Senior Project Leader

About the role

Milwaukee Tool’s engineering team creates the batteries, motors, and electronics that power innovative solutions for users. All development phases of these critical components are performed in‑house, allowing the team to push the limits of firmware engineering, power electronics, embedded systems, machine learning, and artificial intelligence. As a Senior Project Leader you will own and drive complex projects, leveraging the resources of a fast‑growing construction‑tool brand to deliver breakthrough products.

Responsibilities

• Manage multiple moderate to highly complex engineering projects with minimal direction.
• Provide project management and technical direction to ensure successful, timely implementation.
• Lead moderate to highly complex design projects and guide team members with engineering expertise.
• Review work of designers, engineers, and other project team members.
• Deliver assigned engineering projects within budgetary and scheduling guidelines.
• Communicate verbally and in writing to keep all groups aligned toward timely project completion.
• Explain technical details, ideas, and concepts to engineers and non‑engineers across multiple locations.
• Lead trade‑off discussions and risk‑management conversations with cross‑functional teams.
• Drive design to meet market‑driven guides, cost, timing, reliability, and manufacturing requirements.
• Analyze, evaluate, and select design execution alternatives to meet specifications and enable mass production.
• Oversee technical elements of execution, including integration of complex components, material selection, packaging, safety, and regulatory compliance.
• Conduct design and safety reviews to obtain necessary approvals for product‑development phases.
• Follow METCo new‑product development procedures and related non‑engineering department processes.
• Visualize the entire project scope with minimal guidance.
• Schedule, develop agendas for, facilitate, and document project meetings.
• Track project schedules to ensure adherence to timelines.
• Present project status regularly to stakeholders.
• Recommend changes to existing standards and procedures as needed.
• Maintain awareness of competitive offerings and the power‑tool industry business climate.
• Supervise day‑to‑day activities of project team members when applicable.
• Identify project risks and implement risk‑reduction plans.
• Interact extensively with global manufacturing plants and external suppliers to achieve project goals.
• Support a global team on DFMA (Design for Manufacture and Assembly) initiatives.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering.
• Graduate studies preferred in business areas such as Project Management, Finance, Marketing, or Organizational Studies.
• Formal project‑management training preferred.
• Minimum 10 years of engineering experience in a related field.
• Proven experience managing multiple moderate‑to‑high‑complexity projects or subsystems of larger projects.
• High level of mechanical/electrical engineering aptitude.
• Working design knowledge of the technologies associated with Milwaukee products.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, including Microsoft Project.

Benefits

• Robust health, dental, and vision insurance plans.
• Generous 401(k) savings plan.
• Education assistance.
• On‑site wellness and fitness center, food, and coffee service.
• Additional benefits detailed on the company benefits site.