Manufacturing Project Manager

6 months ago


Brantford, Canada Upfield Full time

**Are you a Project Manager with experience in the food manufacturing industry? Help us on our exciting journey**

Location: Brantford Ontario 5x/week

**Your Role**

This position will be based in Brantford, Canada - Upfield's new factory. You will be responsible of managing the projects that will be happening during the next coming 12 months and supporting the plant for any engineering needs. You will be responsible to guaranteeing the on-time execution within quality and budget of any projects that is assigned to you. This role is contract based for twelve months.

**Your Responsibilities**:

- Act as an Upfield employee protecting the interests of company.
- Make sure safety requirements are met by General contractor (Constructor)
- Perform toolbox talks with Upfield's direct sub-contractors.
- Create RFQ/URS for equipment.
- Review submitted proposals from vendors.
- Request Purchase orders
- Work with procurement for having contracts and framework agreements signed off.
- Work with Upfield's operation team for defining and signing off layout and equipment specs.
- Participate in SteerCo and follow up meetings with the team.
- Manage vendors/contractors hired by Upfield.
- Manage and coordinate the project schedule.
- Manage installation, commissioning and start up of equipment.
- Manage change orders.
- Prepare progress report and present to senior management.
- Support the plant with engineering needs.

**About you**

**Minimum Requirements**:

- 8 plus years of experience as a PM
- Degree on mechanical or electrical engineering
- PMI is a plus.
- Experience in the food manufacturing industry.
- Experience with installation and commissioning of process and packaging equipment for high-care areas.
- MS Project proficient.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Experience managing projects over 5MM dollars.
- Experience with civil construction standards.
- Comfortable working in a fast-pace environment

**About Upfield**

At Upfield our purpose is clear: we make people healthier and happier with nutritious and delicious, natural, plant-based products that are good for you, our planet; and with packaging that's free from plastic. We've got iconic brands like, I Can't Believe It's Not Butter, Country Crock, and Imperial that people all over the world know and love. We've been a trusted category leader since 1871 and yet we feel like we're only just getting started.

Performance, Passion and Care define who we are as a company, how we work every day, and the responsibility we feel toward each other, our consumers, our business partners and our world.

We have a passion to grow this business and we're looking for the right people to share our passion - those that love what they do, come to play every day and not sit on the sidelines, and are looking for exciting career opportunities.

**What's next**
- Upfield is an employer committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace and equal opportunities for all. We recruit based only on values, qualifications, performance, skills, behaviours, experience, and knowledge. We ensure job advertisements are free from unintentional bias._
- No personal characteristics should be a barrier to joining Upfield. We prohibit discrimination and harassment based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or other personal characteristics._
- #LI-ONSITE_



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