fairlife

Sr. Project Manager, Packaging: Large Capital Projects

Coopersville, Michigan, United States · Senior

Sponsorship not specified$150k-$185kDetected 72 days ago

Project ManagementForecastingSupply ChainVendor ManagementRecruitingCollaborationPublic SpeakingFood Safety

About the role

To learn more about fairlife and its complete line of products, please visit fairlife.com. job purpose: The Sr.
Base pay range: $150,000 - $185,000 USD fairlife, LLC is an equal opportunity employer.
All qualified applicants and employees will be given equal opportunity.

Own critical elements of the capital project process for warehousing and packaging, including design reviews, timeline control, budget management, and stakeholder communications.
Manage key warehousing and packaging equipment vendors to ensure adherence to contracts, effective collaboration with other workstreams, cost control, and quality of equipment / installation.
Participate in equipment design reviews, factory acceptance testing, punch list creation, and close out
Partner with other functions such as Operations, Quality, Safety, and Supply Chain to pilot and transition ownership of capital projects.
Build mathematical models to support business cases, which drive decision making around sizing, throughput, financing, and future expansions.
Support for the integration of PLCs, HMIs, process controls, labeling, and scanning hardware
Lead the design of key plant fit-out items, including visual displays, signage, PPE stations, 5S areas, and safety barriers.
At fairlife, we manage the majority of our hiring internally through our dedicated Talent Acquisition team, which is actively engaged in direct candidate sourcing.
fairlife, LLC is a Chicago-based nutrition company that creates great-tasting, nutrition-rich and dairy products to nourish consumers.
This role will ensure commercialization projects create efficiency, deliver capacity, and drive operational savings.

Must be able to lift a minimum of 50 lbs. on an occasional basis.
Notify supervision of any repairs or adjustments that are required that may affect product quality or food safety.
Ability to initiate action to prevent the occurrence of nonconformities relating to Food Safety and the Quality of the product, processes, quality system, or safety system.
In the event of absence, another employee with the same skill level will assume the duties and responsibilities as required.
Support other project needs as required, including steering committee presentation development, local community outreach events (e.g., site tours, presentations, and information requests)
skills/qualifications required:
Bachelor of Science in Engineering with 10+ years of experience packaging machinery, mechanical systems design, or high‑speed manufacturing environments
Experience with utilities when required for project design execution

Base pay offered may vary depending on geography, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

In addition to its nondiscrimination commitment, the Company will also provide reasonable accommodation of qualified individuals with known disabilities unless doing so would impose an undue hardship on the Company.
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