Engineering Manager

Are you passionate about engineering project management and capital investments? Join our Engineering team as an Engineering Capital Head. You’ll be responsible for leading end-to-end technical projects, managing the site CAPEX portfolio, and driving engineering excellence at the Querétaro manufacturing site. This role plays a critical part in ensuring project delivery, operational performance, sustainability, safety, and long-term capital strategy while partnering with cross-functional teams to achieve business objectives.

As an engineering leader, you will oversee project design, execution, capital planning, and continuous improvement initiatives, ensuring projects are delivered on time, within budget, and with the highest quality standards. This role is based in Querétaro, México, with regular presence required at the manufacturing site.

A Taste of What You’ll Be Doing

• Capital Project Leadership: Lead end-to-end technical projects from scope definition and design through commissioning, validation, and successful start-up, ensuring safety, quality, cost, and timeline objectives are achieved.

• CAPEX Portfolio Management: Oversee the site capital investment portfolio, including planning, forecasting, governance, cost control, and annual capital planning activities.

• Cross-functional Collaboration: Partner with Operations, Quality, R&D, Supply Chain, and external suppliers to ensure project alignment, execution excellence, and business impact.

• Engineering Excellence & Compliance: Apply corporate engineering methodologies while ensuring compliance with safety, food safety, environmental, financial, and internal control requirements.

• Continuous Improvement & Team Leadership: Lead contractors and project teams while driving innovation, productivity improvements, cost reduction initiatives, and knowledge transfer through training and lessons learned exercises.

We’re Looking for Someone With

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Food, Chemical Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.

• 5-10 years of experience in engineering, capital projects, manufacturing, food, beverage, pharmaceutical, or related industries.

• Strong knowledge of engineering disciplines including process, packaging, electrical systems, construction, and capital project management principles.

• Proven experience managing CAPEX budgets, financial project controls, and phase-gate project execution methodologies.

• Demonstrated ability to lead engineering teams, contractors, and complex technical projects across multiple stakeholders.

• Advanced English proficiency and strong communication, negotiation, and influencing skills.

• High resilience, agility, proactive leadership, and a continuous improvement mindset.

What’s Next

After you apply, your application will be reviewed by a real recruiter, so it may take us a few weeks to get back with you by email or phone. Visit our How We Hire page to get insights into our hiring process and more about what we offer.

Need assistance throughout the application or hiring process? Email LA.reclutamiento@kellanova.com

If you join our team, you’ll be rewarded for the difference you make. Our comprehensive benefits offer you the support you need through your life events, big or small. Visit our benefits page & be sure to ask your recruiter for more specific information.

Get to Know Us

At Kellanova, we are driven by our vision to be the world’s best-performing snacks-led powerhouse, unleashing the full potential of our differentiated brands and our passionate people. Our portfolio of iconic, world-class brands include Pringles, Cheez-It, Pop-Tarts, MorningStar Farms, Special K, Krave, Zucaritas, Tresor, Crunchy Nut, among others.

Kellanova’s Culture of Best means we bring our best to all that we do in pursuit of our vision to be the world’s best performing snacks-led powerhouse. Our culture celebrates boldness and empowers our people to challenge the status quo, achieve results, and win together.

Our focus on Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (ED&I) enables us to build a culture of belonging where all employees have a place at the table and are inspired to share their passion, talents and ideas to work.

Mars, Incorporated has acquired Kellanova in a transaction that brings together iconic brands, storied legacies and outstanding capabilities with a view to shape the future of snacking. Kellanova will continue to hire business‑necessary roles while being fully integrated into Mars. You can learn more here: https://www.mars.com/news-and-stories/press-releases-statements/mars-completes-acquisition-of-kella…

You can learn more at www.futureofsnacking.com, and our hiring teams will be happy to discuss further questions if your application advances in the hiring process.

Let’s shape the future of snacking.

Kellanova is an Equal Opportunity Employer that strives to provide an inclusive work environment, a seat for everyone at the table, and embraces the diverse talent of its people. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, disability, religion, national origin, gender, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, sexual orientation, age, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. For more information regarding our efforts to advance Equity, Diversity & Inclusion, please visit our website here.