Lead Project Engineer

Our Company
Lancer Worldwide, a Hoshizaki Company, is an award-winning global leader in beverage dispensing. Through innovation and a commitment to dedication in action, we create products that benefit our customers worldwide, and give them a distinct advantage in the marketplace. We offer our teammates the opportunity to grow personally and professionally, to contribute to the success of a dynamic organization, and to serve others in a manner that exceeds their expectations. We welcome talented, passionate, and highly motivated individuals to join our team.

 

Summary/Objective
The Lead Project Engineer is responsible for: creating project plans, executing, managing work, tracking, reporting progress, communicating with stakeholders, training, and educating stakeholders, and continuously improving the various cross-functional processes for execution of projects in the Lancer Engineering department. The successful candidate will work collaboratively with the engineering resource managers, keep the team focused and motivated throughout the development and industrialization cycles, ensuring the on-time delivery of tasks as per approved plans.

SMART Key Performance Indicators
1. The person shall apply effective Project Management Techniques, tools and processes to deliver electromechanical modules, assemblies, and final products as per approve plans, delivering agreed projects as per approved plans with 0% past due deliverables, measured by the engineering project dashboard, by end of 2025, reported monthly.

2. The person shall understand the product development flow, and proposed at least 3 improvements to the new product development process or sustaining process, measured by the proposals report, by end of 2025, reported quarterly.

3. The person shall maintain frequent and clear communication with managers and other stakeholders to communicate risks, highlight important changes to priorities, requirements, status, and impact to agreed plans, measured by the project status reports, by the end of 2025, reported weekly.

 

Essential Functions
· Apply effective Project Management Techniques, tools and processes to deliver electromechanical modules, assemblies, and final products as per approve plans.

· Utilize Product Life Cycle (PLC) process, Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), and Enterprise Resource Management (ERP) to manage new products from inception to obsolescence.

· Motivate the team to deliver with quality and sense of urgency.

· Understand the product development flow, and proposed improvements.

· Take high-level requirements and map them into the appropriate development team resources with support from the engineering managers, to ensure successful delivery per approved plan.

· Keep the team focused and motivated throughout the development cycle, ensuring the on-time delivery of tasks as per the approved plans.

· Create and maintain project plans for the engineering teams.

· Manage outsourcing of development activities at engineering service provider, suppliers, and other partners.

· Maintain frequent and clear communication with managers and other stakeholders to communicate risks, highlight important changes to priorities, requirements, status, and impact to agreed plans.

 

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
· Experience in project management of engineering products.

· Proven record for product delivery.

· System understanding of mechatronics projects (both hardware, firmware, and software).

· Good process background: Project management certification a plus (e.g. PMI or PDMA)

· Ability to understand systems specifications, test specifications, datasheets, charts, and reports.

· Ownership mentality, desire to deliver top quality at right cost, first time right.

· Highly motivated, desire to solve problems and succeed (self-starter and driven).

· Excellent written and oral communications skills, ability to provide project planning with sound technical trade-off arguments.

· Good team player who works well in a multi-discipline, multi-cultural, technology and manufacturing environment.

· Led project team of 5-20 engineers, designers, and technicians, in-house and outsourced, geographically dispersed.

· Experience with electronic, mechanical, or mechatronics New Product Design/Introduction (NPI/D).

· Familiarity with stage gate methodologies.

· Familiarity with electronics, or mechanical, or mechatronics manufacturing ad operations.

· Knowledge about Engineering Change Management, Engineering Change Requests/Orders/Notices.

· Good Technical Presentation Skills. Experience presenting to executive leadership.

· Strong English communication skills, both written and oral. Spanish is a plus.

· Experience working in a project-oriented team.

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