Project Manager

Schreiber Foods; Silao (Ciudad); Presencial; MXN 900.000 - 1.300.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Schreiber Foods is seeking a Regional Project Engineering Manager to lead a portfolio of engineering projects from concept through startup. You will ensure technical specs, timelines, budgets, and business outcomes are achieved while directing cross-functional teams and external partners.

The role requires a track record of multi-project leadership, cost management, and strong communication with senior leaders in a matrixed, multi-site environment. Fluency in Spanish and English is required.

Formación

• 10+ years of experience leading engineering projects/programs with multi-project accountability.
• Fluency in Spanish and English is required.
• Advanced project and portfolio management capabilities across scope, schedule, cost, and risk.

Responsabilidades

• Recommend tactical and operational strategies for the engineering project portfolio affecting plant results.
• Lead end-to-end delivery of capital projects from feasibility to handover to operations.
• Translate executive direction into project roadmaps including scope, sequencing, and risk posture.
• Establish governance to improve predictability, throughput, and value delivery.
• Manage budgets across multiple initiatives with appropriate approvals.
• Develop business cases with clear assumptions, options, risks, and benefits.

Conocimientos

Project management

Cross-functional leadership

Stakeholder management

Risk analysis

Effective communication

Educación

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

Descripción del empleo

Job Description

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.

Job Category

Project & Program Management

Job Family

Technical Project Management

Job Description

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.