Manager Mechanical Engineering

FORTNA • Griffin, WA

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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 skills
• Technical governance skills
• Execution support skills
• Ability to build, scale, and sustain mechanical engineering capabilities
• Discipline, quality, and realism in project planning and execution
• Team leadership and development skills
• Ability to establish clear standards, career pathways, and accountability
• Hands-on involvement during critical project phases (bid support, technical risk resolution, design reviews, complex execution challenges)
• Focus on engineering readiness, execution consistency, risk mitigation, team development, and alignment between business demand and engineering capacity
• 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