiving team to perform accurate, efficient, timely work while protecting customer commitments and Alpha’s profitability.

The manager owns the Engineering employee lifecycle and builds a culture of accountability for downstream success. Teams agree what each recipient needs, when it is needed, and how readiness will be verified;
Engineering resolves gaps and learns from downstream results.
** Essential Duties and Responsibilities
*** Presales design accuracy and timeliness
* Own accurate presales packages delivered early enough for Sales Support to prepare complete, accurate quotes and for Sales to negotiate informed deals. Confirm requirements, scope, site conditions, interfaces, and assumptions with Sales and Sales Support.
* Provide reviewed architecture, equipment and quantities, labor estimates, scope inclusions and exclusions, dependencies, and priced-option requirements. Verify technical integrity and quote readiness with Sales Support so quoting does not require avoidable redesign or reconstruction of missing information.
* Set handoff dates to allow quoting and proposal preparation time. Resolve material gaps before release and escalate input, capacity, and schedule risks with recovery options.
* Delivery within approved project labor estimates
* Own coordinated post-sales design that enables accurate equipment ordering, informed labor assignments, and full, accurate, timely CAD drawing packages. Give each team approved scope, technical decisions, design inputs, work assumptions, and release priorities before its work must begin.
* Validate labor estimates with Project Management and delivery leaders. Review actual and forecast completion hours; prevent engineering savings from shifting avoidable effort, delay, or rework to receiving teams.
* Track downstream clarification, rework, and delay caused by engineering handoffs; resolve causes and support recovery. Record scope changes and secure baseline approvals without concealing overruns.
* Bill of materials (BOM) accuracy
* Own complete, order-ready BOMs with correct equipment, quantities, accessories, licenses, subscriptions, support entitlements, and infrastructure components. Provide clear item identification, approved substitutions, and required release information
* Reconcile BOMs with design, scope, drawings, and Procurement needs before release. Coordinate long-lead decisions and purchasing milestones; communicate revisions and their cost, schedule, and installation impacts to every affected team.
* Engineering deliverable accuracy and timeliness
* Own complete, accurate, usable engineering packages throughout post-sales design and final closeout.  Agree contents, receiving owner, acceptance criteria, and need dates for Procurement, labor planning, CAD, Installation, Programming Commissioning and Support.
* Verify coordinated designs and drawings before execution.  Ensure final as-builts, BOMs, configuration and programming records, test results, operating documents, and support materials reflect the installed system and contract.  Confirm readiness and close material gaps promptly.
* Engineering team leadership and employee lifecycle ownership
* Lead the Engineering team and own all aspects of its employee lifecycle in partnership with Human Resources and the Executive Team.  Recruit and hire for technical skill, collaboration and handoff quality.  Provide structured onboarding covering the full project lifecycle, receiving team needs and readiness standards.
* Set measurable individual objectives for delivery, quality and the usability and timeliness of work received by other teams.  Provide regular informal coaching and documented form performance feedback within required company time frames; recognize…