Job Description

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

job purpose The Commissioning & Validation Management Engineer will be a key role in fairlife’s Engineering Technical Team, primarily based out of the Coopersville, MI plant. This role will be the key link between OEM’s and multiple teams within the fairlife organization. This individual will have ownership for the overall successful end-to-end commissioning and will closely support validation of processing & filler equipment for all brown and greenfield projects. This role is accountable for ensuring proper installation, commissioning, validation, as well as a smooth transition of ownership to the plant operations and maintenance teams. This role will also provide key input during project conception and design phases to ensure all lessons learned and optimization opportunities are fully executed in future projects.

responsibilities:

• Ensure plant compliance with Federal, State, and Corporate environmental laws
• Ensure projects meet quality assurance requirements.
• Lead the Technical Team’s project reporting & status communications out to all other groups at set cadences.
• Lead the overall startup planning to ensure business objectives are met with optimized investment and operational costs.
• Work closely with OEM’s project teams, quality teams & operations readiness teams, to direct and coordinate activities concerning startup, commissioning & validation.
• Work closely with OEM’s project teams to manage & ensure efficient use of allocated commissioning hours.
• Ensure equipment operates efficiently, at optimum cost, and that all documentation and information needed to keep equipment in prime condition is part of the handover documentation to the plant operations team post validation.
• Plan, direct and coordinate activities concerned with design, construction, modification and maintenance of equipment and machinery during the commissioning and validation phase.
• Ensure best practices, design principles & standards are incorporated, and designs are reviewed with suitable stakeholders for input and feedback.
• Maintain equipment performance criteria in design specifications documents.
• Ensure OEM compliance with set performance criteria post commissioning.
• Conduct intermediate and post project evaluations and assessment of results. Ensuring results and lessons learned are captured from all teams in a close-out reports.
• Partner with vendors and suppliers to leverage insight, training, and productivity.

skills/qualifications required:

• Bachelor of Science in Engineering or related field.
• 5+ years in the dairy or beverage industry.
• 2 + years project management experience.
• Self-starter; take charge, positive & initiative-taking attitude.
• Ability to communicate clearly within the organization and externally.
• Demonstrable teamwork and maturity with a strong work ethic.
• Experience in Process Plant Engineering.
• Strong leadership skills.

skills/qualifications preferred:

• Dairy processing and packaging experience.

• Demonstrable teamwork and maturity with a strong work ethic and leadership skills.

• Positive and proactive attitude.
• Strong understanding of possible process/product interactions with the ability to provide a risk assessment and primary recommendation.
• Strong understanding of system capabilities and provide solutions to successfully produce products within project deadlines and budget.
• Strong negotiation skills required, with the drive to execute.
• Ability to handle ambiguity and work in a fast paced, entrepreneurial environment.
• Ability to travel as needed.

position location: Coopersville, MI

reports to VP of Process Technologies

travel requirements: 50-70% Initially then 25-30%

*Base pay offered may vary depending on geography, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. A full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the position, is offered.

Base pay range: $115,000—$130,000 USD

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

For Recruitment Agencies

At fairlife, we manage the majority of our hiring internally through our dedicated Talent Acquisition team, which is actively engaged in direct candidate sourcing. Most of our roles are filled through applications submitted via our careers site or through direct outreach by our team.

As our recruitment is primarily handled in-house, we work only occasionally with external agencies, and only those on our existing, pre-approved vendor list. At this time, we are not reviewing or expanding that list.

Unsolicited resumes or submissions from external agencies not authorized by our Talent Acquisition team will be considered direct candidate applications. As such, fairlife will not assume responsibility for any placement fees associated with these submissions.