Engineering Project Manager

Shearers is a leading contract manufacturer and private label supplier in the snack industry in North America. Headquartered in Massillon Ohio Shearers has 17 stateoftheart geographically diverse manufacturing facilities in Ohio Texas Arkansas Arizona Minnesota PennsylvaniaVirginia Iowa Ontario and Alberta Canada including one of the industrys first Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design platinum LEED certified facilities in Massillon Ohio. The Company is known for producing the highest quality snacks in assorted flavors and sizes including kettle cooked potato chips traditional potato chips tortilla chips cheese curls and other extruded snacks and corn chips as well as cookies crackers and wafers.

Engineering Project Manager

Dayton Ohio

The Engineering Project Manager will lead a multifunctional team whose objective is to control all aspects of capital investments relating to the companys fixed assets. This could involve the relocation and optimizing of the existing fixed asset base and/or the purchase of new fixed assets. It will extend from the initial conceptual studies through to project closeout.

Essential Job Duties

• Defining project tasks develop and manage full scale project plans and changes to achieve project objectives

• Encourage all team members to drive their efforts towards a low cost highly efficient operation which meets the business needs. To take the lead in driving good Hygienic Engineering in the design and of the project and ensure the implementation meets Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) and safety standards Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points (HACCP) OSHA and Value Engineering Analysis (VEA) studies.
• Plan and schedule project timelines track project deliverables and budgets using appropriate project management tools
• Provide direction and support to project team and coordinate efforts to resolve issues monitor and report on progress to all stakeholders
• Identify and report risks based on budget or timelines throughout duration of each project and recommend remediation plans as needed
• Interface with customer base on project requirements/timings providing cost and resource estimates along with project timelines
• Create Project Charter and Summary timelines at project inception to ensure customer base agrees upon project scope and timeline
• Actively participate in Long Term Capital Planning Automation Priorities and Operation collaboration meetings to provide insight and leadership to the engineering team as a whole
• Broad technical foundation of engineering/project management concepts to ensure solid understanding of technical initiatives
• Communicate effectively with Engineering Business customers and management on a daytoday basis
• Relocate to one of Shearers Sites with travel of 50 for offsite projects

Knowledge Skills & Abilities

• Excellent requirements gathering skills and the ability to map those requirements into standard solutions
• Ability to multitask and work as a member of a team or individually
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Detail oriented able to multitask and meet deadlines
• Exceptional teamwork and interpersonal skills
• Strong change management skills and ability to influence decision makers
• Ability to communicate and persuade at all management levels and thrive in a crossfunctional environment
• Strong project management skills which includes experience in organizing planning and executing largescale projects from vision through implementation involving internal personnel contractors and vendors
• Strong portfolio management skills
• Ability to analyze project needs and determine resources needed to meet objectives
• Conceptual knowledge of information technologies and methodologies
• Proven leadership abilities with demonstrated capacity to hold project team accountable to meet project outcomes

What you Bring to the Table:

• Bachelors degree in Engineering Computer Science or related discipline is required.
• Minimum 5 years of significant experience and achievement in a technical field with a project engineering background
• Project Management and Process Engineering experience within the food and dairy cosmetic pharmaceutical or consumer products industry is a plus
• Proven success in management of milliondollar projects simultaneously
• PMP Certification a plus

We Offer a Feast of Benefits

Medical Dental Vision Life Flexible Spending Account Retirement Savings Plan with Match Short Term Disability Long Term Disability Group Critical Accident Insurance Group Critical Illness Insurance Employee Assistance Plan and numerous opportunities to volunteer in the communities in which we operate.

You will be considered for employment in our inclusive workplace

Because at Shearers we are committed to providing equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race color religion gender sexual orientation gender identity or expression national origin age disability genetic information marital status amnesty protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.

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