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.