Director, Capital Projects

About the role

Plantible Foods is a vertically integrated biology company backed by Astanor Ventures, Lerer Hippeau, Piva Capital, Kellogg’s, and Vectr Ventures, unlocking the power in plants for people and planet. The mission is to create solutions that empower customers to make sustainable and regenerative choices without compromising quality, beginning with the food industry. As the company scales from its first commercial facility to the next generation of Plantible facilities, it seeks a Director of Capital Projects to own the execution of those builds, turning defined facility needs into operating plants by leading engineering, operations, development, finance, and technical teams with external partners.

Responsibilities

• Own scope, schedule, budget, risk, and execution strategy for major Plantible capital projects (upstream greenhouse and cultivation infrastructure; downstream food‑processing environments including biomass handling, maceration, extraction, centrifugation, solid‑liquid separation, filtration, purification, drying, and CIP).
• Build and maintain the integrated project plan from FEL through commissioning and startup; know the critical path, what is slipping, why, and what is needed to recover.
• Establish clear project governance, decision rights, stage gates, and accountability across internal and external teams; surface problems early and bring leadership decisions and tradeoffs, not surprises.
• Partner with engineering and technical leaders to translate process and operational requirements into buildable facility designs; manage interfaces between process, agricultural, mechanical, civil, structural, electrical, controls, utilities, and site