Engineering Jobs in Aurora, CO

Regional Engineering Manager

ProLift Rigging is a privately owned, purpose-driven industrial construction company that has a unique, opportunistic, and growth-oriented culture.

To acknowledge and glorify God by living in submission to Him as we steward His resources, giving Him thanks through the meaningful work we do, and directing the profits of our business to the redemptive work He is doing on the earth.

To be the best full-service lifting, rigging, and relocation solutions company, enabling total project success for teams that construct, move, or maintain mission-critical plant, machines, and equipment.

Best is:

• Loyal and growing customers that consider us the best.
• Aligned, engaged, value-driven, and effective team members doing whatever it takes to achieve our mission.
• Esteemed by the participants in our industry.
• High return on capital.

Our core values:

• Safety - Evaluate risk, plan to mitigate it to protect customers, our team, the public, and property.
• Focus - Focus on the potential of our customers and fellow teammates, working for their success as if our success is on the line.
• Ingenuity - Think about, discuss, and implement ideas that make us better.
• Superintend - take seriously the opportunity to wisely invest time, talent, and capital for the benefit of others.
• Respect - Soberly respect others and the work we do. Both matters.
• Diligence - Remember that any meaningful goal is achieved through dogged persistence and staying engaged.
• Teamwork - We are a team that needs each members' contribution to achieve our mission.

Job summary:

The Regional Engineering Manager is responsible for the engineering capability of an assigned region. That includes the quality of the engineering work produced in the region, the development of the engineers who produce it, and the working partnership between engineering and the branches it serves. The role puts engineering support close to the work, with people who know the branches, their customers, and their crews.

The Regional Engineering Manager holds the authority and responsibility for engineering process and quality on work produced in the region and develops branch engineers alongside the Branch Managers who lead them. The role manages engineering risk, applies proven methods, and supports the success of the field teams and customers in the region.

How this role works. Branch engineers report directly to their Branch Manager. The Regional Engineering Manager holds indirect oversight of those engineers and direct oversight of their engineering work, meaning the authority and responsibility for process and quality. Hiring, development, and workload are managed jointly with the region leaders. This role leads through technical authority and partnership with the leaders, not through a reporting line. This position will have a direct reporting line to the VP of Technical Services or Engineering Manager.

Responsibilities:

• Engineering talent and development
• Branch engineer development. Assist Branch Managers and Hub Managers in recruiting, onboarding, developing, and holding branch engineers accountable. Branch engineers report directly to their Branch Manager; this role supplies the technical judgment behind those decisions.
• Capability and level determination. Approve the capability assessment behind branch engineer levels (I, II, Senior). The Branch Manager sets the level; this role approves that the engineer's demonstrated capability supports it.
• Regional talent pipeline. Build a pipeline of humble, hungry, and smart engineering talent across the region through structured onboarding, mentorship, succession planning, and support of ProLift's internship program.
• Coaching and accountability. Coach and mentor engineers in the region on technical work, customer interaction, and field judgment. Raise cases of under-performance or over-performance to the Branch Manager with a recommended path.
• Regional bench strength. Work with Branch Managers so each branch is motivated and equipped to build its own engineering bench rather than relying permanently on regional or company support.
• Engineering work, process, and compliance
• Direct oversight of engineering work. Hold the authority and responsibility to maintain alignment to engineering process and quality for all engineering work produced in the region, including drawings, calculations, sketches, and lift plans.
• Process adherence. Ensure the engineering process is followed by branch engineers and branch teams, and partner with Branch Managers where it is not.
• Review and discipline. Ensure work requiring engineering review is reviewed by a qualified Engineer II or Senior Engineer, and that review happens at the lowest capable level in the flow.
• Compliance and standards. Ensure engineering deliverables, calculations, and tools produced in the region comply with applicable industry standards and company process requirements, including OSHA, AISC, ANSI/ASME, DOT, and ISO 9001.
• Workload and request flow
• Workload execution and delegation. Complete or manage the delegation of the engineering workload based on the need of the region and/or the competency of the branch engineer.
• Active workload management. Jointly own engineer workload management with Branch and/or Hub Managers. Availability and capability are managed judgments, not guesses.
• Request flow discipline. Run engineering requests through the branch, then hub and region, then company sequence, and escalate only when the branch or region genuinely cannot complete the work as requested.
• Cross-regional collaboration. Collaborate with the SVC Engineering Manager and the other Regional Engineering Managers on workload, direction, and coverage so no branch is left without support and no engineer is overloaded.
• Fallback plan. When a request cannot be completed internally as requested, work with the branch to shift the requirements or secure third-party assistance rather than letting the request stall.
• Branch partnership, strategy, and growth
• Branch relationships. Develop working relationships with local branch teams, including engineers, branch managers, operations, sales, and project management.
• Branch knowledge. Develop and maintain working knowledge of each branch's resources, equipment, needs, customers, market, and challenges within the region.
• Sales and operations support. Support branch sales and operations teams in opportunity development, including job walks, concepts, feasibility, and engineering estimates, both directly and through the branch engineers.
• Branch and regional strategy and growth. Set regional engineering objectives in alignment with branch and department goals and contribute the engineering view to branch growth plans.
• Cross-functional partnership. Collaborate with operations, sales, project management, quality, safety, and executive leadership so engineering solutions support company objectives and operational success.
• Tools, training, and development
• Tools and software. Support effective use and proficiency in engineering software and technical tools across the region, including AutoCAD, Inventor, Navisworks, RISA-3D, MathCAD, Excel-based calculators, and 3D Lift Plan. Feed regional requirements back to the department for selection and implementation decisions.
• Training and professional development. Deliver and reinforce department training programs in the region so engineers continuously build technical expertise, industry knowledge, leadership capability, and practical field experience.
• Tools and methods for the branch. Seek and implement new ways to assist the branches, including tool development, usage, and purchase, and improve methods that strengthen ProLift's position in regional markets.
• Knowledge management. Contribute to and apply technical resources including engineering references, calculators, SOPs, training materials, qualification programs, corrective actions, and inspection forms.
• Resource planning input. Provide regional staffing, capability, and resource input to the Director of Engineering to support the department budget, staffing plan, and growth objectives.
• Culture and values
• Engineering culture. Build and reinforce a regional team of problem solvers and experienced engineers committed to quality work, collaboration, and delivering value to customers, field teams, and the business.
• Company values and policies. Promote and uphold ProLift Rigging's culture, values, policies, and procedures while serving as a leader and role model throughout the organization.
• Types of engineering work
• Engineering Sales Support (ESS) - Assist branch sales teams in opportunity development, including job walks, concepts, feasibility, and engineering estimates.
• Engineering Project Support (EPS) - Develop engineered lift plans and oversee