Integrated Project Definition: Lead the progression from Site Plan and Conceptual Design through to Detailed Design, ensuring facility layouts optimize logistics, personnel flow, and long-term expansion capability.
Strategic Procurement: Own the procurement strategy, including the selection and contract negotiation of Architectural & Engineering (A&E) firms, sourcing of long-lead specialized equipment and General Contractor Selection
Value Engineering: Continuously review designs to ensure technical scope aligns with the budget without compromising functionality, sanitary integrity or safety.
Cross-Functional Integration: Serve as a bridge between Building/Civil workstreams and the Processing, Utility, and Packaging workstreams
Utility Interface Management: Coordinate precise tie-in points for process and packaging building services (Drains and Selected MEP Trades). Ensure structural penetrations, structural supports and floor loadings support production requirements.
Equipment Integration: Lead spatial coordination for equipment arrivals ensuring 'Path of Construction' and 'Rigging Access' are maintained.
Conflict Resolution: Act as an authority to resolve physical or sequence-of-work conflicts between the General Contractor and equipment OEMs / other contractors onsite
Construction Execution, GMP Standards & Commissioning
Construction Leadership: Manage the General Contractor (GC), serving as the ultimate authority for on-site safety, quality control, and adherence to the project schedule, budget and management of any change orders and risks.
GMP Compliance & Finishing: Accountable for the selection and execution of sanitary finishes to ensure compliance with regulatory bodies and internal standards
Commissioning & Handover: Lead the commissioning of all trades within the workstream with a specific focus on MEP trades and wastewater systems
Ensure correct and detailed as built drawings and documentation is turned over to operations and engineering stakeholders
External Stakeholder & Utility Management
Public Affairs & Permitting: Serve as the primary liaison with City/Town officials and local authorities to navigate zoning, permitting, and regulatory approvals. Ensure a positive and collaborative relationship is maintained between the business and these stakeholders.
Utility Infrastructure Coordination: Manage relationships with external utility providers to ensure that power, water, and gas infrastructure is built and energized to support the $250M+ expansion timeline
skills/qualifications required:
Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical, Civil or Structural Engineering
15+ Years of experience delivering capital projects with a focus on civil, building and utilities in large scale food and beverage plants
Strong knowledge of building services and systems
Effective cost management, forecasting, and budget experience.
Strong engineering project life cycle understanding
In depth experience with systems and processes to manage scope, budget and schedule
Strong leadership skills with growth mindset. Ability to lead cross functional teams and influence others.
Effective collaborative skills and ability to
Benefits
Health insurance
Additional Information
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 Civil, Building, and Wastewater Engineering Director serves as the primary executive lead in delivering these workstreams for large-scale greenfield and brownfield dairy beverage projects typically exceeding $250M. This leader is accountable for delivering these workstreams across the entire lifecycle of the project within scope, budget, schedule and safely.
Responsibility includes facilitating collaboration between Engineering, Operations, Supply Chain and Technical stakeholders. Accountabilities include leading a project management team for feasibility assessments, design, permitting, procurement, construction and commissioning.
Fairlife · Chicago, IL