Lead Project Engineer

Material Handling –
We bring the muscle . The most complete lifting company in the world, Lanco represents four iconic, world-class heavy equipment manufacturers, mobile crane dealerships across US and Canada, the largest parts and service network in North America, and factory-authorized technician training.

Our Material Handling Division , which spans across MiJack RTG cranes, Broderson industrial cranes, Lift King forklifts, and Greenfield equipment, is hiring a Lead Project Engineer. As a project lead engineer, you will be responsible for an assigned project from conception to completion. You will ensure the key design deliverables are met for the program.

The Lead Project Engineer (ME4) is responsible for the overall planning, execution, coordination, tracking, and successful delivery of complex engineering projects and product development initiatives. This position serves as the primary technical project leader, providing oversight of project scope, schedules, budgets, resources, risks, and deliverables while coordinating activities across engineering, manufacturing, quality, sourcing, service, and commercial teams. Based on the leadership and technical scope established in senior engineering roles, this position emphasizes project execution, cross-functional alignment, and business outcomes in addition to technical oversight.

The Lead Project Engineer ensures that projects are delivered on time, within budget, and in accordance with technical, quality, safety, and customer requirements. The role requires strong technical knowledge, project management expertise, leadership skills, and the ability to effectively communicate with stakeholders at all levels of the organization.

• 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, engineering change notices (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.

• Develops comprehensive project plans…