Ice Cream Project Team Lead

Magnum Icc Sweden Supply Ab; St. Albans (VT); On-site; USD 89,000 - 133,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Market-competitive pay and performance

Flexible ways of working

Health and wellbeing support

Time off to rest and recharge

Learning and development opportunities

Location-based benefits

Job summary

Magnum Ice Cream Company (TMICC) seeks a Project Team Lead to guide capital projects at the St Albans and Waterbury dairy sites. You will oversee end-to-end design, delivery, safety, quality, and sustainability standards, driving on-time, on-budget execution and alignment with the global agenda.

You will collaborate with engineering, operations, quality and procurement, manage risk, and champion continuous improvement while leading a team of engineers and contractors in a fast-moving environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Project Management preferred, or related field.
• 5+ years of experience managing industrial or capital projects in food or dairy manufacturing.
• Strong knowledge of dairy processing systems, utilities, and plant infrastructure.
• Proficiency in project management tools (PMP certification is a plus).
• Excellent communication, leadership, and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end execution of industrial projects, including scope, budgeting, scheduling, and resource allocation.
• Collaborate with engineering, operations, quality, and procurement to ensure project integration.
• Ensure compliance with food safety regulations, environmental standards, and company policies.
• Identify risks and develop mitigation strategies to maintain timelines and budgets.
• Drive continuous improvement and leverage best practices and new technologies.
• Lead improvement projects and manage cost estimates, options analysis, business cases, and handovers with minimal supervision.

Skills

Project leadership

Communication

Leadership

Problem-solving

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Project Management or related field

Tools

Project management tools

Job description

Life tastes better with ice cream

With 19.000 expert ice cream colleagues and iconic brands like Wall's, Cornetto and Ben & Jerry's, loved in 76 countries, we are the world's largest Ice Cream company leading the industry.

We create iconic ice cream brands that are part of everyday life, bringing moments of joy to millions of people around the world. Everybody loves ice cream. And as the world's biggest pure-play ice cream company, we have the scale and ambition to make a real difference.

What truly sets us apart is how we work.

We move fast and keep things simple. We turn ideas into action, trust people to take ownership, and work as one team to win together with integrity. Our culture is high-performance, collaborative and focused on getting things done.

We're curious and ready for what's next. We embrace digital, use data to make better decisions, and keep learning, including how AI can help us work smarter and serve consumers better.

Terms: This position is not eligible for Visa sponsorship. Candidates must have authorization to work in the United States without employer sponsorship now and in the future.

THE ROLE:

We are seeking a Project Team Lead to lead and execute capital projects within our dairy manufacturing operations. This role is critical for the E2E design and delivery of the capex projects in the St Albans and Waterbury sites related to the overall site and global agenda. The team leader is a crucial part of ensuring projects are delivered on time, within budget, and aligned with safety, quality, and sustainability standards.

WHAT YOU'LL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR

• Project Leadership: Manage end-to-end execution of industrial projects, including scope definition, budgeting, scheduling, and resource allocation.
• Stakeholder Collaboration: Work closely with engineering, operations, quality, and procurement teams to ensure seamless project integration.
• Compliance & Standards: Ensure adherence to food safety regulations, environmental standards, and company policies.
• Risk Management: Identify potential risks and develop mitigation strategies to maintain project timelines and cost targets.
• Continuous Improvement: Drive innovation and efficiency in project delivery, leveraging best practices and emerging technologies.
• You're a born leader: Management of improvement projects in a fast-moving environment with many stakeholders requires the ability for independent decision making, constructive collaboration, managing expectations, and navigating tradeoffs for our customers (the factory). The position is responsible for cost estimating, analyzing options, building business cases, critiquing designs, managing construction, installation, commissioning, and handover with minimal supervision. As a member of the factory leadership team, you will be expected to lead other activities in our safety, quality, and continuous improvement programs.
• You're a dot connector: Participates in cross-plant improvement teams. Develop strong partnership with plant manufacturing, continuous improvement, corporate engineering and union workforce. Supports root cause analysis on process and utilities issues.
• You're a culture and change champion: You bring new Ways of Working to the Engineering community in our continued pursuit of the lowest installed cost. You execute projects by delivering the best Value without compromising any Values. The Project Engineer is a leader in this transformation while living our core values (TMICC Sustainable Living Plan).
• Key Interfaces: Category and Global Engineering Managers and Engineers; Procurement; Factory Supply Chain Managers and Supervisors; Internal Unilever Subject Matter Experts; 3rd Party Engineering Service Providers; General Contractors; OEM's, Quality, Safety, WCM

WE'RE LOOKING FOR SOMEONE WHO

• Bachelor's degree in Project Management preferred, or related field.
• 5+ years of experience managing industrial or capital projects in food or dairy manufacturing.
• Strong knowledge of dairy processing systems, utilities, and plant infrastructure.
• Proficiency in project management tools and methodologies (PMP certification is a plus).
• Excellent communication, leadership, and problem-solving skills.

WHAT YOU'LL GET:

Alongside meaningful work and strong development, we offer a reward package that typically includes:

• Market-competitive pay and performance related rewards
• Flexible ways of working
• Support for health, wellbeing and life outside of work
• Time off to rest and recharge
• Ongoing learning and development opportunities
• Specific benefits vary by location

Pay: The pay range for this position is $88,600 to $133,000. The Magnum Ice Cream Company (TMICC) takes into consideration a wide range of factors that are utilized in making compensation decisions including, but not limited to, skill sets, experience and training, licensure and certifications, qualifications and education, and other bu