Engineering Assistant Manager - Design
About The Position
Centrus is seeking an Assistant Engineering Manager to help lead daily Design Engineering activities and provide continuity of leadership when the Engineering Manager is unavailable. This role will support the AC100 Machine Design, Gas Test Stand Project, and other Design Team priorities. Daily tasks will require working across Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, Supply Chain, and Project Management teams to ensure technical work and design changes are completed safely, accurately, and compliantly. This is a hands-on leadership role for someone who can coordinate complex day to day execution of engineering activities, resolve issues, and maintain strong change-control discipline.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Manufacturing, Aerospace, Nuclear, Chemical, or related Engineering discipline
- Five or more years of engineering experience in equipment design, manufacturing support, fabrication, or a regulated industrial environment
- Experience leading engineering projects, technical work packages, or cross-functional teams
- Experience with engineering change control, design documentation, drawings, specifications, and technical reviews
- Working knowledge of manufacturing processes, fabrication, and production support
- Strong communication, organizational, leadership, and problem-solving skills
Nice To Haves
- Experience supporting complex machine design, test equipment, facility systems, or capital projects
- Familiarity with ECRs, MCRs, DRs, nonconformance resolution, and corrective-action processes
- Ability to coordinate effectively across Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, and Project Management
- Strong attention to detail and commitment to safe, compliant, high-quality engineering execution
- Experience in nuclear, aerospace, defense, energy, or another highly regulated industry
Responsibilities
- Assist the Engineering Manager by coordinating daily engineering work, setting priorities, and providing technical leadership for Design Engineering projects and manufacturing support activities.
- Help ensure designs, drawings, specifications, and technical documentation are complete, accurate, and ready to support project and production needs.
- Manage engineering changes resulting from the ESO process, manufacturing feedback, nonconformances, and project requirements.
- Coordinate the review, approval, documentation, and implementation of Engineering Change Records (ECRs), Material Condition Reports (MCRs), and Design Deviation Requests (DRs).
- Partner with Manufacturing, Quality, Operations, and Project Management to resolve technical issues, support troubleshooting and corrective actions, track engineering commitments, and keep leadership informed of project status, risks, and resource needs.
Benefits
- Incentive eligible
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
