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.

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 principle

📌 Engineering Manager (Santiago de Querétaro)
🏢 Kellanova
📍 Santiago de Querétaro