Strategic SBU Engineering Leader

Greif; Alsip (IL); On-site; USD 130,000 - 221,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive benefits

Paid time off

Job summary

Greif is seeking an experienced SEM to balance business partnership, leadership, and engineering execution across the assigned SBU. You will help translate strategy into priorities, investments, and capabilities, leading a global engineering team toward safe, reliable, and scalable outcomes.

The role reports to the VP Engineering and requires strong cross-functional collaboration with Operations, EH&S, Finance, and Supply Chain. Local presence matters with travel up to 50% across the region.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in Engineering Required.
• 10+ years of engineering and project management experience in a manufacturing environment.
• 5+ years of experience leading engineers or technical teams.

Responsibilities

• Serves as a key engineering and business partner to SBU leadership, contributing to strategy, capital planning, and priorities.
• Translates business needs into engineering roadmaps, capital plans, and resource strategies balancing near-term execution with future capability.
• Leads major SBU, regional, and network engineering projects and monitors KPIs, capital spend, and performance.

Skills

Leadership

Engineering

Strategic planning

Cross-functional

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

Job description

Greif is seeking an experienced SEM to balance business partnership, leadership, and engineering execution across the assigned SBU. You will help translate strategy into priorities, investments, and capabilities, leading a global engineering team toward safe, reliable, and scalable outcomes.

The role reports to the VP Engineering and requires strong cross-functional collaboration with Operations, EH&S, Finance, and Supply Chain. Local presence matters with travel up to 50% across the region.