Project Manager

Schreiber Mexico S.A. de C.V.; Silao (Ciudad); Presencial; MXN 1.000.000 - 1.300.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Schreiber Foods in Mexico is seeking a Regional Project Engineering Manager to lead a portfolio of engineering projects from concept through startup, ensuring technical specs, timelines, budgets, and business outcomes are achieved.

This role will direct cross-functional teams and collaborate with suppliers and contractors to deliver compliant, safe, and reliable solutions while driving process improvements.

Formación

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field.
• 10+ years leading engineering projects or programs.
• Fluency in English and Spanish.

Responsabilidades

• Lead end-to-end delivery of plant/capital projects from feasibility to handover.
• Translate executive direction into project roadmaps and plans.
• Manage budgets, scope, schedule, and risk across multiple projects.
• Establish governance and standard work to improve predictability and delivery.

Conocimientos

Leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Strategic thinking

Stakeholder communication

Risk management

Educación

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Herramientas

MS Project

Primavera

ERP systems

Descripción del empleo

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 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.

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, shelf‑stable 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.

Life & Culture - We call ourselves partners – not employees – and there’s a good reason behind that. Our work is more than just a job. Our common goals drive and energize us as we work together to be the best we can be. Caring is a huge part of who we are. We not only help each other grow; we take care of each other along the way. Whenever a partner is experiencing a hardship, it’s common for others to take the initiative to organize fundraisers to help support them through our Partners Helping Partners program. We also care about our communities and want to help make them better places to live every day.

Who are we looking for? Our people are truly the heart of our company, and we’re on a journey together. It’s about more than a job. We work hard to find great people with diverse backgrounds, experiences and perspectives, and provide opportunities to help them grow. Like a family, we care deeply about each other