Engineering Project Manager – Manufacturing

🕒 September 10

⛰️ Colorado, Illinois, +1 more states – Remote

⛰️ Colorado – Remote 🌽 Illinois – Remote 🌾 Nebraska – Remote

💵 $109k - $159k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🔴 Lead

🤓 Technical Project Manager

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Conagra Brands

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10,000+ employees

Founded 1919

📣 Marketing

📦 Logistics

🍽️ Food & Beverage

Marketing • Logistics • Food & Beverage

Conagra Brands is a leading food company passionate about creating impactful and inclusive culture within the food industry. Known for producing a wide variety of consumer food products such as popcorn, brownies, vegetables, and single-serve meals, Conagra is committed to diversity, inclusion, and supporting its team in personal development. With a significant presence across the United States, Canada, and Mexico, the company emphasizes ethical practices, consumer focus, broad-mindedness, and agility in its operations. Conagra Brands prides itself on being one of the best places to work and is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer.

📋 Description

• Oversee engineering projects of varying complexity from conception to completion. • Manage project safety, scope development, cost estimates, cost forecasting, and scheduling. • Lead and manage engineering projects while ensuring alignment on objectives and deliverables. • Develop detailed project plans, including timelines, budgets, resource allocation, and risk management strategies. • Coordinate and collaborate with manufacturing, maintenance, operations, and quality assurance teams. • Provide technical guidance to internal cross-functional teams. • Partner with equipment vendors, construction contractors, and engineering service providers. • Monitor project progress, identify risks and issues, and implement corrective actions. • Communicate project status, updates, risks, and milestones to stakeholders. • Ensure compliance with industry standards, food safety requirements, and applicable regulatory expectations, including USDA and FDA requirements. • Drive continuous improvement initiatives and foster innovation across project teams. • Manage multiple capital projects simultaneously across multiple manufacturing locations. • Support project commissioning, startup, and operational handoff activities.

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering discipline: Mechanical, Chemical, Electrical preferred. • 8+ years of engineering experience, including 3+ years of capital project management experience managing projects valued at $10 million or greater. • Strong technical understanding of engineering principles and practices, including utilities, maintenance, process safety management, and manufacturing processes within a regulated environment. • Experience within food manufacturing, pharmaceutical manufacturing, or consumer packaged goods environments preferred. • Demonstrated success managing multiple projects across multiple plant locations. • Proven leadership skills with experience influencing and leading cross-functional teams. • Strong project planning, budgeting, forecasting, and risk management capabilities. • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills. • Willingness and flexibility to travel approximately 50%, primarily Monday through Friday, based on project requirements. • Position may be based remotely east of Denver, Colorado and within reasonable proximity to a major airport, with regular travel to manufacturing facilities. • Ability to meet physical requirements when visiting facilities, including walking around the facility, climbing stairs/ladders, kneeling, repetitive hand-eye coordination tasks, and lifting or carrying materials. • Ability to work in a manufacturing environment with large, moving equipment, potentially high noise levels, and varying temperatures.

🏖️ Benefits

• Comprehensive healthcare plans • Wellness incentive program • Mental wellbeing support • Fitness reimbursement • Bonus incentive opportunity • Matching 401(k) • Stock purchase plan • Career development opportunities • Employee resource groups • On-demand learning • Tuition reimbursement • Paid-time off • Parental leave • Flexible work-schedules (subject to your location and role) • Volunteer opportunities