Engineering Director

Premier Tech is a big family!  We work as a football team – together.  The diversity of opinions brings ingenuity and that is what we are looking for.  For us, the best machine is the one that was thought and rethought using the strengths of all team members.  It is the combination of expertise and knowledge that allows our work to reach this level of excellence.

The well-established engineering team is made up of specialists in electrical engineering, mechanical engineering and project management.  Their challenges consist of designing equipment at the cutting edge of technology in large, complex, custom, automated material-handling systems.

Why join Premier Tech

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Your future work environment

We are seeking an inspiring and enthusiastic leader to guide our talented engineering teams at our Salt Lake City, Utah facility.

Your future team
At Premier Tech Systems and Automation, we enhance our clients’ manufacturing facility efficiency by integrating innovative and high-value systems leveraging the full potential of robotics. We are among the largest conditioning, handling, and packaging automated equipment suppliers in the world — whether for nutrition, agriculture, organics or industrial products

What we offer

• Health, vision, and dental insurance plans - available day one
• Short-Term & Long-Term Disability
• Life insurance
• Health savings and flexible spending accounts
• Telehealth
• Team member and family assistance program
• 401(K) retirement plan with company match
• Skills development through University of Premier Tech platform

Your future role

• Ability to lead successful teams and to create technical designs and engineering documentation for large, complex, custom, automated material-handling systems
• Ensure project scopes incorporate input from all relevant disciplines, meeting established cost, schedule, and performance goals
• Optimize project schedules to identify critical paths and major risks, implementing proactive mitigation strategies
• Encourage prompt action when key deliverables are at risk and support effective problem-solving
• Cultivate teamwork and foster an environment of collaboration, transparency, and trust
• Mentor team members and emerging managers to enhance skills and autonomy
• Manage R&D projects and conduct thorough reviews of technical documents, customer specifications, and quotations
• Collaborate daily with the operations team to resolve issues and implement improvements
• Oversee personnel and workload planning, tracking key performance indicators for project success
• Ensure accurate tracking of hours against project budgets

Required skills

• Over 10 years of industry design experience and industrial manufacturing processes
• Minimum of five years of leadership and management experience
• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical, or Controls Engineering, or a related field
• Current Professional Engineer licensure— an asset
• Demonstrated ability to successfully lead large-scale custom projects under tight deadlines
• In-depth expertise in integrating mechanical, electrical, and control components to produce high-quality final products
• Strong communications skills — both written and spoken

Do these words spark your interest?

Leadership, engineering, innovation, process improvement, performance optimization

Do your eyes light up when you read about this great opportunity? Apply now, we look forward to meeting you!

If you are ready to take on this challenge, please bring your drive, ambition and talent, and let’s partner together!