Engineering Project & Program Management III

At The Hershey Company, our culture is rooted in purpose and inspired by Milton Hershey’s enduring vision that business should create opportunity for others. Through our commitment to corporate philanthropy, we create positive impact by supporting communities, helping children thrive, and operating as a business for good. This includes our deep and long standing partnership with Milton Hershey School, where we invest in education, workforce readiness, and hands-on engagement to help students succeed beyond the classroom.

The Hershey Company (NYSE: HSY) is an industry-leading snacks company known for making more moments of goodness through its iconic brands. With a strong portfolio across chocolate, confectionery, and salty snacks, Hershey delights consumers every day. Our beloved brands include Hershey’s, Reese’s, KitKat®, Dots Pretzels, Lesser Evil, Jolly Rancher, Twizzlers, Ice Breakers, and more.

Guided by our employee value proposition, Lead Today. Create Tomorrow, we empower our people to drive impact now while shaping what comes next. Our One Hershey mindset brings teams together across functions, geographies, and businesses, enabling us to operate with speed, collaboration, and shared purpose.

Responsibilities

• Execute assigned engineering project or program management tasks using established technical procedures, documented requirements, and Hershey standards.
• Support moderately complex engineering, packaging, and manufacturing projects by evaluating options, validating recommendations, and helping deliver practical solutions.
• Partner with engineering, operations, maintenance, and business stakeholders to align on requirements, constraints, testing needs, validation activities, and troubleshooting support.
• Help identify project dependencies, risks, and issues, then support follow-up actions to keep work moving and ensure concerns remain resolved.
• Contribute to equipment optimization, reliability, efficiency, change-over improvement, waste reduction, and continuous improvement efforts across the plant.
• Support capital project work, including feasibility assessments, cost estimates, equipment selection, installation, start-up, troubleshooting, and training coordination.
• Maintain clear engineering documentation, project records, and standard templates to support traceability, governance, integration, safety, and quality requirements.

Requirements

• 3+ years of relevant engineering, project management, program management, manufacturing, packaging, or related experience.
• Experience supporting projects in a manufacturing environment, preferably high-speed automated manufacturing, food manufacturing, packaging, or a related technical environment.
• Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot technical issues, support root cause analysis, communicate across functions, and build relationships with internal partners, vendors, contractors, and stakeholders.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Engineering Technology, or a related technical field preferred, or equivalent relevant engineering experience.

Benefits

• Health & Wellbeing: Medical, dental, and vision coverage, plus wellness programs that support your physical and mental health.
• Financial Security: Competitive pay, annual incentive opportunities, and a 401(k) with company match.
• Time Off & Flexibility: Paid time off, company holidays, and flexible ways of working where applicable.
• Growth & Development: Career development programs, learning opportunities, and internal mobility.

Benefits may vary based on role, location, and eligibility.