Senior Manager, Engineering

TreeHouse Foods, Inc.; Dixon (IL); On-site; USD 132,000 - 199,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

401(k) with 5% match

Paid time off & holidays

tuition reimbursement

DevelopU platform

Job summary

TreeHouse Foods, Inc. is seeking a Senior Manager, Engineering to lead a 5-year capital plan across multiple manufacturing facilities in the U.S. and Canada.

You will guide a high-performing engineering team and ensure capital projects are delivered through a structured initiative management process. You will strengthen technical capabilities to support successful capital programs and long-term operational excellence, collaborating with diverse functions to achieve strategic goals and drive

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related technical field is required.
• Experience in aseptic environments and capital project execution is preferred.
• Experience with multi-site capital planning and strategic planning abilities.
• Formal project management training or certifications are a plus.
• LEAN Capital Initiative Management processes experience is desired.
• Strong cross-functional collaboration and leadership capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate to develop a 5-year capital plan for manufacturing facilities in scope across the U.S. and Canada.
• Lead teams to manage capital projects per the Capital Initiative Management program.
• Own project KPIs: safety, food safety, environmental, operational impacts, scope adherence, CQV, on-time delivery, cash flow, budgets.
• Develop procurement strategies with the capital sourcing manager and execute them.
• Review business cases, schedules, and estimates with leadership and steer projects to prioritization approvals.
• Mentor and lead internal and external team members to meet engineering needs.
• Coordinate with Operations, Quality, EHS, IT, Finance and other functions to deliver goals.

Skills

Capital planning

Project leadership

LEAN methods

Cross-functional collaboration

Excel

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering

Tools

CADD

Microsoft Excel

PowerPoint

Project

Job description

Employee Type:

Full time

Location:

IL Works from Home

Job Type:

Engineering

Job Posting Title:

Senior Manager, Engineering

About Us:

TreeHouse Foods is a leading manufacturer of private label packaged foods and beverages, operating a network of over 20 production facilities and several corporate offices across the United States and Canada. At TreeHouse Foods, our commitment to excellence extends beyond our products and revolves around our people. We are investing in talent and creating a performance-based culture where employees can do their best work and develop their careers, directly impacting our mission to make high quality, affordable food for our customers, communities, and families. We hope you will consider joining the team and being part of our future.

Named one of America’s Best Large Employers by Forbes Magazine, we are proud to live by a strong set of values and strive to "Engage and Delight – One Customer at a Time." Guided by our values— Own It, Commit to Excellence, Be Agile, Speak Up, and Better Together. We are a diverse team driven by integrity, accountability, and a commitment to exceptional results. We embrace change, prioritize continuous learning, and foster collaboration, transparency, and healthy debate. Together, we set each other up for success to achieve enterprise-wide goals.

What You Gain:

• Competitive compensation and benefits program with no waiting period – you’re eligible from your first day!

• 401(k) program with 5% employer match and 100% vesting as soon as you enroll.

• Comprehensive paid time off opportunities, including immediate access to four weeks of vacation, five sick days, parental leave and 11 company holidays (including two floating holidays).

• Leaders who are invested in supporting your accelerated career growth, plus paid training, tuition reimbursement and a robust educational platform – DevelopU – with more than 10,000 free courses to support you along the way.

• An inclusive working environment where you can build meaningful work relationships with a diverse group of professionals. Take advantage of opportunities to build on our team-oriented culture, such as joining one of our Employee Resource Groups.

• Access to our wellness and employee assistance programs.

Job Description:

About the Role:

We are seeking a strategic and collaborative Senior Manager, Engineering, to lead capital planning and project execution across multiple food manufacturing facilities. In this critical leadership role, you will guide a high-performing engineering team in developing and executing a 5-year capital plan aligned with our broader business strategy. You will oversee the capital workstream using a structured Initiative Management process, ensuring the seamless delivery of key projects. A key focus will be strengthening the team’s technical capabilities to support successful execution of capital programs and long-term operational excellence.

You’ll add value to this role by performing various functions including, but not limited to:

• Collaboratively form and lead internal and external cross functional resources to develop a 5-year capital plan for manufacturing facilities in scope. This includes implementation of projects at multiple locations across the U.S. and Canada.

• Lead teams to ensure all aspects of assigned capital projects are managed following our Capital Initiative Management program.

• Responsible for the team’s project KPIs including safety, food safety, environmental impacts, operational impacts, adherence to scope, CQV performance, on time delivery, cash flow, and overall budget tracking.

• Partner with the capital sourcing manager to develop procurement strategies on assigned projects and execute them.

• Support on-site engineering and plant leadership to develop and review business case screening scopes, schedules and estimates on engineering concepts. Review with leadership to provide a directional view of projects; ultimately lead process through approval on prioritized projects.

• Mentor, coach and lead team members, both internal and external, to ensure resources meet the business’ engineering needs.

• Work cross-functionally with Operations, Quality, EHS, Transportation & Warehousing, Supply Planning, Technical Services, Reliability and Maintenance, Environmental, Sustainability, R&D, Finance, Human Resources/Labor Relations the Growth Unit leaders, and IT to deliver assigned goals and projects.

Important Details:

• This is a full-time role that is expected to travel approximately 50% across assigned plants within the US and Canada.

• The preferred locations for this role are Toronto, Ontario or Chicago, Illinois

• The anticipated compensation for this position ranges from $132,300.00 - 198,500.00 USD annually. This is the lowest to highest salary that we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. An employee’s position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to, specific competencies, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, shift, travel requirements, sales or revenue-based metrics and business or organizational needs. For certain roles, the successful candidate may be eligible for annual discretionary merit compensation award, bonus and equity pay.

You’ll fit right in if you have:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related technical field

• Experience working in an aseptic environment strongly preferred, including but not limited to operations, maintenance, troubleshooting, capital project execution, startup and process validation

• Experienced in multi-site capital planning. Demonstrated strategic planning capabilities.

• Formal project management training or certifications are a plus

• Experience with utility systems, wastewater pre-treatments systems, ingredient handling, food processing, and primary and secondary packaging systems preferred

• Demonstrated track record of following LEAN Capital Initiative Management processes.

• Continuous improvement mindset, to challenge current processes both internally and externally with ability to bring adaptable solutions forward

• Comfortable communicating, presenting & influencing senior leadership on key technical issues

• Proficient with CADD and Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Project. Proven effectiveness in working collaboratively within a matrix organization

At TreeHouse Foods, we embrace diversity and inclusion for innovation and growth. We are committed to building inclusive teams and an equitable workplace for our employees to bring their true selves to work to help us “Engage and Delight – One Customer at a Time”. TreeHouse Foods is an Equal Opportunity Employer that prohibits discrimination or harassment of any type. All qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Applicants who require an accommodation to participate in the job application or hiring process should contact [e-mail]

TreeHouse Foods is a private label food and beverage leader focused on customer brands and custom products. When customers partner with TreeHouse they can expect access to an industry-leading portfolio, strategic vision, on-trend innovation and insights, world-class supply chain, operational excellence and flexibility, collaborative approaches, and dedicated customer service.

Our strategy is to be the leading supplier of private label food and beverage products by providing the best balance of quality and cost to our customers. We engage with retail grocery, food away from home, and industrial and export customers, including most of the leading grocery retailers and foodservice operators in the United States and Canada. Our portfolio includes a variety of shelf-stable, refrigerated, and snack products.

Customers can expect comprehensive flavor profiles including natural, organic, and preservative-free ingredients in many categories and packaging formats. TreeHouse Foods is best known for food and beverages produced by our two largest businesses Bay Valley Foods, LLC (including E.D. Smith and Sturm Foods) and TreeHouse Private Brands. With more than 10,000 employees in over 26 plants across the United States and Canada, TreeHouse Foods is based in Oak Brook, Illinois.

Disability Assistance and EEO Considerations:

At TreeHouse Foods, we embrace diversity and inclusion for innovation and growth. We are committed to building inclusive teams and an equitable workplace for our employees to bring their true selves to work to help us “Engage and Delight – One Customer at a Time." TreeHouse Foods is an Equal Opportunity Employer that prohibits discrimination or harassment of any type. All qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Applicants who require an accommodation to participate in the job application or hiring process should contact [e-mail]