Manager Mechanical Engineering

FORTNA • Atlanta, GA

21h

About The Position

The Mechanical Engineering Manager is responsible for providing strategic leadership, technical governance, and selective execution support for the Mechanical Engineering function within FORTNA’s LPS Projects organization. This role focuses on building, scaling, and sustaining mechanical engineering capabilities while ensuring projects are planned and executed with discipline, quality, and realism. The Mechanical Engineering Manager leads and develops a team of Mechanical Engineering Supervisors, Leads, and Project Engineers, establishing clear standards, career pathways, and accountability. While this role is not intended to be a primary billable project resource, it maintains hands-on involvement during critical project phases, including bid support, technical risk resolution, design reviews, and complex execution challenges. Success in this role is measured by engineering readiness, execution consistency, risk mitigation, team development, and alignment between business demand and engineering capacity, while ensuring projects are delivered safely, on time, and on budget.

Requirements

• Strategic leadership
• Technical governance
• Execution support for Mechanical Engineering function
• Building, scaling, and sustaining mechanical engineering capabilities
• Disciplined, quality, and realistic project planning and execution
• Leadership and development of Mechanical Engineering Supervisors, Leads, and Project Engineers
• Establishing clear standards, career pathways, and accountability
• Hands-on involvement during critical project phases (bid support, technical risk resolution, design reviews, complex execution challenges)
• Ensuring projects are delivered safely, on time, and on budget

Responsibilities

• Providing strategic leadership, technical governance, and selective execution support for the Mechanical Engineering function.
• Building, scaling, and sustaining mechanical engineering capabilities.
• Ensuring projects are planned and executed with discipline, quality, and realism.
• Leading and developing a team of Mechanical Engineering Supervisors, Leads, and Project Engineers.
• Establishing clear standards, career pathways, and accountability for the team.
• Maintaining hands-on involvement during critical project phases, including bid support, technical risk resolution, design reviews, and complex execution challenges.
• Ensuring projects are delivered safely, on time, and on budget.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: No Education Listed