Brand: Post Consumer Brands

Categories: Engineering

Locations: Lakeville, Minnesota

Position Type: Regular Full-Time

Remote Eligible: No

Req ID: 30759

Job Description

Business Unit Overview

Headquartered in Lakeville, Minn., Post Consumer Brands, a business unit of Post Holdings, Inc., is dedicated to providing people and their pets with delicious food choices for every taste and budget. The company's portfolio includes beloved brands such as Honey Bunches of Oats™, PEBBLES™, Grape-Nuts™ and Malt-O-Meal™ cereal and Peter Pan™ peanut butter, as well as Rachael Ray® Nutrish™, Kibbles 'n Bits™ and 9Lives™ dog and cat food. Post also provides private label solutions to customers in pet food, cereal, nut butters and granola. As a company committed to high standards of quality and to our values, we are driven by one idea: To make lives better by making delicious food accessible for all. For more information about our brands, visit and follow us on LinkedIn ( or Facebook ( for the latest news.

Location Description

Post Consumer Brands corporate headquarters in Lakeville, Minnesota, is about 20 miles south of Minneapolis and St. Paul, Lakeville has all the benefits of smaller town living with access to everything a large metropolitan area has to offer. Join more than 400 team members collaborating on the two-building campus to help put breakfast on the tables of millions of consumers in North America.

Responsibilities

Senior Capital Engineering Project Manager

Big company opportunity. Small company attitude.

At Post Consumer Brands, you’ll have the chance to do big things - backed by strong resources - while still feeling your handprint on the work. This is delicious work with real impact: helping deliver safe, high-quality food by improving the facilities and systems that make it possible.

Why You’ll Love This Role

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Own high-impact work. Lead an annual capital portfolio up to $20MM, shaping major investments from concept through start-up.
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See your results on the floor. Your projects will directly influence safety, food safety, quality, environmental performance, and business growth.
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Lead with influence. Partner across all levels—from plant teams to executives—and bring cross-functional groups to alignment through strong facilitation and “over communication.”
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Big ambitions welcome. You’ll solve complex problems, build options, and move bold projects forward - without losing the people-first feel of a culture that values teamwork.
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About the Role

The Senior Capital Engineering Project Manager provides engineering project management and technical services to support manufacturing facilities. You’ll develop and implement capital projects, lead teams and contractors, and help plan for the future—always with a focus on safety, food safety, quality, and the environment.

Key Responsibilities

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Lead capital engineering projects from concept through design, construction, and start-up, managing scope, schedule, cost, and quality.
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Manage multiple complex, multi-million-dollar projects, including budgets, resources, contractors, and external engineering partners.
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Develop and evaluate project options, feasibility studies, and cost-benefit analyses to support sound business decisions.
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Partner with cross-functional teams and executives to align on project goals, plans, and priorities - communicating early and often.
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Ensure all projects meet safety, food safety, quality, environmental, regulatory, and GMP standards.
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Identify and deliver capital projects that reduce cost, improve operations, and support long-term business strategy.
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Qualifications

What We’re Looking For

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Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering from an ABET accredited institution.
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10+ years of experience in a process environment including project management, process/facility design, and contractor management.
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Proven leadership of large, complex, multi-million-dollar projects from concept through completion.
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Strong knowledge across multiple engineering and construction disciplines, plus plant operations.
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Ability to build and lead effective project teams (internal and external) to define scope and deliver results.
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Strong analytical, scheduling, and planning skills; comfort making decisions with limited information.
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Preferred

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Processing/manufacturing experience.
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Graduate studies in business, management, or engineering.
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PMP certification and/or PE license.
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Location & Travel

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Location: Lakeville, MN ( Hybrid )
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Travel: Significant travel (30–50%) will be required to support project management activities across facilities.
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Ready to Make an Impact?

If you’re energized by complex challenges, motivated by seeing real-world results, and ready to lead major capital projects that improve how we work and what we make, we’d love to meet you! Here is where you fit in.

Apply today and discover just right.

The pay range for this position is $106,019 - $156,909 per year.

Senior Capital Engineering Project Manager

Big company opportunity. Small company attitude.

Why You’ll Love This Role

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Own high-impact work. Lead an annual capital portfolio up to $20MM, shaping major investments from concept through start-up.
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n
See your results on the floor. Your projects will directly influence safety, food safety, quality, environmental performance, and business growth.
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Lead with influence. Partner across all levels—from plant teams to executives—and bring cross-functional groups to alignment through strong facilitation and “over communication.”
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Big ambitions welcome. You’ll solve complex problems, build options, and move bold projects forward - without losing the people-first feel of a culture that values teamwork.
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About the Role

Key Responsibilities

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Lead capital engineering projects from concept through design, construction, and start-up, managing scope, schedule, cost, and quality.
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Manage multiple complex, multi-million-dollar projects, including budgets, resources, contractors, and external engineering partners.
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Develop and evaluate project options, feasibility studies, and cost-benefit analyses to support sound business decisions.
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Partner with cross-functional teams and executives to align on project goals, plans, and priorities - communicating early and often.
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Ensure all projects meet safety, food safety, quality, environmental, regulatory, and GMP standards.
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Identify and deliver capital projects that reduce cost, improve operations, and support long-term business strategy.
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What We’re Looking For

Required

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Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering from an ABET accredited institution.
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10+ years of experience in a process environment including project management, process/facility design, and contractor management.
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Proven leadership of large, complex, multi-million-dollar projects from concept through completion.
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Strong knowledge across multiple engineering and construction disciplines, plus plant operations.
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Ability to build and lead effective project teams (internal and external) to define scope and deliver results.
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Strong analytical, scheduling, and planning skills; comfort making decisions with limited information.
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Preferred

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Processing/manufacturing experience.
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Graduate studies in business, management, or engineering.
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PMP certification and/or PE license.
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Location & Travel

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Location: Lakeville, MN ( Hybrid )
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Travel: Significant travel (30–50%) will be required to support project management activities across facilities.
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Ready to Make an Impact?

Apply today and discover just right.

Post Holdings provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, status as a covered veteran and any other category protected under applicable federal, state, provincial and local laws.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

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