SolidWorks Assistant Manager

POSITION OVERVIEW

The Assistant Manager - Solid Works is a working leader who divides time approximately equally between technical project support and personnel management. The role supports lead designers on active packaged-equipment projects while supervising, coaching, and developing design/drafting personnel. The position provides hands‑on Solid Works expertise by creating and checking models and drawings, helping coordinate project design execution, reinforcing TAS standards and common architectures, and supporting engineering leadership in delivering safe, compliant, high‑quality work on schedule and within budget.

• Support lead designers on moderate to complex packaged-equipment projects from turnover through release by assisting with design coordination, technical problem-solving, workload planning, and the quality and timeliness of assigned deliverables.
• Interpret P&IDs, process flow diagrams, specifications, site and equipment layouts, piping plans, general arrangement drawings, bills of materials, and customer design inputs.
• Create, modify, check, and approve reliable 3D Solid Works models, assemblies, mating interfaces, library components, exploded views, layouts, section views, dimensions, callouts, and accurate BOMs.
• Design and modify structural, mechanical, piping, electrical, and controls sub‑assemblies while considering manufacturing constraints, installation access, maintenance clearances, and applicable codes and recognized standards.
• Create and check project models and drawings as assigned, including assemblies, layouts, section views, details, dimensions, callouts, and BOMs; verify accuracy, completeness, manufacturability, and compliance before release.
• Assist Lead Designers with project drafting plans, labor estimates, production schedules, deliverable lists, resource needs, and progress tracking; communicate risks, scope changes, and forecast impacts to the Lead Designer and Engineering Leadership.
• Attend bid, kickoff/turnover, customer, vendor, project, and production meetings as requested to support the Lead Designer and coordinate design interfaces with Engineering, Project Management, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Quality, and other stakeholders.
• Identify and recommend value‑engineered alternatives and practical design solutions to the Lead Designer without compromising safety, quality, maintainability, or customer requirements.

• Provide day‑to‑day supervision, work assignment, prioritization, and workload balancing for assigned designers and drafters; monitor task completion, quality, and schedule performance.
• Participate in hiring, onboarding, training, performance evaluations, coaching, recognition, and performance remediation in partnership with Engineering Leadership and Human Resources.
• Establish clear expectations and provide frequent feedback; mentor employees in Solid Works, design practices, checking discipline, project execution, communication, and professional development.
• Support manpower planning, utilization forecasting, project staffing, ETC/EAC updates, KPI tracking, and reporting of individual and team performance, including efficiency and accuracy.
• Develop, improve, publish, and enforce design/drafting standards, checking procedures, templates, common architectures, library practices, documentation requirements, and configuration‑management controls.
• Help investigate and implement new technologies, hardware, software, and streamlined procedures in coordination with management, IT, and vendors; organize technical training as needed.
• Serve as an escalation point for technical and personnel issues, resolving routine matters and elevating significant risks or decisions to Engineering Leadership.
• Reinforce a collaborative, accountable, customer‑focused culture and build effective working relationships within the department and across TAS.
• Travel to customer, vendor, or project sites as required and perform other responsibilities assigned by TAS.
• Other TAS duties assigned.

• Advanced, hands‑on Solid Works capability and…