Factory Engineering Manager

Hershey

Whitestown, IN

Estimated pay: Est. $30–$47/hr (market estimate, not employer-stated)

Why Hershey: At The Hershey Company, our culture is rooted in purpose and inspired by Milton Hershey’s enduring vision that business should create opportunity for others. Through our commitment to corporate philanthropy, we create positive impact by supporting communities, helping children thrive, and operating as a business for good. This includes our deep and long standing partnership with Milton Hershey School, where we invest in education, workforce readiness, and hands on engagement to help students succeed beyond the classroom. Supported by strategic grantmaking, product donations, cross brand collaboration, and strong employee volunteerism, Hershey offers a place to work where making a difference—locally and globally—is part of how we do business every day. Job Location: Whitestown, Indiana | Onsite, 5 days per week Travel: Up to 20% About The Hershey Company The Hershey Company (NYSE: HSY) is an industry-leading snacks company known for making more moments of goodness through its iconic brands. With a strong portfolio across chocolate, confectionery, and salty snacks, Hershey delights consumers every day. Our beloved brands include Hershey’s, Reese’s, KitKat®, Dots Pretzels, Lesser Evil, Jolly Rancher, Twizzlers, Ice Breakers, and more. At Hershey, we are committed to making a meaningful difference in the communities where we live, work, and do business. This commitment originated with our founder, Milton Hershey, and continues to shape who we are today. Guided by our employee value proposition, Lead Today. Create Tomorrow, we empower our people to drive impact now while shaping what comes next. Our One Hershey mindset brings teams together across functions, geographies, and businesses, enabling us to operate with speed, collaboration, and shared purpose. The Hershey Company is proud to be recognized as a top employer in the United States, reflecting our commitment to our people, culture, and purpose. How will you fit in the big picture? Based in Whitestown, you will lead technical assurance and engineering support for the Whitestown, Indiana and Bethlehem, Pennsylvania popcorn manufacturing sites. You will steward factory assets for safety, reliability, productivity, quality, and cost effectiveness while partnering with Operations, Maintenance, Safety, Quality, R D, Corporate Engineering, vendors, and the broader Hershey manufacturing network. This role offers the opportunity to strengthen engineering capabilities and support growth across Hershey’s Salty Snacks business. What will you do? • Lead the safe, compliant, reliable, and cost-effective performance of process equipment, facilities, and other manufacturing assets. • Guide the engineering team’s safety culture through Safety by Design, safe work practices, and injury-free capital project execution. • Develop staffing and capability plans and help shape the factory’s five-year capital plan with the Senior Technical Assurance Manager. • Lead the full lifecycle of small and minor capital projects, including scope, schedules, budgets, cash-flow forecasts, risk management, and stage-gate governance. • Serve as the factory’s technical representative for major capital investments and coordinate technical requirements, interfaces, dependencies, testing, and issue resolution. • Partner with Operations and Maintenance on continuous improvement, root cause analysis, equipment rebuild or replacement decisions, and complex technical problems. • Evaluate new manufacturing technologies with R D and build productive relationships with agencies, service providers, and engineering partners across the network. • Coach team members and share engineering and project management best practices across adjacent teams. Minimum Requirements Experience: 5+ years of relevant engineering, project/program management, including team leadership and capital project delivery. Experience with stage-gate processes, SAP, budget responsibility, and industrial controls is required. Preferred: PMP certification, EIT or PE licensure, and subject-matter expertise in process, packaging, electrical and automation, maintenance and reliability, functional safety, wastewater, dust hazard management, hygienic air handling, or fire protection. Education: Bachelor’s degree in Engineering required. Benefits and Perks At Hershey, we offer competitive pay and a comprehensive total rewards package designed to support your wellbeing, financial security, and life outside of work. Health Wellbeing: Medical, dental, and vision coverage, plus wellness programs that support your physical and mental health Financial Security: Competitive pay, annual incentive opportunities, and a 401(k) with company match Time Off Flexibility: Paid time off, company holidays, and flexible ways of working where applicable Growth Development: Career development programs, learning opportunities, and internal mobility Benefits may vary based on role, location, and eligibility. The anticipated base salary range for this rol