We team up with some of the biggest names in food to make things people love. But for us, it’s never just about what’s on the plate. It’s about the good we can do together. Because when we do good through food, everybody wins.
The Regional Project Engineering Manager leads a portfolio of engineering projects from concept through start-up, ensuring technical specifications, timelines, budgets, and business outcomes are achieved. The role recommends tactical and operational strategies for the engineering project portfolio and directs execution of strategies set by functional and/or executive leadership. This leader manages a multi-discipline project team and/or multiple project teams, partners cross-functionally, and works with external vendors/contractors to deliver safe, compliant, and reliable solutions while driving significant improvements to processes, systems, and project delivery effectiveness.
Role & Responsibilities:
Recommend tactical and operational strategies for the engineering project portfolio that directly impact department and/or plant results.
Lead end‑to‑end delivery of plant and site capital projects, including feasibility, design coordination, procurement support, installation, commissioning, and handover to Operations.
Translate functional/executive direction into operational plans and a project roadmap (scope, sequencing, resourcing, and risk posture).
Establish portfolio governance (standards, templates, stage gates, decision rights) to improve predictability, throughput, and value delivery
Lead engineering projects from concept, requirements, and design through procurement, construction/implementation, commissioning, and handover to operations.
Ensure delivery to agreed success criteria: safety, scope, schedule, cost, quality, and operational readiness; address dependencies across functions (Operations, Quality, Supply Chain, Finance, IT, etc.).
Drive resolution of complex, ambiguous, and often undefined problems through analysis, investigation, and use of deep prior experience; implement corrective actions and preventive improvements.
Manage project/portfolio budgets across multiple initiatives with accountability for moderate expenditures across multiple areas/teams, including appropriate approval/signature authority.
Develop business cases with clear assumptions, options, risks, and benefits, influence investment and prioritization decisions with senior leaders.
Communicate with stakeholders within and outside the department and routinely with external parties (suppliers, engineering firms, contractors, authorities as applicable), including negotiation on operational issues when needed.
Lead executive-ready briefings on project status, tradeoffs, and risk; align stakeholders on new concepts, practices, and approaches.
Select and manage external partners and vendors through existing governance; ensure contracts/scopes support delivery outcomes, quality, and compliance expectations.
Deliver significant improvements to project delivery processes, engineering standards, systems, and tools to enhance department/plant performance.
Build internal capability through playbooks, lessons learned, standard work, and training; promote disciplined risk management and change control.
Lead cross‑functional and multi-site teams, influencing without direct authority in a matrixed, multi‑site environment.
Key Ingredients
Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial, Chemical, or related) or equivalent professional certification/experience.
10+ years of relevant experience leading engineering projects/programs, with demonstrated accountability for multi-project delivery, budget stewardship, and cross-functional leadership
Spanish and English fluency required
Lead and develop engineering teams by fostering collaboration, mentoring team members, and building organizational capability to achieve business and operational objectives.
Advanced project and portfolio management (scope/schedule/cost/risk/change), vendor/contractor management, and executive stakeholder management.
Strong engineering acumen: mastery in a specific technical area or product line or broad expertise across related engineering disciplines.
Ability to solve complex and ambiguous problems where information may be difficult to obtain; drives decisions through analysis and experience.
Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence across departments and with external partners; comfortable briefing senior leaders.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, such as Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial, Chemical, or related, or equivalent professional certification and experience
- 10+ years of relevant experience leading engineering projects or programs
- Demonstrated accountability for multi-project delivery, budget stewardship, and cross-functional leadership
- Fluency in Spanish and English
- Advanced project and portfolio management skills covering scope, schedule, cost, risk, and change
- Vendor and contractor management experience
- Executive stakeholder management experience
- Strong engineering acumen in a specific technical area, product line, or related engineering disciplines
- Ability to solve complex and ambiguous problems through analysis and experience
- Excellent communication and cross-functional influence skills
- Experience leading, mentoring, and developing engineering teams
Schreiber Foods Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Schreiber Foods and has not been reviewed or approved by Schreiber Foods.
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Retirement Support — Retirement programs are described as notably strong, combining a substantial 401(k) company match with employee ownership through an ESOP. Company-funded retirement contributions are highlighted as a distinctive advantage that materially elevates total rewards.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare coverage is presented as comprehensive, including medical, dental, vision, and life insurance with eligibility often starting on day one. Wellness resources, screenings, and access to clinics at some sites reinforce the perceived depth of coverage.
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Strong & Reliable Incentives — Incentive structures include performance-based bonuses paid periodically, with additional off-shift and extended-week bonuses in certain roles. Overtime opportunities and shift premiums are commonly cited as meaningful income enhancers.
Schreiber Foods Insights
What We Do
Schreiber Foods strives to do good through food every day. Based in North America, we’re a customer-brand leader in cream cheese, natural cheese, process cheese, beverages and yogurt. Our more than 10,000 employees and presence on five continents enable us to be an essential ingredient in our customers’ success. With annual sales of more than $7 billion, we partner with the best retailers, restaurants, distributors and food manufacturers around the globe. We also recognize our responsibility to do good in the world and are driven to make a difference in everything we do. We’ve come a long way since our start as a small cheese company in 1945. Today, our team is more than 10,000 strong at locations across North America, Europe, South America, Asia and Africa. But our commitment to providing safe food the right way has never changed. At Schreiber, we call ourselves partners, not employees, and there’s a good reason behind that. Our work is more than just a job. We make the company grow. We help each other grow and take care of each other along the way. And, we all share in the rewards. Our people are truly the heart of our company, and we're on a journey together. We work hard to find great people with diverse backgrounds, experiences and perspectives, and provide opportunities to help them grow. But it’s about more than a career at Schreiber. Like a family, we care deeply about each other. We strive to foster an inclusive work environment where all our partners can thrive. We've increased our commitment to diversity and inclusion by creating an overarching Diversity and Inclusion Council, as well as resource groups for women, African Americans, Pride, Vets and more groups that give a voice to all of our partners. We're always looking for passionate partners to join our team and bring to life our culture of being customer obsessed and brilliant at the basics. Want to learn more about our company? Visit us at www.schreiberfoods.com.
