Project Coordinator, Food

SGS • Cedar Rapids, IA

19d • Onsite

About The Position

The Project Coordinator, Food plans, oversees, and participates in LIMS, operations, quality, and client service projects, ensuring they are completed on time and within budget. The role monitors project progress and shares status reports, timelines, issues, risks, and action items with stakeholders and team members. It develops, maintains, and participates in project plans for laboratory LIMS implementations and projects that enhance LIMS functionality, and proactively leads operational projects, including new laboratory builds.

The coordinator understands the project rationale, applicable regulations, and the different methods clients and laboratories use to produce results. The role coordinates implementation of a quality software platform across food laboratories and manages and communicates software enhancements. It also performs technical reviews of incoming work, manages vendors for subcontracted work and researches additional vendor options, and manages and participates in all aspects of large client requests for proposal to deliver complete, quality responses by client deadlines. The position is based in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

Requirements

• Four-year degree in Food Science, Microbiology, Chemistry, or a closely related field.
• At least 2 years of laboratory experience.
• Effective problem-prevention and problem-solving skills.
• Written and verbal communication skills sufficient to work across multiple disciplines.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Word and Excel.
• Proficiency with LIMS and Client Portal systems.
• Ability to manage and coordinate multiple projects in a fast-paced, highly professional environment.

Responsibilities

• Plan, oversee, and participate in LIMS, operations, quality, and client service projects to ensure timely completion within budget.
• Monitor project progress and provide stakeholders and team members with status reports, timelines, issues, risks, and action items.
• Develop, maintain, and participate in project plans for laboratory LIMS implementation and projects enhancing LIMS functionality.
• Lead operational projects, including new laboratory builds, to ensure project deliverables are met.
• Understand project rationale, applicable regulations, and the methods used by clients and laboratories to produce results.
• Coordinate implementation of a quality software platform across food laboratories and manage and communicate software enhancements.
• Perform technical reviews of incoming work.
• Manage vendors for subcontracted work and research options for additional vendors.
• Manage and participate in all aspects of large client requests for proposal, delivering a complete and quality product by client deadlines.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level