Ice Cream Project Team Lead

About the role

We are seeking a Project Team Lead to lead and execute capital projects within our dairy manufacturing operations. This role is critical for the E2E design and delivery of the capex projects in the St Albans and Waterbury sites related to the overall site and global agenda. The team leader is a crucial part of ensuring projects are delivered on time, within budget, and aligned with safety, quality, and sustainability standards.

Responsibilities

• Project Leadership: Manage end-to-end execution of industrial projects, including scope definition, budgeting, scheduling, and resource allocation.
• Stakeholder Collaboration: Work closely with engineering, operations, quality, and procurement teams to ensure seamless project integration.
• Compliance & Standards: Ensure adherence to food safety regulations, environmental standards, and company policies.
• Risk Management: Identify potential risks and develop mitigation strategies to maintain project timelines and cost targets.
• Continuous Improvement: Drive innovation and efficiency in project delivery, leveraging best practices and emerging technologies.

Leadership & Collaboration

Management of improvement projects in a fast-moving environment with many stakeholders requires the ability for independent decision making, constructive collaboration, managing expectations, and navigating tradeoffs for our customers (the factory). The position is responsible for cost estimating, analyzing options, building business cases, critiquing designs, managing construction, installation, commissioning, and handover with minimal supervision. As a member of the factory leadership team, you will be expected to lead other activities in our safety, quality, and continuous improvement programs.

Participates in cross-plant improvement teams. Develop strong partnership with plant manufacturing, continuous improvement, corporate engineering and union workforce. Supports root cause analysis on process and utilities issues.

You bring new Ways of Working to the Engineering community in our continued pursuit of the lowest installed cost. You execute projects by delivering the best Value without compromising any Values. The Project Engineer is a leader in this transformation while living our core values (TMICC Sustainable Living Plan).

Key Interfaces: Category and Global Engineering Managers and Engineers; Procurement; Factory Supply Chain Managers and Supervisors; Internal Unilever Subject Matter Experts; 3rd Party Engineering Service Providers; General Contractors; OEM's, Quality, Safety, WCM

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Project Management preferred, or related field.
• 5+ years of experience managing industrial or capital projects in food or dairy manufacturing.
• Strong knowledge of dairy processing systems, utilities, and plant infrastructure.
• Proficiency in project management tools and methodologies (PMP certification is a plus).
• Excellent communication, leadership, and problem-solving skills.

Benefits

Alongside meaningful work and strong development, we offer a reward package that typically includes:

• Market-competitive pay and performance related rewards
• Flexible ways of working
• Support for health, wellbeing and life outside of work
• Time off to rest and recharge
• Ongoing learning and development opportunities

Specific benefits vary by location. TMICC employees are eligible to participate in our benefits plan. Should the employee choose to participate, they can choose from a range of benefits to include, but is not limited to, health insurance (including prescription drug, dental, and vision coverage), retirement savings benefits, life insurance and disability benefits, parental leave, sick leave, paid vacation and holidays, as well as access to numerous voluntary benefits. Any coverage for health insurance and retirement benefits will be in accordance with the terms and conditions of the applicable plans and associated governing plan documents.

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. This position is bonus eligible.

Why join us?

This is 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! You'll thrive here if you value an inclusive culture, with low ego and hierarchy - and if you're excited to continuously learn and challenge how we work, using digital, data, and new thinking to push us forward.

• Roles with real accountability and visible impact
• Free to move fast, experiment and challenge how things are done
• Continuous learning and development as the business grows
• Reward linked to performance and contribution

Your career here is shaped by what you deliver, as you work across functions and markets and grow with the business.