Senior Capital Projects Coordinator

Hood Container is seeking a Senior Capital Projects Coordinator to help drive the planning, financial justification, governance, and execution of capital investments across our packaging manufacturing operations.

Working closely with plant General Managers, Engineering, Finance, Operations, and the Capital Projects Manager, this role ensures capital projects have a strong business case, clear scope, sound financial justification, and disciplined project controls from initial request through closeout.

This is an opportunity to have broad visibility across the organization and help shape how capital investments are evaluated, prioritized, managed, and reported.

How You Will Contribute

• Partner with plant leaders to develop complete, approval-ready capital project proposals, including scope, business justification, budgets, schedules, risks, and expected benefits.
• Develop and evaluate financial justifications, including ROI, payback, cost savings, productivity improvements, and other business benefits.
• Coordinate the stage-gate and capital approval process, ensuring projects meet governance and documentation requirements.
• Track project budgets, commitments, actual spending, forecasts, cash flow, schedules, and key milestones.
• Provide project management and coordination from initial planning through execution and closeout.
• Identify and escalate budget, scope, schedule, or project risks requiring leadership attention.
• Maintain capital project systems, documentation, and portfolio reporting.
• Prepare clear project updates, forecasts, variance analyses, and executive-level reporting.
• Drive consistent capital processes, controls, templates, and reporting across multiple manufacturing locations.
• Partner with Project Engineers and technical teams responsible for engineering design, equipment specifications, installation, and commissioning.
• Travel to Hood Container facilities to support project development, reviews, and execution.

What It Takes

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, or related field, or equivalent relevant experience.
• 5+ years of experience in capital projects, project controls, project management, manufacturing, financial analysis, or a related area.
• Strong understanding of capital budgeting, forecasting, cost controls, financial justification, and project management.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities across different locations and stakeholders.
• Strong analytical skills with advanced proficiency in Excel and project-management/reporting tools.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to work effectively with plant leadership, Engineering, Finance, Operations, and senior leaders.
• Ability to travel approximately 50%.

Preferred Qualifications

• Manufacturing experience, preferably in corrugated packaging, paper, converting, or another capital-intensive environment.
• Experience supporting a multi-site capital portfolio.
• Experience with ROI/payback analysis, stage-gate governance, project controls, and capital forecasting.
• PMP, CAPM, or related project management certification is a plus.

Here's why you'll love working at Hood Container:

• Competitive pay & benefits: We offer a competitive base salary, an annual bonus program, and a comprehensive benefits package to keep you healthy and happy. Check out more detailed information on our benefits via www.hoodcontainer.com/benefits
• Make an impact: Play a key role in shaping capital investments across our manufacturing operations. You’ll partner with plant and business leaders to strengthen project planning, financial discipline, and execution while helping turn investment opportunities into results.
• Continuous learning: We invest in paid training and development to help you grow your skills and advance your career and ability to be mentored by industry experts.
• Caring & Empowering Company Culture: Supportive & collaborative team dedicated to seeing you unbox your potential to help make a difference & make customers happy.

To learn more check us out at www.hoodcontainer.com or on Social Media (LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, & YouTube).