Engineering Manager, Project and Variant Engineering

Amerlux a leader in architectural lighting designs and manufacturing of innovative interior and exterior lighting solutions for commercial retail and supermarket sectors is looking for a Engineering Manager to join our team in our Oakland NJ facility. This position requires being on-site five days per week.

The Engineerin Manager for Project and Variant engineering is an integral part of the Design Engineering Team in a fast-paced and growing global Lighting industry. The position reports directly to the Vice President of Business Development & Engineering and works closely with the Architectural Systems R&D Teams to execute major job and product variant projects from specification to production.

Job Responsibilities:

• Manage team of Project Engineers and Drafts people in the timely and accurate execution of project and variant opportunities.
• Using Smart Sheet tools focus on managing project assessment distribution loading and execution of workto the team to deliver all phases of the project within company stated lead times.
• Lead interface with customer support and operations to ensure project timelines and schedules are aligned.
• Interface as required with Sales Product Managers Customer Support Purchasing and Quotations in the timely execution of our made-to-measure project business.
• Work with Lighting Consultants and Architects as required to understand project specifications and communicate Amerlux product details and capabilities.
• Work with Product Management and Marketing to support the custom/variant process from assessment pricing and lead-time analyses.
• Product Documentation: Submittal Drawings Bills of Material Structure; part drawings; assembly documentation; installation sheets and help generate variant specification data sheet.
• Work with Director of Architectural Systems and IT to help facilitate the development and transition of the team to the new Cincom CPQ system.
• Manage various priorities by optimum use of personal time and the time of direct reports.
• Other duties as deemed priority and appropriate by the Company and management.

Skills and Experience:

• 8 years engineering experience 5 years at a lighting/LED manufacturer..
• Ability to review and understand lighting specifications concept drawings RCPs electrical ceiling and architectural details.
• Required knowledge of sheet metal die cast plastic mold and extruded part design; Understanding of LED sources drivers and lighting components.
• Autodesk Inventor 3D.
• Smart Sheets knowledge a plus.
• Good communication skills required - effective interaction/collaboration with resources vendors partners and designers locally and other global locations.
• Ability to organize assign direct and manage schedules and work flow for the variant team to deliver lighting projects from drawing through BOMs in timely and error free manner.
• Effective use and manage personal time while juggling various priorities and managing other peoples time.

Amerlux provides a competitive salary with full benefits including health dental vision prescription drug 401k with match life AD&D short term disability vacation sick and holidays. The salary range for this position is between $95000 and $105000 based on the candidates skills and experience. Interested candidate should submit their resume to

Amerlux is an Equal Opportunity Employer.