Ice Cream Project Team Lead

The Magnum Ice Cream Company · United States

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.

THE ROLE:

WHAT YOU'LL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR:

• 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.
• You're a born leader: 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.
• You're a dot connector: 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're a culture and change champion: 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).

WE'RE LOOKING FOR SOMEONE WHO:

• 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.

WHAT YOU'LL GET:

• 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

• 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.