Senior Capital Engineering Project Manager

Post Holdings•Lakeville, MN

56d•Onsite

About The Position

Headquartered in Lakeville, Minn., Post Consumer Brands, a business unit of Post Holdings, Inc., is dedicated to providing people and their pets with delicious food choices for every taste and budget. The company's portfolio includes beloved brands such as Honey Bunches of Oats, PEBBLES, Grape-Nuts and Malt-O-Meal cereal, and Peter Pan peanut butter, as well as Nutrish, Kibbles 'n Bits and 9Lives dog and cat food. As a company committed to high standards of quality and to our values, we are driven by one idea: To make lives better by making delicious food accessible for all. For more information about our brands, visit www.postconsumerbrands.com and follow us on LinkedIn and Facebook for the latest news. At Post Consumer Brands, we've spent generations showing up for families, starting with breakfast, the most important meal of the day. Our cereals have become a trusted part of daily routines, helping spark conversations, fuel busy mornings, and create everyday moments that bring families closer together, including their furry four-legged family members, who have recently become a part of our story. As families have evolved, so have we. What began at the breakfast table has expanded into snacks, peanut butter, and, more recently, pet food, because caring for a family means feeding every part of it. With the addition of several iconic pet brands, we've extended our purpose: to make high-quality, accessible food for everyone under the same roof. This phase is still new, and that's what makes it exciting. As we continue to grow across grocery and pet, we're looking for people who care about good food, thoughtful work, and the kind of impact that stretches from store shelves to kitchen tables, and food bowls, across the country. Post Consumer Brands corporate headquarters in Lakeville, Minnesota, is about 20 miles south of Minneapolis and St. Paul, Lakeville has all the benefits of smaller town living with access to everything a large metropolitan area has to offer. Join more than 400 team members collaborating on the two-building campus to help put breakfast on the tables of millions of consumers in North America. The purpose of this job is to provide engineering project management and engineering services to support and help manufacturing facilities. Job duties include project development, project implementation, problem solving, option development, meeting facilitating, team leadership and oversite of contractors and outside Engineering Project Managers. Will help with capital planning for the future. Will be responsible for completing job duties in a manner that supports safety, food safety, quality, and the environment.

Requirements

Bachelor degree in engineering required. In lieu of degree, 10+ years of relevant experience; Extensive knowledge of project management and construction required.
Minimum 10 years of experience including project management, process or facility design and contractor management in a process environment.
Proven management experience of large, complex, multi-million dollar projects is required.
Must be well rounded with grasp of many engineering disciplines, construction disciplines, as well as plant operations.
Ability to formulate and execute extremely complex plan for significant multi-million dollar projects that when complete, will meet project or company goals
In-depth engineering analysis and design.
In-depth project scheduling
Sound analytical thinking
Ability to design, construct, and start-up facilities, processing, and utility systems of significant magnitude.
Ability to manage extremely complex, multi-million dollar projects from concept to completion
ability to develop and organize an effective design team to meet project goals, either from in-house or outside company
ability to work with people
ability to lead project team to successful development of project scope and implementation of project.
Strong organizational skills.
Must be able to leverage external engineering resources.
Significant travel, 30-50%, may be required for project management activities.
Must be able to read, write, and communicate in the English language.

Nice To Haves

Graduate studies in business, management, or engineering desired.
PMP Certification and/or PE license is desirable.
Processing experience is a plus.

Responsibilities

Provide engineering and technical services to all departments.
Run successful problem solving meetings.
Develop several options/alternatives for all projects.
Work with and communicate with all levels of the organization.
Willingness to support and be a member or lead successful project teams.
Utilize existing Project Installation Standard Work Document.
Select, hire and manage engineering consultants.
Manage multiple assigned engineering/technical service projects establishing manpower, budgets, scheduling, equipment, and materials.
Control project schedule, costs and quality.
Stay abreast of, evaluate and select appropriate facilities, equipment and technology.
Prepare analysis of new and existing facilities, technologies and systems.
Facilitate project meetings as required. Error on over communication.
Maintain an up-to-date awareness of Federal, State, and Local engineering codes and regulations.
Conduct feasibility studies and cost - benefit analysis.
Provide construction management and start-up management.
Review ergonomics, safety requirements and sanitation/GMP/food safety aspects of assigned projects.
Participate and be an active member of the engineering department to foster teamwork and provide excellent customer service.
Provide training and educational services to all departments when applicable.
Conduct discussions with internal customers to obtain input and communicate project plans.
Identify and implement projects to save costs, improve our business, and grow our business.