Sr. Project Engineering Manager

We are the leading single-use food and beverage packaging company. With 15,000 employees and 40+ locations worldwide, we offer more than 4,000 products used every day in restaurants, hospitals, schools and homes around the globe.

SUMMARY:

Manage engineering projects and programs of large size, complexity, and duration with a focus on:

• Equipment deployment
• Manufacturing process improvement
• Product development

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Lead, manage, and facilitate multiple projects or programs of large size, complexity, and duration
• Direct members of the project team including engineers, designers, and technicians
• Develop project plans, schedules, and work plans, estimate resources and costs for all stages, and track financial health of projects
• Work in an ambiguous environment and collaborate across multiple areas to define the project scope, goals, and deliverables amid changing and competing priorities
• Document and track project plan
• Collaborate with, influence, and gain buy-in from executives, sponsors, team members, stakeholders, and peers
• Maintain continuous alignment of project scope with defined strategic business objectives
• Communicate both technical and non-technical information to all levels of staff and management
• Monitor progress and critical path of projects, identify problems impeding progress, and work creatively and analytically demonstrating teamwork and innovation
• Proactively recommend actions to move project through technical hurdles
• Develop trusted relationship with project and program stakeholders, sponsors
• Lead, motivate, and manage various project and program team sizes, including internal and external resources, while holding team accountable for performance
• Proactively manage scope change requests
• Provide reports, updates and feedback to management and project team
• Identify successful and unsuccessful project elements after project completion and provide recommendations for improvement
• Participate in improving project management best practices, templates, policies, tools and partnerships to expand and mature these capabilities for the organization
• Mentor other engineering project managers

EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES

• Requires one of the following:

o Bachelor's degree in engineering, business, or a related technical field of study and five (5) years of project management related experience, OR
o Associates degree and ten (10) years of project management related experience, OR
o High school diploma or equivalent and fourteen (14) years of project management related experience

• PMP certification
• Experience successfully managing and completing multiple large, complex engineering projects
• Ability to effectively manage and execute multiple tasks, projects, and priorities