Lapeyre Stair, a division of Laitram, is seeking a hands-on, highly technical engineering leader to lead its engineering organization and serve as the senior technical authority for custom industrial stair systems. This role blends structural fabrication expertise, customer-facing leadership, and operational execution, owning the lifecycle from concept and configuration through fabrication and delivery. It is a builder role leading a small team of SolidWorks designers, working directly in CAD and ERP tools, and engaging customers as Lead Engineer. Engineering is described as a core driver of customer confidence, manufacturability, margin, and scalability.
Responsibilities:
• Serve as senior technical authority for industrial stairs, platforms, handrails, and welded structural assemblies.
• Lead development and review of SolidWorks models, assemblies, and fabrication drawings to ensure quality, clarity, and manufacturability.
• Establish and maintain engineering best practices for structural integrity, tolerances, welding, material selection, and installation requirements.
• Act as escalation point for complex engineering, design, and production issues.
• Serve as Lead Engineer on key customer accounts and high-complexity projects; work directly with customers to define requirements, answer technical questions, and deliver engineered solutions.
• Partner with Sales on technical scoping, solution selling, risk identification, and project strategies.
• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of SolidWorks designers; establish processes for design intake, reviews, revisions, and drawing release.
• Improve engineering systems and automation with SolidWorks, DriveWorks, and ERP to strengthen configurator logic, BOM accuracy, and engineering-to-production data flow.
• Partner with fabrication and operations on production readiness, handoffs, and continuous improvement in efficiency, quality, scalability, and lead time; meet business-plan objectives and team standards.
• Promote continuous improvement and collaborate with leadership on product innovation.
Requirements: bachelor’s degree in mechanical, structural, or related engineering; 5+ years industrial or structural fabrication engineering; strong SolidWorks experience (assemblies, drawings, configurations), custom fabrication knowledge, team leadership, customer-facing engineering experience, and manufacturing ERP experience (Epicor preferred). Preferred: DriveWorks/rules-based configurators, engineered-to-order or configure-to-order fabrication, AISC/OSHA/IBC familiarity, and experience evolving engineering/production processes.
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