Lead Project Engineer – Material Handling Systems

Lanco Group; Hazel Crest (IL); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision coverage

401(k) plan

Paid time off

Job summary

Lanco's Material Handling Division is seeking a Lead Project Engineer to oversee complex engineering projects from conception through production release.

You will coordinate across engineering, manufacturing, quality, sourcing, and service teams to ensure on-time, on-budget delivery while meeting safety and regulatory requirements.

Strong leadership, communication, and project management skills are essential to align stakeholders and drive program success.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in applicable engineering discipline.
• Strong understanding of product development processes, engineering change management, testing, and production launch activities.
• 7+ years' experience in engineering, product development, or technical project leadership.
• Demonstrated success leading cross-functional engineering projects from initiation through implementation.
• Experience with engineering project planning, scheduling, resource management, and executive reporting.
• Experience managing new product development programs and capital projects.
• Experience leading geographically dispersed or multifunctional project teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead multiple engineering projects and product development programs from concept through implementation and production release.
• Develop and maintain project plans, schedules, milestones, resource requirements, and project deliverables.
• Establish project scope, objectives, timelines, budgets, and success criteria in collaboration with stakeholders.
• Coordinate activities across engineering, manufacturing, quality, sourcing, service, operations, and commercial teams.
• Monitor project progress and proactively identify schedule, resource, technical, and business risks.
• Lead project review meetings and communicate project status to engineering leadership and executive management.
• Drive accountability for project deliverables, action items, and milestone achievement.
• Facilitate technical discussions and decision-making to ensure project objectives are achieved.
• Track engineering releases, ECNs, testing activities, validation programs, and production readiness milestones.
• Manage project issue logs, risk registers, mitigation plans, and escalation activities.
• Support cost management activities including project budgets, engineering labor estimates, and capital expenditures.
• Ensure project compliance with engineering standards, regulatory requirements, safety objectives, and company policies.
• Coordinate prototype builds, testing activities, validation programs, and product launch activities.
• Lead root-cause investigations and corrective action activities affecting project deliverables.
• Support customer meetings, supplier reviews, and cross-functional program reviews as required.
• Develop and present executive-level project reporting, dashboards, and performance metrics.
• Identify opportunities for process improvement, standardization, and project execution efficiency.
• Mentor project engineers and team members in project planning, execution, and reporting methodologies.
• Protect organizational value by maintaining confidentiality of proprietary information.
• Ensure compliance with all safety, health, and environmental regulations, policies, and procedures with a goal of zero incidents and injuries.
• Perform special projects and other duties as assigned.
• Leads large, cross-functional projects with minimal supervision.
• Establishes priorities, milestones, and deliverables to support business objectives.
• Drives teams toward successful project completion.

Skills

Engineering design

Product development

Cross-functional leadership

Project management

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Master's degree in Engineering or MBA (preferred)

Tools

CAD systems

ERP systems

PLM/PDM systems

Engineering change management

Microsoft Project

MS Office

Job description

Lanco's Material Handling Division is seeking a Lead Project Engineer to oversee complex engineering projects from conception through production release.

You will coordinate across engineering, manufacturing, quality, sourcing, and service teams to ensure on-time, on-budget delivery while meeting safety and regulatory requirements.

Strong leadership, communication, and project management skills are essential to align stakeholders and drive program success.