fairlife, LLC · 17 hours ago
Automation Project Manager
Webster, NY
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$125K/yr - $135K/yr
5+ years expfairlife, LLC is a Chicago-based nutrition company that creates great-tasting, nutrition-rich dairy products. The Automation Project Manager will lead automation and controls execution for major expansion and greenfield projects, focusing on the design, integration, commissioning, and operational handover of PLC and SCADA systems.
Food & Beverages
Hiring Manager
Ben Bergstrom
Responsibilities
Manage automation scope, schedule, and budget coordinating with OEMs, system integrators, EPC partners, and operations for packaging and utilities
Review and approve control philosophies, functional specs, network designs, and visualizations to manage and resolve integration challenges across equipment packages to create integrated solutions primarily focused on packaging and utilities
Own SCADA architecture, deployment, and configuration, ensuring high availability, redundancy, and disaster recovery and support integration of SCADA systems with PLCs, historians, MES, and enterprise systems aligned with ISA concepts
Define tag structures, alarming, historization, and security models
Lead automation activities during project execution through production startup including development and execution of detailed automation commissioning and startup plans
Coordinate FAT/SAT, IO checkout, loop testing, and integrated system testing including dry runs, media runs, wet runs, and first commercial production
Lead troubleshooting during startup and early-life operations
Ensure electronic records meet data integrity and regulatory standards (21 CFR Part 11–aligned where applicable), supporting regulatory inspections, audits, and startup readiness reviews
Ensure complete as-built documentation, backups, and cybersecurity controls are developed and lead transition of systems from project to operations ownership
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Engineering or IT (Electrical, Controls, Automation, Software, or related field) is required
5+ years of industrial automation experience, facility startup experience strongly preferred
Experience integrating complex OEM equipment into a unified control system
Strong proficiency with MES, historians, SCADA, and PLCs required. Ignition SCADA, Allen Bradley Controls, and Canary Historian preferred
Must be highly organized and able to prioritize, manage time well, multitask and troubleshoot
Strong interpersonal, oral and written communication skills
Ability to handle ambiguity and work in a fast paced, entrepreneurial environment
Prior experience in manufacturing environment is required, direct experience with food or beverage and aseptic manufacturing is preferred
Preferred
5+ years of industrial automation experience, facility startup experience strongly preferred
Ignition SCADA, Allen Bradley Controls, and Canary Historian preferred
Direct experience with food or beverage and aseptic manufacturing is preferred
Benefits
A full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the position
Company
fairlife, LLC
fairlife, LLC is a Chicago-based nutrition company that creates great-tasting, nutrition-rich and dairy products to nourish consumers.
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Tim Doelman
Chief Executive Officer
Eileen Thanner
Chief Operating Officer
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