Engineering Manager

RCS Staffing has an immediate need for an Engineering Manager in Office Based with flexible scheduling. This is a full-time direct-hire Office Based assignment with our client. This position offers a competitive package including benefits, vacation and holidays.

Overview of YOUR role as an Engineering Manager

This role owns project execution — delivering work that is accurate, constructible, and ready for the field — while developing a strong team and scalable systems. If you've worked at a refinery, chemical plant, or large industrial facilities and understand how projects get executed, this role will feel familiar. You will work closely with leadership to translate vision into results and help build a high-performance engineering organization.

As an Engineering Manager YOU will:

• Deliver accurate, high-quality engineering plans and details that can be built in the field
• Ensure projects are completed on time and on budget
• Build and lead a high-performing engineering and design team
• Drive consistency, quality, and throughput across all projects
• Implement and maintain project management systems and standards
• Develop team members through mentorship and accountability

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and manage engineers, designers, and drafters day-to-day
• Establish clear priorities, workloads, and schedules across projects
• Implement and enforce project workflows, QA/QC, and standards
• Track and improve key metrics (schedule, budget, utilization, quality)
• Partner with leadership on hiring, staffing, and team development
• Develop and review scopes, estimates, and deliverables for accuracy and alignment with client expectations

YOU are the ideal Engineering Manager candidate if you have:

• 10+ years engineering and project management experience (industrial preferred)
• Professional Engineering (PE) license required (or plan to be acquired within 6 months of hiring)
• Small project experience required · Proven experience leading engineering/design teams and supporting and developing others
• Strong in execution, making sound decisions, and consistently following through to completion
• Comfortable managing multiple projects and priorities
• Experience with project delivery in refinery, chemical, or industrial environments
• Take pride in delivering work that gets built correctly the first time
• Hold yourself and others accountable
• Bring structure, clarity, and follow-through to a team
• Have seen what happens when projects go wrong — and know how to prevent it
• Care about developing people and building a strong team

It's a BONUS if you have:

• Master's degree in Engineering or related field
• Experience implementing project management systems and standards
• Background in oil & gas, petrochemical, or heavy industrial sectors
• Experience with engineering software and project management tools
• Track record of team development and mentorship

About Our CLIENT

Our client focuses on delivering high-quality engineered plans and details for industrial projects. They specialize in working within existing facilities where accuracy and real-world conditions matter. Their work combines reality capture, design, and engineering to produce deliverables that can be built with confidence in the field. With a focus on technical excellence, team development, and practical project execution, they provide a flexible office environment where engineering managers can lead meaningful industrial projects while developing strong engineering teams and ensuring successful delivery of construction-ready plans.