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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 Quality Project Manager will report to the Director of Operations Readiness and Execution and will be responsible for ensuring that quality workstreams are delivered effectively for all large capital projects. This includes quality lab design & fit out, building utility coordination, state and federal requirement management, quality process design, product acceptance testing.    responsibilities:    Partner with Quality and Operations teams to ensure engineering designs, plans, and timelines meet requirements and act as main liaison between project and quality teams   Lead the design of quality labs, lab equipment, and building utility requirements for greenfield and plant expansion projects   Ensure all lab equipment is installed, calibrated, tested in accordance with project timelines to support line validations   Manage validation, commissioning runs, and filing process for the FDA with our Process Authority (PA)   Develop and maintain budgets, timelines, and risk registers for all projects   Manage all state inspections and equipment sealing activities   Coordinate all product acceptance plans during flavor trials, including sensory testing, analytical chemistry (particle dispersion, viscosity, micro, composition), and external lab sampling   Create and roll out training plan for quality systems and enablers   Develop process maps for all quality processes from milk receiving to finished goods testing   Plan and conduct CIP validations to ensure equipment cleaning processes are working effectively   Represent the quality function during design stages to ensure food safety and quality standards are met     skills/qualifications required:    Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Food Science, Chemistry, or related field   Exceptional project management capabilities   Expert in using MS Excel, AutoCad, and MS Project   Demonstrated knowledge of quality systems, lab equipment (e.g., LECCO, ash oven, FOSS, etc…), food safety and quality standards, and standard audit practices   Experience working in value added dairy or related field   Strong cost management and forecasting experience and knowledge   food safety requirements:    Notify supervision of any repairs or adjustments that are required that may affect product quality or food safety.   Understand, observe, and comply with the handling and usage of the color-coded container policy while in the Production Areas.   Perform all duties necessary to meet Company, Customer and/or Government requirements/standards as prioritized by the Company.   Ability to initiate action to prevent the occurrence of nonconformities relating to Food Safety and the Quality of the product, processes, quality system, or safety system.   Identify and record any problems relating to Foo