Senior Project Engineer - On-site Capital Projects

General Mills, Inc.; Murfreesboro (TN); On-site; USD 95,000 - 143,000; Full time

Job summary

General Mills, Inc. in Murfreesboro seeks a Sr. Project Engineer to lead plant capital projects, overseeing scope, schedule, budget, procurement, installation, and startup. You will partner with R&D, quality, manufacturing and finance to deliver impactful solutions.

You will develop design standards, mentor engineers, support continuous improvement initiatives, and ensure compliance with GMP and food safety requirements while coordinating with external vendors and contractors.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering or related degree with applicable experience.
• 3 years of project engineering experience in a continuous manufacturing environment.
• Demonstrated skills in executing several large concurrent assignments with emphasis on project management, productivity, and packing development.
• Demonstrated technical leadership, adaptability, analytical and problem-solving skills, decision making, troubleshooting, communications, team management, and human relations skills.
• Strong ability to involve operators and mechanics in the project process.
• Experience working with plant technicians, leadership staff, outside vendors and managing contractors and engineering firms.
• Understanding of packaging and processing systems and working knowledge of plant manufacturing, engineering, quality, and research functions.
• Thorough understanding of Food Manufacturing Regulatory Requirements (GMPs, Food Safety, etc.).
• Experience with continuous improvement, LEAN, Six Sigma, TPM, or related processes

Responsibilities

• Lead Engineer on capital projects - overall project management, budget, schedule management, construction management, start-up, conceptual phases, project close-out, scope development, cost estimation, system design, equipment sizing and selection, procurement, installation, check-out.
• Lead system design standards development for divisional unit operations.
• Lead engineering safety culture.
• Maintain engineering interface with business unit team - maintain close working relationship with R&D, quality, manufacturing, operations leadership, and financial operations.
• Offer production support and troubleshooting assistance to Engineers, Team Leaders, and Maintenance.
• Provide innovative technical solutions required to meet business objectives with emphasis on productivity.
• Provide support to annual capital planning process, which may include development and management of the capital program for an operating department.
• Utilize Continuous Improvement tools, including Early Management, Specialized Maintenance, Autonomous Maintenance, Failure Modes and Effects Analysis, Induced Failure Testing, and support CI and Phase Progression efforts.

Skills

Project management

Leadership

Problem solving

Analytical thinking

Communication

Team management

Vendor management

Packaging systems knowledge

Continuous improvement

LEAN / Six Sigma

Education

BS in Engineering

Job description

General Mills, Inc. in Murfreesboro seeks a Sr. Project Engineer to lead plant capital projects, overseeing scope, schedule, budget, procurement, installation, and startup. You will partner with R&D, quality, manufacturing and finance to deliver impactful solutions.

You will develop design standards, mentor engineers, support continuous improvement initiatives, and ensure compliance with GMP and food safety requirements while coordinating with external vendors and contractors.