Senior Project Engineer

Description

We are seeking a Senior Engineer / Technical Lead to play a critical role in the design, execution, and technical leadership of complex, custom conveyor systems. This role is ideal for an experienced engineer who enjoys owning high-level technical decisions, guiding projects through ambiguity, and mentoring project engineers in a fast-paced ETO environment.

This is a hands-on technical role with leadership responsibility — not a purely managerial position.

Key Responsibilities

Technical Leadership & Project Execution

• •Lead high-level engineering aspects of custom conveyor systems, including:
• •system layouts and architecture
• •load paths and structural concepts
• •interfaces with fabrication, installation, and controls

• •Serve as the technical authority on assigned projects, particularly during early concept and critical design phases.
• •Support resolution of complex technical issues arising during fabrication, installation, or commissioning.
• •Evaluate design alternatives, deviations, and risk trade-offs to support cost, schedule, and quality objectives.

Design Review & Quality Assurance

• •Conduct structured design reviews for project engineers’ work, ensuring:
• •technical correctness
• •constructability
• •alignment with internal standards and customer requirements

• •Identify potential downstream issues early to reduce rework and field changes
• •Act as a final technical check before releasing of critical designs

Mentorship & Capability Development

• •Mentor and coach project engineers and junior engineers, helping them:
• •develop sound engineering judgment
• •understand system-level thinking
• •improve design quality and efficiency

• •Provide guidance without becoming a bottleneck — enabling others to execute independently over time
• •Contribute to the development and refinement of engineering standards, best practices, and reusable design elements

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• •Work closely with:
• •project management
• •fabrication and manufacturing
• •field installation teams

• •Support clear communication of design intent and technical decisions across disciplines
• •Participate in customer discussions as needed to explain technical solutions or resolve issues

What Success Looks Like in This Role

• •Project engineers become more capable and less dependent over time
• •Design quality improves, with fewer late changes and field issues
• •Technical decisions are made earlier and with greater confidence
• •Senior engineers protect throughput by enabling others, not doing all the work themselves

Requirements

Required Qualifications

• •Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering or related field (required).
• •8–15+ years of experience in engineered-to-order (ETO) industrial systems
• •Strong experience with custom conveyor systems, material handling equipment, or similar industrial machinery
• •Demonstrated ability to:
• •make high-level technical decisions
• •review and guide others’ designs
• •solve complex, real-world engineering problems

• •Solid understanding of fabrication, installation, and field realities
• •Experience mentoring or leading other engineers (formally or informally)
• •Proficient in AutoCAD and Autodesk Inventor for layout development, system design, and design review in an ETO environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• •Experience with power & free conveyor systems.
• •Familiarity with:
• •structural design principles
• •industrial standards and codes
• •manufacturability and installation sequencing

Previous role as a technical lead, senior engineer, or principal engineer in an ETO environment

What This Role Is (and Is Not) This role is:

• •Technical leadership
• •System-level engineering
• •Mentorship and quality ownership

This role is not:

• •A pure people-management position
• •A detail-only CAD role
• •A “firefighter only” role with no influence upstream

Why This Role Matters: Our engineering organization is evolving to support higher project complexity and concurrency. This role exists to strengthen senior technical capacity, reduce rework, and build a more scalable, resilient engineering team.

Compensation: Competitive and commensurate with experience.