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 the ability to independently deliver production-ready models and drawings with limited direction.
• Proven capability supporting Lead Designers and project teams in packaged equipment, industrial plant, HVAC, piping, mechanical, and structural design and layout.
• Broad understanding of structural, mechanical, electrical, and controls equipment interfaces, including operation, maintenance, access, and clearance constraints.
• Advanced ability to read and interpret P&IDs and related engineering documents.
• Working knowledge of codes and standards applicable to TAS equipment, including NEC, IEC, ASME, ANSI, AISC, AWS, UMC, OSHA, building codes, and other project-specific requirements.
• Strong project-support skills, including labor estimating, task scheduling, resource coordination, progress tracking, and change-impact…