Senior Project Manager - Utilities, Environmental & Waste Water

Lactalis American Group is currently seeking candidates to join our Engineering team in Buffalo, NY or Nampa, ID.
Lactalis Group, the world leader in dairy, is a family-owned business with more than 85,000 pragmatic and ambitious professionals worldwide, committed to providing healthy and delicious dairy products that bring people together every day. At Lactalis, our core values of AMBITION, ENGAGEMENT, and SIMPLICITY are at the heart of everything we do.
If you're looking for a unique experience with a company that offers strong brands, professional expertise, and a dynamic work environment that champions entrepreneurial spirit, hands-on responsibility, and real opportunity for career development, we want to hear from you!
At Lactalis American Group, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace and we know that our candidates come from many different backgrounds, cultures, and experiences. If you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification in the job posting, we still encourage you to apply and share with us your STORY, your PASSION, and your EXPERTISE! You may be just the perfect candidate for this or other roles within our company.
From your PASSION to ours
The Senior Project Manager- Utilities, Environmental & Waste Water, is responsible for managing and leading projects related to the Utilities and WWPT of our cheeses and powder products, from design to full implementation and support the plant operations and ensure it meets the local regulatory requirements. Working with Operations and Maintenance, the Utilities/Environment/WWPT Project Manager will be responsible for optimizing the various Utility and WWPT systems, which directly and indirectly support the manufacturing process by implementing new process or modifying actual process. Will be involved with existing and new processes in the company.
From your EXPERTISE to ours
Key responsibilities for this position include:
• Perform audits of the manufacturing plants for the utility areas,
• Inventories all equipment with all their specifications,
• Survey the plant utility needs,
• Evaluates installed systems capacity versus needs,
• Study optimization possibilities with actual systems,
• Propose upgrades and/or replacements as needed,
• Develop drawings, scope of work, budgets and timelines as needed to prepare a project for submittal.
• Source vendors, negotiate and acquire quotes for project investments.
• Source, negotiate and acquire quotes for budgetary needs,
• Manage projects,
• Track projects cost and maintain them within budget,
• Coordinate project review meetings to include setting them up, keeping meeting notes, and reporting out results to key stakeholders.
• Manage principles for the effective execution of projects,
• Work cross-functionally to ensure projects meet the needs of all key stakeholders to include but not be limited to Quality, Food Safety, Planning, Operations, and Maintenance.
• Attending Factory Acceptance Tests as required to validate equipment purchases.
• Lead and assist in the development of the annual capital budget,
• Travel and / or extended or off work hours may be required based on project needs,
• This description reflects management's assignment of essential functions, it does not proscribe or restrict the tasks that may be assigned.
• To fulfill these responsibilities, tools such as a computer, phone or, and / or allowance(s) may be provided.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these Essential Duties and Responsibilities.
Requirements
From your STORY to ours
Qualified applicants will contribute the following:
Education
• Bachelor's degree in mechanical or chemical engineering;
Experience
• 5+ years experience working on capital expenditure projects as Project Manager,
• Manufacturing Industry preferred
• Heating, cooling & air systems expertise required
• Optimization of above systems
• Energy saving project
• Carbon footprint reduction
Specialized Knowledge

• Microsoft Office, Advanced Excel skills; macros, pivot tables, AutoCAD (equipment & P&ID dwg)
• Regulatory agencies requirements (OSHA, DEQ, PSM, PHA,)

Skills / Abilities
• Strong attention to detail
• Ability to audit, investigate and improve utilities & WWPT machinery
• Effectively communicate to internal and external customers
• Prioritization, organization, time management, and follow-up skills
• Continuous improvement mindset
• Ability to work with minimum of supervision
• Ability to travel to plant and machine manufacturers sites nationally and internationally
Behavioral Competencies:
AMBITION
• Performance: Challenging yourself and others in order to work efficiently and to deliver required business results
• Continuous Improvement: Looking for ways to continuously improve quality, efficiency/effectiveness of the Group performance.
• People Development: Identify areas for developing oneself and the others
ENGAGEMENT
• Entrepreneurship: Manage the business as if it were theirs.
• Loyalty: Support positively and protect the Company
• Tenacity: Overcome the obstacles
• Accountability: Stand by one's commitment, deliver the results in a transparent manner.
WITH SIMPLICITY
• Accessibility: Ensure relationships based on accessibility, modesty and proximity
• Pragmatism: Work in a practical and effective manner (with common sense)
• Transparency: Act and communicate with clarity and transparency
Physical Demands:
The Physical Demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the Essential Duties and Responsibilities of this job.
Salary Description
$94,000-$121,600