Ice Cream Senior Project Engineer

Life tastes better with ice cream

With 19.000 expert ice cream colleagues and iconic brands like Wall’s, Cornetto and Ben & Jerry’s, loved in 76 countries, we are the world’s largest Ice Cream company leading the industry.
 
We create iconic ice cream brands that are part of everyday life, bringing moments of joy to millions of people around the world. Everybody loves ice cream. And as the world’s biggest pure‑play ice cream company, we have the scale and ambition to make a real difference. 

What truly sets us apart is how we work. 

We move fast and keep things simple. We turn ideas into action, trust people to take ownership, and work as one team to win together with integrity. Our culture is high‑performance, collaborative and focused on getting things done. 

We’re curious and ready for what’s next. We embrace digital, use data to make better decisions, and keep learning, including how AI can help us work smarter and serve consumers better. 

Job Title: Senior Project Engineer

Scope: North America
Location: Sikeston, Missouri

Terms: Full Time - International sponsorship nor local or international relocation not supported 

THE ROLE:
The Senior Project Engineer will play a critical role in advancing capital delivery and manufacturing transformation at The Magnum Ice Cream Company’s Sikeston 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. This role reports to the Site Engineering Lead.

WHAT YOU'LL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR:
• Lead a portfolio of capital and transformation projects that improve safety, quality, throughput, reliability, cost performance, and operational resilience at the Sikeston 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.

•  Key Interfaces: Site Engineering; Manufacturing; Maintenance; Continuous Improvement; Safety; Quality; Supply Chain; Procurement; R&D; digital and controls specialists; internal subject matter experts; OEMs; system integrators; contractors; and third-party engineering partners.

WE'RE LOOKING FOR SOMEONE WHO:

• Thinks end-to-end and takes ownerships for results
• Is comfortable working in a fast-moving, evolving organization
• Values collaboration, clarity and low-ego ways of working
• 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. As a senior member of the Sikeston engineering organization, you will help drive modernization efforts across systems, equipment, and ways of working.
• 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. Whether through controls modernization, robotics, automation, or broader capital transformation, you help move the Sikeston site toward smarter and more connected manufacturing capabilities.
• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Chemical, Automation, Controls, or a related engineering discipline.
• 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.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to influence, align stakeholders, and communicate effectively from the factory floor to site leadership.
• 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.
• Experience working in an environment with strong food safety, quality, compliance, and performance expectations.

WHAT YOU'LL GET:

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
• Medical, dental and (where applicable) vision coverage
• Health and wellbeing support, including employee assistance programs and wellness initiatives
• Health-related savings and spending accounts
• Retirement savings programs with a competitive matching plan
• Additional employee perks (e.g., corporate discounts, commuter or learning support)

Benefits vary by country and are subject to plan terms and eligibility.

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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.

Ready to build the future of Ice Cream?

If this sounds like the place where you'd thrive, we'd love to hear from you. Apply online and share your CV. We'll review your application and be in touch with the next steps.

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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.

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