Project Manager, Engineering

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We are seeking a Project Manager, Engineering, responsible for leading capital and technical initiatives that improve plant reliability, capacity, safety, and efficiency across multiple facilities. This role oversees development and execution of site master plans, manages capital budgets, and ensures projects are delivered on time and within scope.

You’ll add value to this role by performing various functions including, but not limited to:

• Maintain responsibility for multiple facilities with an in-depth understanding of food manufacturing operations.
• Develop and execute 2–3-year capital master plans aligned with business priorities.
• Lead development of project scopes, screening estimates, business cases, and approvals.
• Manage capital project execution, including design, procurement, scheduling, construction, commissioning, validation, and closeout.
• Manage and influence cross-functional stakeholders and contractors, resolving issues, and driving alignment.
• Ensure compliance with food safety, quality, environmental, health, and safety standards.
• Provide technical troubleshooting, including root cause analysis and countermeasure implementation.
• Support site Progressive Maintenance, Breakdown Elimination, and Autonomous Maintenance initiatives.
• Contribute to cost savings and efficiency through sustainability and continuous improvement projects.
• Serve as a technical subject matter expert for sanitary design and process technology.
• Develop team capability by providing feedback, mentoring, and leadership to indirect reports and contractors.
• Interface with OEMs, contractors, government agencies, and co-manufacturers.
• Participate in Plant Steering Teams and lead site-level project teams.
• Support accuracy of project reporting, forecasting, and documentation.

Important Details:

• This remote role may be based near any of our manufacturing facilities, with preference for candidates near a major airport, particularly in the Chicago, Atlanta, or Dallas metro areas.
• The anticipated compensation for this position ranges from $106,700 - 160,100 USD annually. This is the lowest to highest salary we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. An employee’s position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to, specific competencies, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, shift, travel requirements, sales or revenue-based metrics and business or organizational needs. For certain roles, the successful candidate may be eligible for annual discretionary merit compensation award, bonus and equity pay.

You’ll fit right in if you have:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering is required.
• A minimum of 3-5 years of capital project management experience, preferably within the food manufacturing industry, is required.
• Proven ability to manage multiple concurrent capital projects totaling approximately $6M per year is required.
• Track record of driving measurable improvements in KPIs such as cost reduction, equipment uptime, and material loss is required.
• Knowledge of sanitary equipment design and technology used in food processing is required.
• Prior experience in operations, maintenance, and/or engineering in a plant environment is preferred.
• Strong leadership, stakeholder influence, and cross-functional communication skills are required.
• Formal training or certification in Project Management is preferred.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office is required.
• Experience with ERP systems, including SAP and capital project systems where applicable, is preferred.

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