Senior Engineering Manager

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 www.postconsumerbrands.com 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

As Senior Manager of Engineering, you will lead corporate engineering for Post Consumer Brands’ Eastern Region, guiding a geographically distributed team and shaping capital investment decisions across multiple consumer goods manufacturing categories. This highly visible role blends long-range strategy with disciplined execution to help the business invest in the right projects, strengthen asset performance, and deliver safe, practical solutions.

You will partner across engineering, operations, finance, and business leadership to evaluate opportunities, build multi-year capital plans, and keep critical initiatives moving. The role is ideal for an engineering leader who can connect technical depth with business judgment, influence across organizational lines, and stay decisive when priorities shift.

Key Responsibilities

• Set strategy and provide leadership for Eastern Region corporate engineering activities, balancing safety, quality, schedule, cost, start-up, and business priorities.
• Lead, coach, and develop assigned corporate engineers; coordinate engineering consultants and maintain dotted-line partnerships with local engineering leaders at manufacturing sites.
• Evaluate capital project concepts for feasibility, execution readiness, risk, resource needs, and expected return on capital employed.
• Help develop long-range capital plans, strategic asset replacement priorities, and budgets in partnership with business, operations, finance, and corporate leaders.
• Provide governance and direction for a portfolio of capital projects, identifying risks and opportunities and helping project teams remove barriers and make timely decisions.
• Partner with manufacturing and category leaders across pet food, grocery, and nut butter operations to align engineering plans with production availability and business needs.
• Build productive relationships with engineering firms and other external resources; shape sourcing and staffing strategies for annual capital plans.
• Support strategic initiatives, including site expansions, network optimization, acquisitions, and integration work, by translating business needs into executable engineering plans.
• Strengthen project delivery and engineering processes through continuous improvement, practical standards, and shared learning across sites.
• Ensure project activity complies with applicable federal, state, and local requirements and supports company safety, food safety, quality, and environmental practices.

Why You’ll Love This Role

• Influence where and how the business invests capital across a broad manufacturing network and portfolio of well-known consumer brands.
• Combine enterprise-level strategic planning with direct involvement in high-impact projects and operational decisions.
• Lead and develop engineering talent while building strong partnerships with plant, category, and corporate leaders.
• Work in an environment that values thoughtful challenge, practical problem-solving, fast learning, and visible ownership of results.
• Bring big-picture ambition to a team where your individual impact can still be seen and felt.

Location & Travel Requirements

• This role is expected to be based at the Post Consumer Brands office in Lakeville, Minnesota.
• Travel to manufacturing locations and project sites is expected, generally about one week per month; travel may be higher during onboarding or periods of significant project activity.
• Weekend work is expected to be rare but may be required to support critical project or operational needs.

Qualifications

Education

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in engineering, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant work experience.

Required Qualifications

• Engineering leadership experience supporting complex capital projects in a manufacturing or similarly asset-intensive environment.
• At least five years of demonstrated experience leading people or teams, including performance management, coaching, and development.
• Demonstrated ability to evaluate project alternatives, identify execution risks, and apply sound analytical and business judgment.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to work effectively across functions and organizational levels.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities while maintaining focus on safety, quality, schedule, cost, and business outcomes.

Preferred Qualifications

• Professional Engineer licensure.
• MBA or other advanced business education.
• Experience in food manufacturing, fast-moving consumer goods, or another high-volume consumer products environment.
• Experience leading large, complex capital programs or projects and applying return-on-capital or P&L considerations to investment decisions.
• Prior experience in plant engineering, operations leadership, or plant management.

Success in This Role

• Builds trust quickly and creates strong working relationships with stakeholders across engineering, operations, finance, and business leadership.
• Influences without relying on formal authority and offers well-reasoned alternatives rather than defaulting to past practice.
• Makes timely decisions in ambiguous situations, balancing analysis with practical action.
• Remains calm and logical under pressure while finding creative paths around obstacles.
• Connects strategic thinking with disciplined follow-through and keeps teams focused on measurable results.
• Communicates with credibility, curiosity, and respect while adapting to different audiences and perspectives.

Ready to Make an Impact?

Bring your engineering leadership, business judgment, and drive for continuous improvement to a role with meaningful influence across the Post Consumer Brands manufacturing network. Apply today and help shape the capital investments and engineering capabilities that support our next chapter of growth.

The pay range for this position is $117,407 - $183,154 per year.