Capital Projects Lead — Engineering Manager II

Great Lakes Cheese, Inc; Hiram Township (OH); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Great Lakes Cheese is seeking an Engineering Project Manager II to support enterprise capital projects, coordinating from ideation through ramp-up and hand-off to production. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive continuous improvement and operational excellence across multiple facilities.

The role requires engineering expertise, strong communication, and problem-solving skills, with responsibility for project scope, schedule, budget, and compliance across GMP environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in engineering from an accredited institution and 2 years of project engineering experience or 6 years of project engineering experience in lieu of a degree.
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship.
• Excellent verbal & written communications skills.
• Strong problem solving and hands on trouble shooting skills.
• Excellent attention to detail on multiple simultaneous tasks.

Responsibilities

• Manage capital projects from concept through install, startup and hand off to production.
• Manage contractors on assigned projects.
• Develop short range and long-range capital plans for multiple facilities.
• Address emerging issues from suppliers, contractors, and subcontractors, managing changes with minimal disruption to project objectives.
• Provide technical knowledge for investigation and resolution of process/packaging deviations, development and interpretation of data trending.
• Create and modify line layouts and support plant design requests and layout changes.
• Lead cross-functional teams on new product start-ups or other process changes.
• Coordinate department activities to modify existing designs, improve production techniques, and develop test procedures.

Skills

Project management

Cross-functional collaboration

Problem solving

Verbal & written communication

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering

2 years of project engineering experience

OSHA 10hr Safety Certification

Tools

AutoCAD

Microsoft Office

Excel

Project

Word

SAP

MES

Job description

Great Lakes Cheese is seeking an Engineering Project Manager II to support enterprise capital projects, coordinating from ideation through ramp-up and hand-off to production. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive continuous improvement and operational excellence across multiple facilities.

The role requires engineering expertise, strong communication, and problem-solving skills, with responsibility for project scope, schedule, budget, and compliance across GMP environments.