Senior Project Manager, Processing
Quick Summary
Support the review of scope, including budget analysis, schedule analysis, and identifying possible scope gaps. Ownership over budget, timeline, and risk assessments of the project.
Bachelor’s degree in Engineering discipline required, Chemical Engineering preferred. 10+ years of industrial manufacturing experience – dairy, food & beverage,
fairlife, LLC is a Chicago-based nutrition company that creates great-tasting, nutrition-rich and dairy products to nourish consumers.
With over $3B 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.
Responsibilities
~2 min read- →Support the review of scope, including budget analysis, schedule analysis, and identifying possible scope gaps.
- →Ownership over budget, timeline, and risk assessments of the project.
- →Key communications between internal stakeholders, key vendors and partners, and operations team.
- →Manage equipment deliveries, required access and shutdown, installation support, commissioning support, and start up support.
- →Ensures key criteria of the project are delivered by the vendors and meet fairlife’s standards.
- →Participate in equipment factory acceptance testing, punch list creation, and close out.
- →Partner with other functions such as Operations, Quality, Maintenance, and Supply Chain to pilot and transition ownership of commercialization, capital, and processing engineering projects.
- →Understand critical business needs to ensure success of the project as well as other business functions.
- →Support for the integration of PLCs, HMIs, and processes associated with processing equipment
- →Deliver other project needs as required including status updates and weekly routines to project stakeholders.
- →Implement key plant fit-out items, including visual displays, signage, workstations, lab equipment, and safety barriers.
- →Support development of technical data base for project hand off to include creating standardized Engineering documentation for future project needs.
- →Coordinate with EHS and Quality Managers to ensure safety and compliance with all environmental laws and regulations
- →Understand and develop turnover documentation to ensure success of the equipment and operations team.
Requirements
~2 min read- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering discipline required, Chemical Engineering preferred.
- 10+ years of industrial manufacturing experience – dairy, food & beverage, or liquid manufacturing preferred
- Knowledge of aseptic and sanitary design standards.
- Strong understanding of Utility systems to support process equipment, including steam and boiler systems, glycol chiller systems, tower water systems, Reverse Osmosis systems, and electrical systems.
- Ability to read and understand P&IDs.
- Experience project managing commercial and capital projects.
- Strong knowledge of FDA and PMO requirements as it applies to process equipment and facilities.
- Developed leadership skills – ability to lead contractor and project teams through various project disciplines
- Initiative-taker; positive & proactive mindset
- Effective cost management, forecasting, and budget experience.
- Understanding of total supply chain and ability to flex to support cross functional work streams.
- Strong project life cycle understanding to include development, planning, installation, commissioning, and acceptance phases.
- Ability to lead cross functional teams and influence others.
- Understanding of the business justification process for productivity.
- Strong knowledge in Lean Six Sigma principles.
- Experience with SharePoint, MS office suit, and Autocad to develop and maintain project trackers, prepare data analysis, and web hosted applications.
- Effective collaborative skills and ability to work with a diverse team of resources.
- Proficiency in English: Comfortable with both written and verbal communication, including reading and writing.
Location & Eligibility
Listing Details
- Posted
- June 9, 2026
- First seen
- June 9, 2026
- Last seen
- June 9, 2026
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- Trust Level
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