Mgr Tech Assurance

Why Hershey:At The Hershey Company, our culture is rooted in purpose and inspired by Milton Hershey’s enduring vision that business should create opportunity for others. Through our commitment to corporate philanthropy, we create positive impact by supporting communities, helping children thrive, and operating as a business for good. This includes our deep and long standing partnership with Milton Hershey School, where we invest in education, workforce readiness, and hands on engagement to help students succeed beyond the classroom. Supported by strategic grantmaking, product donations, cross brand collaboration, and strong employee volunteerism, Hershey offers a place to work where making a difference—locally and globally—is part of how we do business every day.Job Location: Whitestown, Indiana | Onsite, 5 days per weekTravel: Up to 20%About The Hershey CompanyThe Hershey Company (NYSE: HSY) is an industry-leading snacks company known for making more moments of goodness through its iconic brands. With a strong portfolio across chocolate, confectionery, and salty snacks, Hershey delights consumers every day. Our beloved brands include Hershey’s, Reese’s, KitKat,Dots Pretzels, Lesser Evil,Jolly Rancher, Twizzlers, Ice Breakers, and more.At Hershey, we are committed to making a meaningful difference in the communities where we live, work, and do business. This commitmentoriginated withour founder, Milton Hershey, and continues to shape who we are today.Guided by our employee value proposition,Lead Today. Create Tomorrow,weempower our people to drive impact now while shaping what comes next. OurOne Hersheymindset brings teams together across functions, geographies, and businesses, enabling us tooperatewith speed, collaboration, and shared purpose.The Hershey Company is proud to be recognized as a top employer in the United States, reflecting our commitment to our people, culture, and purpose.How will you fit in the big picture?Based in Whitestown, you will lead technical assurance and engineering support for the Whitestown, Indiana and Bethlehem, Pennsylvania popcorn manufacturing sites. You will steward factory assets for safety, reliability, productivity, quality, and cost effectiveness while partnering with Operations, Maintenance, Safety, Quality, R&D, Corporate Engineering, vendors, and the broader Hershey manufacturing network. This role offers the opportunity to strengthen engineering capabilities and support growth across Hershey’s Salty Snacks business.What will you do?• Lead the safe, compliant, reliable, and cost-effective performance of process equipment, facilities, and other manufacturing assets.• Guide the engineering team’s safety culture through Safety by Design, safe work practices, and injury-free capital project execution.• Develop staffing and capability plans and help shape the factory’s five-year capital plan with the Senior Technical Assurance Manager.• Lead the full lifecycle of small and minor capital projects, including scope, schedules, budgets, cash-flow forecasts, risk management, and stage-gate governance.• Serve as the factory’s technical representative for major capital investments and coordinate technical requirements, interfaces, dependencies, testing, and issue resolution.• Partner with Operations and Maintenance on continuous improvement, root cause analysis, equipmentrebuildor replacement decisions, and complex technical problems.• Evaluate new manufacturing technologies with R&D and build productive relationships with agencies, service providers, and engineering partners across the network.• Coach team members and share engineering and project management best practices across adjacent teams. MinimumRequirementsExperience:5+ years of relevant engineering, project/program management, including team leadership and capital project delivery. Experience with stage-gate processes, SAP, budget responsibility, and industrial controls is required.Preferred: PMP certification, EIT or PE licensure, and subject-matter expertise in process, packaging, electrical and automation, maintenance and reliability, functional safety, wastewater, dust hazard management, hygienic air handling, or fire protection.Education:Bachelor’s degree in Engineering required.Benefits and PerksAt Hershey, we offer competitive pay and a comprehensive total rewards package designed to support your wellbeing, financial security, and life outside of work.Health & Wellbeing: Medical, dental, and vision coverage, plus wellness programs that support your physical and mental healthFinancial Security: Competitive pay, annual incentive opportunities, and a 401(k) with company matchTime Off & Flexibility: Paid time off, company holidays, and flexible ways of working where applicableGrowth & Development: Career development programs, learning opportunities, and internal mobilityBenefits may vary based onrole, location, and eligibility.The anticipated base salary range for this role is $127,840 to $159,800per year. The actual base salary offered will depend on a variety of job‑related factors, including, but not limited to, experience, skill set, education, and training. In addition to a market-competitive base salary, our Total Rewards package includes performance‑based incentives and a comprehensive, competitive benefits package designed to support overall physical, mental, and financial well‑being (as applicable). Learn more about Hershey’s benefits and all the resources Hershey provides to support our employees’ physical, emotional, and financial well‑being by visiting the Hershey Digital Employee Experience at The Hershey Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The policy of The Hershey Company is to extend opportunities to qualified applicants and employees on an equal basis regardless of an individual's race, color, gender, age, national origin, religion, citizenship status, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, transgender status, physical or mental disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other categories protected by applicable federal, state or local laws.The Hershey Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer - Minority/Female/Disabled/Protected Veterans. You may request a reasonable accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to use or access our online application process as a result of a disability.You can request an accommodation via phone or email.To request an accommodation via phone, please call View phone number on click.appcast.io and leave a voicemail with your contact information. 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