Project Engineer Lead

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• Posted on October 15, 2026

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Layton, UT 84041, USA

• Pay or shift range: $95,000 USD to $145,000 USD The estimated range is the budgeted amount for this position. Final offers are based on various factors, including skill set, experience, location, qualifications and other job-related reasons.
• Professional
• Full-Time
• Requisition #: PROJE
  002420

Janicki Industries is a private and family-owned business based in Washington State with a Layton, Utah, facility. The Layton Utah facility specializes in machining the largest most complex structures built from carbon fiber composites and aluminum for the aerospace and space exploration markets.

The parts produced are installed on todays most advanced fighters, bombers, rockets, and space vehicles. Janicki Industries continues to lead the market with both innovations and abilities alike. If you want to drive continuous improvements on long-term production programs or challenge your abilities to start up new projects in rapid development, there is no shortage of diversity in work. At Janicki, we work on complex parts and assemblies for aerospace and space exploration markets.

We are looking for an experienced Project Engineer Lead to join our growing team.

This position is located on-site in Layton, Utah.

DEPARTMENT SUMMARY

We are looking for a Project Engineer Lead who brings their leadership and experience to our team. This role is responsible for ensuring the team can successfully complete assigned projects and requires a passion for leadership and mentorship. This Lead Engineer takes on a high degree of responsibility within a team and will serve as a technical expert, be the primary point of contact to resolve customer issues, pursue proactive resolutions to issues at every stage of the project, implement risk mitigation strategies, and encourage and support less experienced engineers in their professional development.

ROLES & RESPONSIBLITIES

• Manage a team of engineers to execute project scopes
• Manage engineering projects to produce technical deliverables with fixed cost and schedule constraints
• Monitors and reports project financial performance
• Communicate directly with customers to establish detailed requirements and deliverables, provide project status, and discuss risks
• Direct and participate in engineering activities, including design, engineering reviews, and work order preparation
• Responsible for assuring the team has materials organized and ready for manufacturing, including monitoring purchasing activities
• Interact frequently with shop floor to ensure project health; may have daily presence on shop floor
• Identify process improvement areas
• Assure all team members have a complete understanding of all quality requirements for projects
• Manage project scope and is responsible for the execution of the team’s work
• Perform risk assessments, frequently encourages less experienced engineers to identify improvement areas
• Shall, at all times, demonstrate cooperative behavior with colleagues and supervisors
• Must be at work on time and maintain good attendance. This is a condition of employment and is an essential function of the job.
• Performs other duties as assigned

QUALIFICATIONS

• Due to our ITAR and EAR regulations, applicants must be a US Citizen or of Legal Permanent Resident Status as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b (a) (3)

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE

• A bachelor’s degree in engineering, material science or a related technical field is required
• All positions required at least a high…