Project Engineer

Department: Manufacturing
Travel Required: 10%
Work Type: On-site

Why Join Community Coffee?

At Community Coffee, every cup tells a story. As America’s #1 family-owned and operated retail coffee brand, we blend cherished traditions with innovative thinking to create a dynamic, fast-paced environment that’s as energizing as our coffee. Here, you’ll thrive in a setting that challenges you to grow professionally while making a meaningful impact every day. Join our family and transform your passion for coffee into a rewarding career—where every day is an opportunity to craft exceptional experiences and build lasting connections.

Position Overview

The Project Engineer is responsible for leading a major capital project initiative focused on facility consolidation, operational transformation, and long-term manufacturing and distribution capability. This role serves as the primary project lead responsible for driving coordinated execution across all assigned project workstreams, including Engineering/Construction, Technology, Operations, Finance, Procurement, Safety, Quality, Change Management, and external partners.

Reporting to the SVP, Operations & Supply Chain, this position provides direct leadership to project-based team members and workstream leaders assigned to the capital project. The Project Engineer owns the integrated project schedule, budget, milestone tracking, executive updates, risk management, vendor coordination, and overall project execution discipline. This role partners closely with Finance on budget tracking and financial alignment while maintaining accountability for project budget ownership.

The capital project is expected to span multiple years, and this role will be critical to ensuring the project is delivered on time, within approved scope and budget, and with strong operational readiness. As the project progresses and future business needs evolve, this role may also lead or support additional capital, engineering, manufacturing, distribution, facility, and operational projects across Community Coffee.

Success in this role requires an engineering degree, strong technical credibility, disciplined project leadership, sound judgment, and the ability to lead through complexity. The Project Engineer must be able to align cross-functional leaders, manage competing priorities, escalate issues appropriately, and ensure project teams remain focused on execution, accountability, and business outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

Capital Project Leadership & Governance
• Capital Project Leadership & Governance
• Serve as the primary project lead for a major capital project initiative, accountable for coordinating execution across all assigned workstreams.
• Establish, lead, and maintain the project governance structure, including meeting cadence, decision forums, escalation paths, steering updates, risk reviews, and executive reporting.
• Provide direct leadership to project-based team members and workstream leaders assigned to the capital project.
• Own the integrated project schedule, critical path, milestone tracking, dependencies, risks, issues, action items, and project documentation.
• Ensure workstreams are aligned, sequenced appropriately, and operating against agreed-upon scope, timelines, budgets, deliverables, and expectations.
• Drive accountability across project participants by clarifying roles, responsibilities, deliverables, and timing.
• Identify barriers, risks, and key decision points early; escalate appropriately with clear recommendations, options, and business impacts.
• Ensure the capital project remains aligned to approved scope, schedule, budget, safety, quality, operational readiness, and business objectives.

Cross-Functional Workstream Leadership
• Lead coordination across major project workstreams, including Engineering/Construction, Technology, Operations, Finance, Procurement, Safety, Quality, Change Management, and other assigned functional areas.
• Provide direction and oversight to workstream leaders to ensure plans are integrated, dependencies are visible, and handoffs are effectively managed.
• Partner with Technology workstreams to support project-related system requirements, integrations, testing, readiness, and implementation activities.
• Partner with Change Management as a formal project workstream to support communications, stakeholder readiness, training, workforce transition, adoption planning, and change impacts.
• Partner with Operations, Manufacturing, Distribution, Safety, and Quality leaders to ensure facility, process, equipment, and workforce readiness are addressed throughout the project lifecycle.
• Facilitate alignment between internal teams and external partners to prevent silos, resolve competing priorities, and maintain project momentum.