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Engineering Project Manager - Food and Beverage

BW Design Group
Oak Brook, IL Full Time
POSTED ON 12/25/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 2/9/2026
Project Manager

Who You’ll Work With

You will join one of our 45 offices in the US, be part of a committed team of over 1500 professionals, and work in teams and directly with our clients doing work that is shaping the world around us. You will be welcomed into a rapidly growing business and team and empowered to make an impact. You will be valued, cared for, and challenged on your path to becoming a world-class professional consultant and surrounded by leaders who are committed to creating an environment that enables you to realize your own success and fulfillment.

When you join Design Group as a Project Manager, you are joining a team that will challenge you and position you for growth. In this role, you will work with a team of industry experts to help the world’s leading companies solve their most difficult problems. You will join our Packaging Systems Practice and partner with seasoned leaders, technical specialists, and subject matter experts to deliver the highest quality solutions to our clients with consistency and accuracy.

What You’ll Do

You'll work individually and in teams to support capital projects and implement solutions for our clients in the beverage manufacturing industry. Together, you will help our clients make critical changes to improve their performance and realize their most important goals.

  • Lead the packaging line design, integration, installation and start-up of capital projects, including estimation, justification, budget, schedule, implementation, acquisition, troubleshooting, and documentation
  • Develop equipment design and specifications, design equipment support systems, and handle bid analyses
  • Lead communications with vendors (OEMs) and contractors
  • Provide engineering solutions for continuous improvement objectives using industry standard tools and procedures
  • Evaluate existing operations, and provide solutions to create immediate ROI and improve productivity
  • Identify and specify required tooling and equipment within designated project timelines
  • Develop, maintain and grow solid client relationships.
  • Make an impact day-to-day with your skills and expertise, strengthening that relationship with our clients and team


What You’ll Bring

  • Ideal candidates will have 10 years of project management experience with packaging or processing systems in the beverage manufacturing industry, but we will consider applicants with 5 years of experience
  • A solid understanding of process systems, utility, beverage-specific packaging systems, drafting (CAD), controls, equipment procurement, and project installation, training, and start-up
  • Experience delivering projects on budget and schedule, managing complex scopes, managing client interactions, and supervising contractors in beverage production environments
  • The ability to simultaneously organize and execute multiple project responsibilities
  • Effective leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills including the ability to interact with clients and suppliers in engineering and operational environments
  • The ability to develop, maintain, and grow solid client relationships and new business opportunities, particularly in the beverage manufacturing sector
  • A willingness to travel for project requirements including project installation and start-up activities, client and company sponsored meetings, trainings, industry related seminars, forums, and conventions
  • A Bachelor of Science in Mechanical, Electrical, or Chemical engineering


Our culture and commitment to our people is what sets us apart. We foster an environment of mutual respect, integrity, and unconditional interest in the individual and collective success of our professionals. Our model and entrepreneurial mindset offer a rewarding, challenging, and highly flexible path. As a Project Manager, you will build a meaningful and fulfilling career with the support of professional development resources and mentorships including our First Year Experience program, Individual Development Plans, and Career Path resources and tools. You will be surrounded by exceptional talent who will support your development as both a world-class engineer and a highly effective leader.

Feel like you're on the path to becoming a Project Manager but you're not quite there yet? We'd love to connect with you to see if we can take you from where you are today and grow you into a Design Group Engineering Consultant.

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