Ice Cream Project Engineer - NA

Role Purpose

The Project Engineer will play a critical role in advancing capital delivery and manufacturing transformation at The Magnum Ice Cream Company's Covington site. This position leads the end-to-end execution of complex capital projects across safety, quality, capacity, infrastructure, automation, controls, digital manufacturing, and equipment modernization. The role is expected to provide strong technical leadership across the project lifecycle—from concept development and business case creation through design, construction, commissioning, start-up, and handover—while helping the site build a more reliable, efficient, and future-ready operation.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead a portfolio of capital and transformation projects that improve safety, quality, throughput, reliability, cost performance, and operational resilience at the Covington facility.
• Drive project execution from feasibility through commissioning, including scope development, cost estimation, schedule management, contractor coordination, risk mitigation, and performance tracking.
• Partner cross-functionally with Manufacturing, Safety, Quality, Supply Chain, Maintenance, R&D, and site leadership to translate business needs into practical, scalable engineering solutions.
• Lead the development and implementation of automation, controls, and digital manufacturing solutions, including line modernization, controls upgrades, process optimization, and data-enabled performance improvement.
• Support the identification, evaluation, and deployment of advanced technologies such as robotics, automated material handling, smart instrumentation, and connected systems where they create measurable business value.
• Work with internal engineering resources and external partners to develop concept, FEED, and detailed design packages that reflect site constraints, compliance requirements, operability, maintainability, and long-term asset performance.
• Oversee construction, installation, commissioning, and vertical start-up activities to ensure projects are delivered safely, efficiently, and to the required performance standards.
• Champion engineering governance, technical standards, and continuous improvement while helping shape the site’s longer-term capital and automation roadmap.

What We're Looking For

• You are a technical leader and change agent: This role requires strong engineering judgment, structured project leadership, and the ability to influence across a broad stakeholder group in a fast-paced manufacturing environment. You will be expected to independently assess options, build business cases, challenge designs, and lead execution decisions that improve safety, performance, and long-term asset capability.
• You connect engineering and operations: You build strong working relationships across plant operations, maintenance, continuous improvement, technical teams, and frontline employees to ensure solutions are practical, sustainable, and embedded successfully. You help shape the future factory: You bring forward new ideas, technologies, and execution approaches that improve installed cost, reliability, flexibility, and performance.

Department

Ice Cream Product & Innovation

Location

Covington, TN

Terms & Conditions

• Full-Time, Onsite
• International sponsorship or local relocation not supported

Essential Skills & Experience

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Chemical, Automation, Controls, or a related engineering discipline.
• Experience: 7+ years of engineering experience in food manufacturing, consumer products, FMCG, or a similarly complex industrial environment. Demonstrated experience leading capital projects in manufacturing environments, including scope definition, budget management, contractor oversight, commissioning, and handover. Practical experience with automation, controls, process systems, utilities, packaging systems, or digital manufacturing technologies.
• Communication: Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to influence, align stakeholders, and communicate effectively from the factory floor to site leadership.

Desired Experience

• Delivering medium- to large-scale capital projects in a high-volume manufacturing environment.
• Experience with controls upgrades, PLC/HMI-related projects, robotics, automated material handling, machine integration, or smart factory initiatives.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams through design, installation, start-up, and operational stabilization.

Pay

The pay range for this position is $88,600 to $133,000. The Magnum Ice Cream Company (TMICC) takes into consideration a wide range of factors that are utilized in making compensation decisions including, but not limited to, skill sets, experience and training, licensure and certifications, qualifications and education, and other business and organizational needs.

Bonus

This position is bonus eligible.

Benefits

• Health insurance (including prescription drug, dental, and vision coverage)
• Retirement savings benefits
• Life insurance and disability benefits
• Parenthood leave
• Sick leave
• Paid vacation and holidays
• Access to numerous voluntary benefits

Why Join Us?

• A place for people who are passionate about ice cream and are growth obsessed - both for the business and for themselves.
• People who act like an owner and drive our business end-to-end.
• People who are driven by success to deliver more than we ever thought we could!

Additional Information

• The Magnum Ice Cream Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We embrace diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone can do their best work regardless of age, disability, gender identity, race, religion, sexual orientation, or any other protected characteristic.
• For more information about your Federal rights, please see Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal and Pay Transparency Non-discrimination Provision.
• Employment is subject to verification of pre-screening tests, which may include drug screening, background check, credit check and DMV check.
• The Protected Veterans or Individuals with Disabilities AAP narratives are available for inspection by any employee or applicant for employment Monday through Friday during normal business hours at establishment.