Sr Project Engineer

Business Unit Overview

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 Rachael Ray® Nutrish™, Kibbles 'n Bits™ and 9Lives™ dog and cat food. Post also provides private label solutions to customers in pet food, cereal, nut butters and granola. 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 and follow us on LinkedIn or Facebook for the latest news.


Location Description

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.


Responsibilities

Big Company Opportunity. Small Company Attitude.

At Post Consumer Brands, you'll lead major capital investments that strengthen our manufacturing network and support future growth. You'll have the resources of a large organization, the visibility to make an impact, and the opportunity to see your projects come to life from concept through start-up. Big ambitions are welcome here!

Travel Required: Significant travel (30-50%) is a core requirement of this role. You will support projects across multiple manufacturing facilities, with travel increasing during active project phases. Some periods may require up to three out of every four weeks on-site at plant locations.

About the Role

As a Senior Capital Engineering Project Manager, you'll lead large-scale capital projects across our manufacturing network. This role combines engineering, construction management, financial stewardship, and cross-functional leadership to deliver projects safely, on schedule, and within budget.

The ideal candidate is an industrial capital engineering professional with a proven track record of directly managing multiple concurrent multi-million-dollar capital projects and equipment installations across several manufacturing locations, delivering complex initiatives from concept through execution in a multi-site manufacturing environment. This person has owned project budgets, managed contractors and construction activities, coordinated equipment installations and startup efforts, and successfully delivered projects within approved capital appropriations.


Key Responsibilities

• Lead capital projects involving facility construction, manufacturing infrastructure, utilities, process equipment installations, production line expansions, and plant modernization initiatives.
• Own project budgets from authorization through closeout, including investments exceeding $20MM.
• Develop capital requests, project scopes, equipment specifications, cost estimates, bid packages, and contractor work scopes.
• Manage project forecasting, spending, change orders, risk mitigation, and overall financial performance.
• Partner with operations, maintenance, quality, engineering, and plant leadership teams to deliver successful outcomes.
• Ensure compliance with safety, environmental, quality, food safety, and regulatory requirements.
• Identify opportunities to improve operational performance, reduce costs, and support business growth.

Qualifications

What We're Looking For

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering from an ABET-accredited institution.
• 5+ years of engineering, capital project management, construction management, or manufacturing project experience.
• Demonstrated success leading complex multi-million-dollar capital projects.
• Strong understanding of industrial construction, manufacturing operations, and contractor management.
• Experience managing capital budgets and project financial performance.
• Excellent planning, communication, and problem-solving skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in food manufacturing, consumer packaged goods, ingredient processing, dairy, agricultural processing, or other industrial manufacturing environments.
• Experience with Microsoft Project, Primavera (P6/P5), Procore, SAP, or JD Edwards (JDE).
• PMP certification and/or Professional Engineer (PE) license.
• Advanced degree in engineering, business, or management.

Why You'll Love This Role

• Own and deliver significant capital investments, including multiple concurrent projects exceeding $20MM.
• See tangible results as your work directly improves manufacturing operations, safety, quality, and growth.
• Lead through influence by partnering with stakeholders from the plant floor to senior leadership.
• Enjoy the opportunity to do big things while working in a collaborative, people-first culture. Discover just right.

Ready to Make an Impact?

If you've successfully led capital projects in manufacturing, food production, industrial construction, or similar facility-based environments and are excited by the opportunity to own major investments from concept through execution, we'd love to hear from you!

The pay range for this position is $106,019 - $156,909 per year.