fairlife, LLC is a Chicago-based nutrition company that creates great-tasting, nutrition-rich and dairy products to nourish consumers.
With nearly $2B in annual retail sales, fairlife’s portfolio of delicious, lactose-free, real dairy products includes: fairlife® ultra-filtered milk; Core Power® High Protein Shakes, a sports nutrition drink to support post-workout recovery; fairlife® nutrition plan™, a nutrition shake to support the journey to better health.
A wholly owned subsidiary of The Coca-Cola company, fairlife, LLC has been recognized by both Fast Company and Nielsen for its industry leading innovation.
To learn more about fairlife and its complete line of products, please visit fairlife.com.
job purpose:
The Project Manager is responsible for the capital business case development, capital submissions for approval, and project management and execution for primarily the fairlife locations on the western half of the United States (Including our Goodyear, AZ and Dexter, NM manufacturing facilities, among others). These responsibilities include technical project scope, coordinating, budget allocation, scheduling, and staffing. The project manager will also be part of the capital strategy and governance team responsible for developing engineering and project management standards for the entire organization.
responsibilities:
- Responsible for business case development and auditing for all fairlife locations
- Responsible for project management for fairlife Goodyear, AZ and Dexter, NM facilities
- Determines project responsibilities by identifying project phases and tasks, assigning phases and tasks, and review bids from contractors
- Determines project schedule by studying project plan, specifications and calculating time requirements
- Develops project benefits, paybacks, ROI, etc.
- Updates and maintains a detailed budget tracker for each project at the site
- Ensures that all best practices, design principles, standards are incorporated, and designs are reviewed with suitable stakeholders for input, guidance, and experience.
- Controls project costs by approving expenditures and administering contractor contracts
- Prepares project status reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing information and trends
- Effectively follow project financial controls (RFI, RFA, RFP, CO, VO) with clear details and documentation
- Ensure project management methodology is rigorously followed: in-scope, out of scope, goals, and deliverables.
- Ensures project execution is monitored and managed to meet business requirements: Track project budget, schedule and deliverables using appropriate tools.
- Reports status of projects to stakeholders, including reports defining project progress, problems, and solutions.
- Collaborates with project resources to develop a strategic action plan including cost estimates and timelines for each project
- Implements and manages project changes, change control and other interventions to achieve all required project outputs.
- Conducts intermediate and post project evaluations and assessment of results. Ensures that results and lessons learned are captured in a close-out report.
- Validates that all capital project metrics are in place and being reported properly.
- Coordinate with EHS and Quality Managers to ensure safety and compliance with all environmental laws and regulations
requirements:
- Bachelor of Science in an Engineering discipline is required
- 5+ years of industrial manufacturing experience – dairy, food & beverage, or liquid manufacturing preferred
- Strong project management background with a proven track record desired – PMP certification preferred
- Developed leadership skills – ability to lead contractor and project teams through various project disciplines
- Initiative-taker; positive & proactive mindset
- Strong business acumen - ability to effectively communicate and manage internal and external relationships
- Ability to handle ambiguity and work in a fast paced, entrepreneurial environment.
position location: Goodyear, AZ
reports to: Director of Engineering, Corporate
travel requirements: 10% - 15%
fairlife, LLC is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. All qualified applicants and employees will be given equal opportunity. Selection decisions are based on job-related factors.
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. If you have a disability and would like to request accommodation in order to apply for a position with us, please email careers@fairlife.com.
