Engineering Project Manager III

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 www.postconsumerbrands.com and follow us on LinkedIn or Facebook for the latest news.

The Post Consumer Brands plant in Tremonton, Utah is part of the company's West Coast network, with more than 220 team members supplying Malt-O-Meal bag cereals, PEBBLES  cereals, and more to a variety of retailers. When you join the Tremonton team, you'll be joining a group of motivated problem-solvers and safety-first culture. 

As an Engineering Project Manager III at our Tremonton, Utah facility, you will lead complex engineering projects that strengthen safety, quality, cost performance, and maintenance reliability. You will guide work from early concept and business justification through design, installation, start-up, and handoff, keeping teams aligned around clear scope, schedule, budget, quality, and performance expectations.

This role brings together technical problem-solving and hands-on project leadership. You will partner with plant teams, suppliers, consultants, and contractors to deliver food manufacturing, packaging, and infrastructure improvements that support reliable operations and long-term growth.

Key Responsibilities

•  Lead assigned engineering projects from concept through start-up, establishing scope, resources, budgets, schedules, equipment, and material needs.

•  Build project justifications, cost estimates, feasibility studies, cost-benefit analyses, expenditure requests, and recurring progress reports.

•  Create and lead cross-functional project teams, facilitate project meetings, and communicate plans, risks, decisions, and progress to internal partners.

•  Control project scope, schedule, cost, quality, and performance while maintaining safety as the highest priority.

•  Select and manage equipment suppliers, engineering consultants, construction contractors, and other external partners.

•  Evaluate technologies and specify or design food processing, packaging, and infrastructure systems.

•  Provide construction and start-up management, including oversight of project construction activities and equipment commercialization.

•  Apply federal, state, and local engineering codes and review ergonomics, safety, sanitation, GMP, and food safety requirements for assigned projects.

•  Maintain process flows, P&IDs, and engineering standards while sharing and implementing best practices.

•  Provide training and technical support to plant teams when applicable.

Why You’ll Love This Role

•  Own meaningful projects from idea to operating result and see your work make a visible impact in the plant.

•  Work across engineering, operations, maintenance, quality, safety, and external partners to solve complex challenges.

•  Use both project leadership and technical expertise in a role with broad scope and variety.

•  Help shape safer, more reliable, and more efficient food manufacturing operations.

•  Bring big ambitions to a collaborative culture with strong resources behind the work.

Location & Travel Requirements

•  This role is based at the Post Consumer Brands facility in Tremonton, Utah.

•  Travel is required for project, vendor, engineering, and consultant meetings.

Education

•  Four-year degree in science or engineering.

Required Qualifications

•  Minimum of 5 years of relevant engineering experience in operations, project management, process design, or contractor supervision within a process environment.

•  Proven experience managing complex projects from definition through installation and start-up.

•  Working knowledge of engineering disciplines, plant operations, and construction.

•  Understanding of Lean Manufacturing or Continuous Improvement methods.

•  Demonstrated analytical, business judgment, troubleshooting, negotiation, and problem-solving skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Industry experience in food manufacturing, consumer packaged goods, ingredient processing, dairy, agricultural processing, or another industrial manufacturing environment is preferred.

• Experience with Microsoft Project, Primavera P6 or P5, Procore, SAP, or JD Edwards (JDE) is preferred.

• PMP certification and/or a Professional Engineer (PE) license is preferred.

• An advanced degree in engineering, business, or management is preferred.

Success in This Role

•  Communicates clearly and builds alignment across multifunctional teams, internal customers, vendors, consultants, and contractors.

•  Organizes complex work, sets clear direction, prioritizes effectively, and follows through on commitments.

•  Influences, coaches, and facilitates teams toward practical decisions and shared outcomes.

•  Builds respectful working relationships and supports change across business groups.

•  Demonstrates sound judgment, urgency, optimism, and an unwavering commitment to a safe work environment.

Ready to Make an Impact?

Bring your engineering expertise, project leadership, and safety-first mindset to Post Consumer Brands. Apply today and help turn strong ideas into reliable, high-performing solutions for our Tremonton operation.

Location & Travel Requirements

•  This role is based at the Post Consumer Brands facility in Tremonton, Utah.

•  Travel is required for project, vendor, engineering, and consultant meetings.

Education

•  Four-year degree in science or engineering.

Required Qualifications

•  Minimum of 5 years of relevant engineering experience in operations, project management, process design, or contractor supervision within a process environment.

•  Proven experience managing complex projects from definition through installation and start-up.

•  Working knowledge of engineering disciplines, plant operations, and construction.

•  Understanding of Lean Manufacturing or Continuous Improvement methods.

•  Demonstrated analytical, business judgment, troubleshooting, negotiation, and problem-solving skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Industry experience in food manufacturing, consumer packaged goods, ingredient processing, dairy, agricultural processing, or another industrial manufacturing environment is preferred.

• Experience with Microsoft Project, Primavera P6 or P5, Procore, SAP, or JD Edwards (JDE) is preferred.

• PMP certification and/or a Professional Engineer (PE) license is preferred.

• An advanced degree in engineering, business, or management is preferred.

Success in This Role

•  Communicates clearly and builds alignment across multifunctional teams, internal customers, vendors, consultants, and contractors.

•  Organizes complex work, sets clear direction, prioritizes effectively, and follows through on commitments.

•  Influences, coaches, and facilitates teams toward practical decisions and shared outcomes.

•  Builds respectful working relationships and supports change across business groups.

•  Demonstrates sound judgment, urgency, optimism, and an unwavering commitment to a safe work environment.

Ready to Make an Impact?

Bring your engineering expertise, project leadership, and safety-first mindset to Post Consumer Brands. Apply today and help turn strong ideas into reliable, high-performing solutions for our Tremonton operation.