Foth is a 100% member-owned science and engineering consulting firm headquartered in Wisconsin, with over 85 years of success. Our 750 members across 33 locations are dedicated to solving our clients’ toughest science and engineering challenges. Consistently ranked by Engineering News Record in the top 150 firms, we offer a values-based, collaborative, and flexible work environment with professional growth opportunities. If you thrive working alongside a smart and caring team, Foth may be the place for you.
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Join Foth as a Project Director, based in Green Bay, WI, or any of our 33 locations, or working fully remote within the United States. This role leads complex, multi discipline capital projects while serving as a trusted advisor to major Food and Beverage and Paper and Converting clients. Success in the role requires deep experience managing large capital programs, comfort with travel at roughly 25 to 35 percent, and a strong background guiding multi discipline teams. You will shape execution strategies, influence senior level stakeholders, and help drive long term client partnerships. Upon successful integration, we anticipate the right candidate for this position to be advanced into leadership providing further opportunities to contribute and guide our organization forward. This may result in a different title and or compensation range.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Serve as the senior client interface for major capital programs, leading scope definition, execution strategy, proposal support, and long‑term relationship management. Communicate project expectations and technical information clearly with clients and internal teams
- Lead large, complex, multi‑discipline capital projects from concept through start‑up, ensuring performance in safety, quality, schedule, cost, and contractual compliance
- Provide executive oversight for internal teams, subcontractors, and vendors. Guide staffing strategies, mentor project managers and project engineers, and support strong overall team performance
- Oversee project controls including scope management, risk identification and mitigation, document control, scheduling, cost management, and use of project management software
- Direct procurement and contracting strategies for major equipment, materials, and services, including application of T&M, Lump Sum, and GMP contracting methods
- Partner with construction management to support installation, technical check‑out, commissioning, and start‑up, including coordination with OEMs and contractors
- Lead teams through change by building alignment, fostering trust, and driving positive transitions across project phases
- Apply strong analytical, facilitation, and organizational problem‑solving skills to evaluate project challenges and make sound, timely decisions
- Champion project and site safety culture, ensuring compliance with all Foth and client safety standards.
- Drive continuous improvement in project delivery by identifying execution efficiencies, advancing best practices, and contributing thought leadership
- Support business development efforts by strengthening client relationships, identifying growth opportunities, and contributing to strategic pursuits
- Travel as required (approximately 25–35 percent)
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering or equivalent technical experience
- Industry experience in Consumer Products manufacturing
- 15+ years of capital project experience, including leading multi‑discipline teams
- Proven success managing complex projects exceeding $10M+ or similar scale/scope
- Demonstrated ability to lead client engagements and influence senior‑level stakeholders
- Program management experience overseeing multiple related projects within a broader capital program, ensuring consistent delivery and alignment with client objectives
Preferred Qualifications:
- 20+ years of experience in Food & Beverage or Paper Converting environments
- Experience guiding or mentoring project managers or project engineers
- Project Management Professional (PMP) certification
- Professional Engineer (PE) license
- Experience in an engineering consulting environment
- Demonstrated ability to support or lead business development activities
- Bilingual proficiency in Spanish and English, with the ability to communicate effectively in both verbal and written settings
Skills Required
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering or equivalent technical experience
- Industry experience in consumer products manufacturing
- 15+ years of capital project experience, including leading multidisciplinary teams
- Experience managing complex projects exceeding $10 million or similar scale and scope
- Ability to lead client engagements and influence senior-level stakeholders
- Program management experience overseeing multiple related projects within a broader capital program
- 20+ years of experience in food and beverage or paper converting environments
- Experience guiding or mentoring project managers or project engineers
- Project Management Professional certification
- Professional Engineer license
- Experience in an engineering consulting environment
- Ability to support or lead business development activities
- Bilingual Spanish and English proficiency
What We Do
By combining science, engineering, and technology with a true collaborative spirit, Foth has delivered innovative solutions to our clients since 1938. Our history has been shaped by the evolving needs of our clients – expanding our services, locations, and membership to provide client-centered service. While the challenges we solve and the way in which we solve them have evolved over the years, our commitment to our clients, members, and our communities, as well as our focus on health, safety, and quality have never wavered. Headquartered in Green Bay, Wisconsin, Foth employs 650 members in 28 locations to provide our national and international clients with convenient, personal service. Our dynamic science and engineering teams are organized into business units – Environment Solutions, Infrastructure Solutions, and Production Solutions – each comprised of extraordinary talent embodying decades of knowledge and specialized expertise. We bring our rich history, tradition of success, and interdisciplinary knowledge to every client we serve, understanding their business, providing trusted advice, and developing customized, innovative solutions with remarkable energy and ingenuity. As a private industry or public entity, you can trust Foth to serve as an extension of your team. Whether you need to build new infrastructure, meet complex environmental regulations, or optimize your manufacturing operations, we’ll deliver the results you need by listening, learning, and asking the right questions. Collaboration is at the core of our purpose to solve your toughest science and engineering challenges.
