Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Robert Half is seeking a senior, hands-on Project Engineer / Project Manager to lead active food manufacturing projects. This role focuses on managing project scope, schedules, budgets, and ensuring effective execution in fast-moving plant environments, particularly in dairy and food processing sectors.
Responsibilities
- Step into live projects and quickly understand scope, priorities, and risk
- Own day‑to‑day project execution from kickoff through installation and startup
- Manage project scope, schedules, budgets, and deliverable
- Coordinate across engineering, procurement, fabrication, and site team
- Ensure work is progressing safely, on spec, and on budget
- Bring organization to complex projects and relieve pressure on existing team
Skills
- Food manufacturing / food processing experience (top priority)
- Strong preference for dairy, cheese, yogurt, or ingredient processing
- Project Management and/or Project / Process Engineering experience in an industrial or plant environment
- Proven ability to own project scope, timelines, budgets, and client communication
- Comfortable with travel and onsite project work
- Strong cross-functional coordination and leadership skills
- Experience with P&IDs, piping layouts, 3D models, skids, and stainless-steel systems
- Exposure to FAT/SAT, commissioning
- Direct dairy or cheese project experience
- Engineering degree (Mechanical, Chemical, Manufacturing)
Benefits
- Benefits are available including medical, vision, and dental, and life and disability insurance.
- Employees hired for our FTEP Program are also eligible to enroll in our company’s 401(k) or deferred compensation plan (if eligible).
- FTEP employees also earn paid time off for vacation, personal needs, and sick time and paid holidays.
Company Overview
Robert Half provides staffing, recruiting, finance, and accounting services. It was founded in 1948, and is headquartered in Frankfurt, Hessen, DEU, with a workforce of 10001+ employees. Its website is https://www.roberthalf.de.Company H1B Sponsorship
Robert Half has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 1 in 2024, 31 in 2023, 32 in 2022, 18 in 2021, 22 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.