[Remote] Project Manager

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.

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