Senior Manager, Engineering

TreeHouse Foods, Inc.; Wisconsin; Remote; USD 132,000 - 199,000; Full time

Job summary

TreeHouse Foods, Inc. seeks a Senior Manager, Engineering to lead capital planning and project execution across multiple US/Canada facilities.

You will guide an engineering team, develop a 5-year capital plan aligned with our strategy, and oversee Capital Initiative Management to ensure on-time delivery and budget adherence. The role requires strong cross-functional collaboration with Operations, Quality, EHS, Finance and IT, plus up to 50% travel.

Qualifications

• Lead capital planning for multiple facilities with a 5-year horizon.
• Operate Capital Initiative Management processes across sites.
• Drive safety, budget, schedule, and CQV KPIs for capital programs.

Responsibilities

• Form and lead cross-functional teams to develop a 5-year capital plan for US/Canada facilities.
• Ensure capital projects follow Capital Initiative Management guidelines and meet targets.
• Oversee KPI domains: safety, CQV, on-time delivery, cash flow, and budget.
• Partner with sourcing to develop procurement strategies for projects.
• Review business-case scopes and estimates with leadership for prioritization and approval.
• Mentor and coach team members to meet engineering needs.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Capital planning

Project management

Cross-functional collaboration

Mentoring

Budgeting

KPI tracking

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