Project Manager - Capital & Engineering

Teasdale Foods•Carrollton, TX

8d•Onsite

About The Position

The Project Manager is responsible for overseeing the development and implementation of operational procedures, documenting processes, managing various projects to improve efficiency, and ensuring compliance with industry standards. This role is pivotal in driving continuous improvement, operational excellence, and tracking key business metrics across the organization. The role may have focused areas of responsibility based on the needs of the business.

Requirements

5+ years of project management, PMO, or capital project governance experience supporting capital, construction, or manufacturing portfolios.
Demonstrated ownership of a multi-project portfolio (3+ concurrent projects, ideally 10+) with measurable delivery outcomes.
Strong working proficiency with project management tools such as Monday.com, Smartsheet, MS Project, or equivalent, including building views, automations, and roll-up reports.
Advanced PowerPoint skills, with the ability to independently produce executive-grade decks from raw data.
Working knowledge of the capital project lifecycle: scope, AFE/CAR, approval, PO, execution, closeout.
Demonstrated ability to drive accountability across functions without a direct reporting line.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, as this role represents corporate engineering to plants, vendors, and leadership.
Bias for proactive follow-up; comfortable politely chasing people until commitments close.

Nice To Haves

PMP, CAPM, or PRINCE2 certification.
Food, beverage, CPG, chemical, or other regulated manufacturing background.
Prior experience in a multi-site corporate function supporting plant operations.
Direct experience with Monday.com.
Procurement, sourcing, or contracts background, with an understanding of T&C language and what triggers legal review.
Finance literacy, including the ability to read a CAR, understand capital vs. expense treatment, and reconcile against actuals.
Construction or EPC project coordination experience.
Experience building and maintaining a project management standard or PMO from the ground up.

Responsibilities

Own end-to-end adherence to the Teasdale capital policy, ensuring projects move through scope, CAR, approval, PO, execution, and closeout in the correct sequence with complete, auditable documentation.
Maintain the integrity of the approval chain, ensuring quotes are routed correctly, signatures are captured, and exceptions are escalated and documented.
Coordinate Terms & Conditions reviews with legal, procurement, and engineering, and track redlines through to executed agreements.
Identify recurring policy bottlenecks and propose process improvements to refine the capital policy annually.
Own the single source of truth for capital portfolio status, ensuring accuracy in Monday.com.
Produce the monthly capital review deck for the leadership team, ensuring it is decision-ready, concise, and data-backed.
Surface portfolio-level risks, slips, and budget exposures to the Director and leadership team proactively.
Provide finance with accurate forecasts and actuals reconciliation against the approved portfolio.
Serve as the primary corporate engineering interface with the 6 plants for project status, schedule changes, and downtime impacts.
Coordinate meeting cadences to keep the portfolio aligned, including weekly project standups, monthly portfolio reviews, and cross-functional working sessions.
Manage vendor and contractor communications related to project administration, including quote routing, PO triggers, and milestone confirmations.
Hold cross-functional partners (procurement, legal, finance, plant ops) accountable to commitments and deadlines affecting portfolio delivery.
Own the capital project documentation system, including scope documents, CARs, change orders, vendor records, and closeout packages.
Ensure the portfolio is audit-ready at all times for internal audits, external audits, or executive deep-dives.
Maintain the historical record of capital decisions for future portfolio planning and post-completion review.