EndurableBuildingProductsfocusesonstructuralaluminumsystems for decks, balconies, railings, stairs, sunshades, and canopies, offering solutions for both single-family and multi-family projects across the United States.
We're seeking a dynamic Design Manager to join our team in Brooklyn Center, MN. In this role, you'll lead and inspire a talented CAD team, ensuring every design is precise, consistent, and fully aligned with both customer expectations and production standards. If you thrive in a collaborative environment and take pride in delivering high-quality, detail-driven work, this is an exciting opportunity to make a meaningful impact.
This role builds upon the CAD Technician function by adding ownership of:
- Drafting standards and consistency
- Error reduction and revision control
- Team leadership and development
- Process improvement across all drawing phases
The position manages a team of three CAD Technicians and works closely with project managers, sales, engineering, and production to ensure high-quality drawing output across all project phases:
- Preliminary Drawings
- Shop Drawings
- Fabrication Drawings
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
1. CAD Team Leadership & Oversight
- Lead, mentor, and support a team of three CAD Technicians
- Assign and balance workloads to meet project deadlines while maintaining quality
- Provide regular feedback and coaching to improve accuracy, efficiency, and clarity
- Serve as the primary escalation point for design and drafting issues
2. Drafting Standards & Consistency (Top Priority)
- Develop, implement, and enforce CAD standards across all technicians
- Standardize:
- Drawing formats
- Detailing practices
- Naming conventions
- Revision tracking methods
- Ensure all drawings-preliminary, shop, and fabrication-are consistent in structure and quality
- Maintain standardized templates and a central library of commonly used components
3. Reduce Revisions and Errors
- Identify root causes of frequent revisions, including:
- Incomplete preliminary drawings
- Misalignment with customer expectations
- Missing fabrication details
- Implement improvements to reduce:
- Rework in drawing updates
- Back-and-forth with customers and project managers
- Errors impacting production
- Review drawings at key stages to ensure completeness before release
4. CAD Process & Workflow Management
- Oversee CAD workflow from project handoff through fabrication release
- Improve coordination between CAD, Project Managers, Sales, and Field teams
- Standardize drawing deliverables across each project phase
- Ensure effective use of revision tracking for full traceability
- Anticipate scheduling conflicts and proactively adjust team priorities
5. Technical CAD Responsibilities (Player/Coach Role)
- Utilize SolidWorks to create and modify models and drawings
- Interpret architectural and structural drawings to understand design intent
- Support:
- Preliminary design and take-offs
- Engineering drawings for structural review
- Fabrication drawings for production
- Accurately apply revisions and maintain drawing integrity
- Step in on complex or high-priority projects as needed
6. Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Partner with Project Managers and Sales during project handoff to clarify scope
- Work with Field Managers to ensure accurate field measurements are captured and reflected
- Collaborate with production to ensure drawings are clear and fabrication-ready
- Participate in project meetings to align expectations and resolve issues early
Qualifications
Required
- 5+ years of CAD experience (Architectural/Mechanical experience preferred).
- Strong experience interpreting architectural and structural drawings
- Experience producing fabrication-ready drawings in a manufacturing or construction environment
- Proven ability to improve drawing accuracy, consistency, or processes
- Strong organizational and project management skills
Preferred
- Prior leadership or supervisory experience
- Experience implementing CAD standards and workflow improvements
- Experience in architectural metal systems, aluminum products, or related fields
- Familiarity with Bluebeam Revu and Microsoft Office tools
Skills & Attributes
- Exceptional attention to detail with a focus on accuracy and consistency
- Strong problem-solving skills with ability to correct root causes of errors
- Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities simultaneously
- Clear and professional communication across departments and customers
- Leadership mindset with a focus on coaching and accountability
Salary Pay Range: $85,000 - $100,000 annually dependent on experience*
*pay range may be adjusted depending on cost of living
Bonus/Incentive Pay
Annual performance bonus opportunity based on Company and specific business unit ROI and PBOP achievement criteria and individual job responsibility and performance.
Benefits currently offered to our employees:
- Medical insurance
- Health savings account with company contribution
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Basic and voluntary life insurance
- Disability insurance
- 401(k) plan with company match
- Paid vacation and holidays
- Stock purchase program with employee discount
- Educational reimbursement
- Wellness programs and challenges
- Other supplemental benefits
The Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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UFP Industries, Inc
$85,000 - $100,000 annually dependent on experience*
medical insurance, dental insurance, life insurance, vision insurance, 401(k), employee discount
May 22, 2026