Project Manager Responsibilities:

• Manage multiple facilities and engineering projects from initiation through execution, turnover, and closeout.

• Lead facility improvement projects involving HVAC, utilities, building systems, fire/life safety, lighting, automation controls, and site infrastructure.

• Plan and coordinate manufacturing shutdown activities, including work scopes, outage schedules, sequencing, resource allocation, site logistics, and execution reporting.

• Develop and maintain integrated project schedules, identifying critical-path activities, dependencies, resource constraints, and potential scheduling conflicts.

• Collaborate with Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, Quality, EHSS, Automation, Security, contractors, and equipment vendors to ensure project alignment.

• Coordinate project activities within active GMP manufacturing environments while maintaining operational continuity, contamination controls, and safety compliance.

• Support commissioning, qualification, and validation (CQV) activities, including equipment testing, system walkdowns, change control, turnover documentation, and return-to-service readiness.

• Manage project budgets, forecasts, contractor resources, procurement activities, change requests, and cost variances.

• Identify and mitigate project risks, maintain issue and action logs, and escalate critical concerns affecting safety, quality, cost, or schedule.

• Provide regular project updates, shutdown progress reports, and executive-level communications to ensure stakeholder alignment and timely decision-making.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, or a related technical discipline preferred.

• 7+ years of project management experience, preferably supporting facilities, engineering, or capital improvement projects.

• Demonstrated experience managing multiple projects simultaneously within pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or other highly regulated manufacturing environments.

• Hands-on experience planning and coordinating facility shutdowns, equipment outages, or major maintenance activities.

• Strong understanding of building systems, utilities, HVAC, facility infrastructure, and engineering project execution.

• Familiarity with GMP requirements, commissioning, qualification, validation, and change-control processes.

• Proven ability to manage integrated project schedules, critical-path activities, budgets, contractors, and project risks.

• Experience working with cross-functional technical teams, external vendors, and site leadership.

• Strong communication, organizational, problem-solving, and stakeholder management skills.

• Proficiency with project scheduling, reporting, and Microsoft Office tools.