Job Overview

The Project Manager will support capital projects across the enterprise. Provide technical leadership across the technical community on continuous improvement opportunities. The Project Manager will support the technical leadership from ideation and concepts through exploration of options and technologies, apply critical thinking to make recommendations and participate and contribute to the overall success of capital installations and ramp up.

Job Responsibilities

• Responsible for managing capital projects and supervise contractors with assigned project responsibilities.
• Develop short range and long range capital plans for multiple facilities.
• Manage emerging issues from suppliers, contractors and subcontractors and manage changes with minimal disruption to overall project objectives.
• Provide technical expertise for investigation and resolution of process/packaging deviations, development and interpretation of data trending, review and approval of change controls and preparation of regulatory filings.
• Understand line layouts and support plant requests for design and line layouts changes.
• Perform root-cause investigations, identify cost savings opportunities, and drive process/packaging efficiencies.
• Provide process subject matter expertise for regulatory inspections and other interactions with regulatory agencies.
• Support process technology transfer, process validation and the preparation of documentation.
• Lead cross functional team for new product start-ups or other process changes.
• Direct department activities to modify existing designs, improve production techniques, and develop test procedures.
• Resolve problems using solutions that involve new techniques, technologies, or concepts.
• Analyze technology trends, human resource needs, and market demand to plan projects.
• Confer with management, production, and marketing staff to determine engineering feasibility, cost effectiveness, and customer demand for new and existing products.
• Advise management of new developments which may affect profit, schedule, costs, customer relations, and/or inter-departmental relations.
• Provide direction and example for interpretation and application of company policies and procedures to the engineering activities.
• Maintain a working knowledge of new technologies which may improve operations, and develops recommendations accordingly.
• Maintain a working knowledge of safety policies and regulations to ensure duties of self and others are performed in a safe manner.
• Capital Project Management:
o Collaborate with key stakeholders to develop success criteria.
o Project >$100k will need to be competitively bid, develop the bid list.
o Preparation of the RFP:
• Create a clear statement of work.
• Outline the project success criteria for timeline, start up, throughput, quality, etc.
• Provide process flow diagram or appropriate info to vendors with the RFP.
• Confirm the RFP has current T&C doc and FAT expectations.
o Review the submitted responses to the RFP and prepare a bid tab on the budgetary side and on the technical comparisons of each vendor.
o Prepare purchase orders (contract) with line item detail to match the deliverables, performance, timeline etc.
o Project execution including but not limited to; planning, design review, FAT, installation and ramp up until deliverables are achieved.
o Project ownership for cost, schedule & performance.
• All GLC employees are expected to perform any assignment or job task according to the stated safety policies and procedures.
• All GLC employees are expected to produce our products in a manner that exceeds the quality and value expectation of our customers and consumers by adhering to Good Manufacturing Practices, Policies and Procedures outlined in our Safe Quality Food Program.
• Other responsibilities as assigned by the manager.

Required Education and Experience

• Must possess one of the following:
  
  
  • Associate's Degree in engineering or a related field from an accredited institution and a minimum of 5 years project engineering experience.
  • Or a Bachelor's Degree in engineering from an accredited institution and a minimum of 3 years project engineering experience
  
  
• Must be legally authorized to work for a company in the United States without sponsorship.

Preferred Education and Experience

• Project management and CPG equipment experience including sanitary design and SQF requirements in a food manufacturing environment.
• 3-5 years of experience in the food industry.
• Proficient in AutoCAD and Microsoft Office including Excel, Visio, Project, and Word.
• Mastery of GMPs and the know how to work and manage within a regulatory environment.
• Strong technical, managerial, leadership, cost consciousness, organizational, and communication skills taking projects from concept development to commercialization stages.
• Excellent verbal & written communications skills. Interpersonal and facilitation skills necessary to interface with and influence all levels of the organization with the ability to lead people and multi-disciplinary teams.
• Strong problem solving and hands on trouble shooting skills.
• SAP, MES experience.
• OSHA 10hr Safety Certification.
• PMP Certification.
• Lean manufacturing and CI experience.

Working Conditions

• Work is performed in an office setting.

• Occasional exposure to industrial operations including: temperature extremes from approximately 35°F to 100°F; noise levels in excess of 85 dB; moisture and moving machinery.

EEOC & Disclaimer

Great Lakes Cheese is an Equal Opportunity Affirmative Action Employer