Conagra Brands · 21 hours ago
Engineering Project Leader Transportation and Warehouse
Omaha, NE
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid, Senior Level
$81K/yr - $118K/yr
5+ years expConagra Brands is a company with a rich heritage in making great food, and they are seeking an Engineering Project Leader for their Transportation and Warehouse sector. This role involves providing engineering support, developing and leading capital projects, and optimizing material handling equipment strategies to maximize asset effectiveness.
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Responsibilities
Understand business drivers and be able understand the impact of capital investment on corporate strategies
Manually gather data from enterprise systems and distill data into insights
Based on insights, develop alternative solutions to eliminate process inefficiencies and execute capital projects for warehouse function
Work in collaboration with the manager to develop capital plans and manage the capital spend on assigned projects
Manage capital projects to meet budget, timeline and performance metrics
Oversee contactors to ensure projects are implemented safely
Develop relationships to guide accountability and value with strategic suppliers, on-site operations teams, and finance teams
Develop and drive fleet strategies to optimize asset effectiveness and useful life while reducing maintenance costs
Manage fleet of roughly 2500 pieces of rolling stock across our network
Evaluate the latest fork truck, battery, and charging technologies and understand their application in our network
Evaluate emerging material handling technologies and how to use material handling automation to reduce reliance on manual labor such as: AGVs, AMRs, AS/RS, conveyor systems, etc
Evaluate various material handling equipment - lease verses buy
Develop warehouse equipment specifications to support state-of-the-art warehousing concepts and procedures
Conduct fleet utilization studies and right-size fleets as necessary
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Supply Chain Management
5 + years previous Industrial Engineering or logistics/distribution engineering experience
Experience with warehouse equipment maintenance (MHE, dock equipment, etc.) and warehouse material handling processes and operating practices and budgets
Experience in Project Management of projects up to $2MM
Experience with project development in warehouse infrastructure or warehouse cost reduction
Financial acumen and experience developing project cost justifications
Experience in inventory management, warehouse, or distribution, operations or other supply chain related function that interfaces engineering with distribution operations
Comfortable making presentations and communicate findings to senior level management
Experience driving programs and influence without direct reporting relationships
Excel – Intermediate level / MS Project
Visio or other Flow-Charting Experience
We ask that you travel up to 50%
Benefits
Comprehensive healthcare plans
Wellness incentive program
Mental wellbeing support
Fitness reimbursement
Bonus incentive opportunity
Matching 401(k)
Stock purchase plan
Career development opportunities
Employee resource groups
On-demand learning
Tuition reimbursement
Paid-time off
Parental leave
Flexible work-schedules
Volunteer opportunities
Company
Conagra Brands
Conagra Brands is a packaged foods company that offers food products and a variety of other food items.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
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Leadership Team
David Marberger
Executive Vice President & CFO
Carey Bartell
Executive Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary
Recent News
2026-01-07
Food Business News
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