CAD/ Engineering Manager - Commercial Millwork

Anton Cabinetry•Pantego, TX

5d•Onsite

About The Position

Anton Cabinetry is seeking a hands-on Engineering Manager to lead and improve its engineering and design team at its commercial millwork operation. The role focuses on adding structure, consistency, and accountability to engineering workflows and improving collaboration between Engineering and Production. The company is a $30M architectural millwork firm with 50 years of history and a growing pipeline of healthcare and commercial projects. The manager will establish and maintain consistent standards for shop and production drawings, align the team on processes, improve drawing accuracy, strengthen reviews, and ensure predictable, high-quality release packages. The role leads Project Design Managers, Engineers/Designers, and outsourced drafters, coaching and developing the team while building accountability, training consistency, and ownership. Working closely with the Director of Production, the Engineering Manager will improve release predictability, reduce rework and late surprises, establish a dependable weekly schedule, and strengthen communication between engineering and shop operations. This is fundamentally an onsite leadership position in Pantego, Texas, requiring an engaged and visible presence with the shop, project managers, and engineering team. A limited hybrid day for systems work may be possible.

Requirements

7–15 years of commercial millwork, casework, or store fixture engineering experience.
Strong command of shop drawings, production drawings, CNC workflows, and millwork standards.
Technical depth sufficient to guide and review work without primarily working as a hands-on drafter.
A steady, accountable, results-driven leadership presence.
Confidence and communication skills to reset expectations and bring people together.
Experience building processes, rather than only following them.
2–5+ years managing or leading engineering teams.

Nice To Haves

Experience overseeing hybrid design teams, including internal and outsourced team members with varying experience levels.
Working knowledge of CNC post-processors, BOM systems, or software automation.
Familiarity with AWI standards and QCP testing protocols.
Bachelor’s or Associate’s degree in Engineering, Construction Science, or a related field.
Experience implementing new CAD tools, standards, or systems.

Responsibilities

Establish consistent standards for shop drawings and production drawings.
Align the engineering team around consistent processes and improve drawing accuracy and consistency.
Strengthen internal review processes and ensure predictable, high-quality release packages to the shop.
Lead, coach, develop, and hold accountable Project Design Managers, Engineers/Designers, and outsourced drafters.
Raise expectations, improve discipline and training consistency, and foster ownership and follow-through.
Work with the Director of Production to improve coordination between Engineering and Production.
Improve release predictability, reduce rework and late surprises, and establish a dependable weekly schedule.
Provide clear communication and stability across engineering and production workflows.
Maintain a visible, engaged, and accessible onsite leadership presence.