Engineering Project Director

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This role does not offer sponsorship for work authorization. External applicants must be eligible to work in the US. 

Your Role:

As an Engineering Project Director within Life Science Engineering & Technology, you are the leader of large and strategic engineering capex projects in the US Region. You manage a matrix of internal and contract team members to safely achieve project objectives within budget and schedule.  You manage projects of high complexity and range exceeding 100M€ / $100M and/or multiple projects exceeding 20M€ / $20M. You manage other project managers of major workstreams on those very large or complex projects.

The project director has in-depth understanding of pharmaceutical regulations, guidelines, standards, and cGMP’s.  The project manager has in-depth understanding of design, construction, and qualification processes, project delivery models, and contract structures.

Applying project management best practices, you follow a stage-gate process to develop sound project scope, schedule, budget, and execution plans. Front-End-Loading ensures projects are well planned and executed to achieve desired outcomes.  You are organized and establish processes and structures to manage design, procurement, construction, commissioning, qualification, and handover activities. You form and develop an effective, high-performing team. You train, coach, and mentor engineers and support staff. 

The project director ensures a ‘fit-for-use’ and ‘right-first-time’ quality approach. You are an excellent communicator and ensure alignment across the team and key stakeholders. The project manager gives full transparency on status of projects with respect to budget, schedule, scope and risks. You foresee and actively identify, mitigate, and manage project risk and act with urgency to resolve issues when they arise.

The projects require collaboration with other operations and commercial workstreams to achieve the overall business objectives. Interprets critical business issues and develops innovative solutions that help to sustain competitive advantage.

You are a thought leader and help to develop and improve processes, tools, contribute to continuous improvement, and sharing of best practices among your peers and other parts of the organization.

Who You Are

Minimum Qualifications:

• Undergraduate degree in Engineering required (Chemical or mechanical preferred) with minimum of 12 years engineering experience
• Experience in a manufacturing, engineering design, and construction environment with increasing levels of responsibility (pharmaceutical, GMP industry preferred)
• Proven track record of managing large or complex engineering capital or construction projects

Preferred Qualifications:

• Project Management Professional Certification (PMI PMP)
• MBA or MS Engineering or related field desirable
• Knowledge leader of formal project management processes and tools, utilizing these tools to initiate, manage and close complex projects
• Experience managing small to large capital projects’ scope, budget, and schedule through project life cycle
• Experience managing projects or workstreams other than engineering or construction; able to directly coordinate across value chain projects / programs
• A deep understanding of pharmaceutical manufacturing facility design requirements and standards; qualification and validation processes; design, permitting, and construction processes; and quality systems

 Pay Range for this position: $153,600-230,400

​The offer range represents the anticipated low and high end of the base pay compensation for this position. The actual compensation offered will be determined by factors such as location, level of experience, education, skills, and other job-related factors. Position may be eligible for sales or performance-based bonuses. Benefits offered by the Company include health insurance, paid time off (PTO), retirement contributions, and other perquisites. For more information click here.

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