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Sr. Manager Project Engineering

Bedford Park, IL💼 Full-time🗓 2026-09-16 → 2026-09-25

Core

Lead and optimize a multi-million-dollar capital project portfolio for a manufacturing plant, ensuring safe, on-time, and budget-compliant delivery with measurable operational impact.

Role type

Senior Manager, Project Engineering (Manufacturing)

Builds

Capital projects, plant infrastructure, and operational reliability improvements

Domain

Food ingredients manufacturing / Industrial Engineering

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

Capital project portfolio management, engineering organization leadership, multidisciplinary team direction, capital planning and budgeting, construction and commissioning oversight, financial analysis, process flow design, Management of Change (MOC) leadership, root cause analysis, operational governance

Preferred skills

Advanced degree in engineering, experience with external consultants and contractors, knowledge of permitting and project closeout, data-driven decision making, continuous improvement methodologies

Technologies

Process flow diagrams (PFDs), P&IDs, process control strategies, knowledge management systems, project management frameworks

Responsibilities

Develop complex project plans and capital investment proposals with financial analysis; Create advanced engineering designs including material/energy balances and process controls; Manage and optimize the plant project portfolio through KPI tracking; Execute capital investment strategies aligned with business objectives; Establish standards for capital projects and ensure compliance; Lead Management of Change (MOC) activities; Direct major maintenance and reliability improvement projects; Apply operational governance standards to drive consistency

Seniority

Senior Manager, hands-on leadership with team oversight

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