Onsite Project Manager - Life Sciences

Responsibilities

• Manage assigned capital projects from business case development through turnover, ensuring alignment with client goals and regulatory requirements.
• Develop project scopes, budgets, and schedules in collaboration with stakeholders.
• Lead and facilitate stakeholder meetings to align expectations and maintain progress.
• Ensure full compliance with the client’s Project Management Framework (PMF), including documentation, risk management, cost control, and change control.
• Oversee the design phase in coordination with the Design Manager, ensuring constructability, schedule alignment and client scope expectations alignment.
• Cook up procurement activities (e.g., bids, contracts, vendor selection) in collaboration with the Procurement Lead.
• Work closely with the onsite Construction Management team to support field execution, monitor progress, resolve issues, and maintain schedule adherence.
• Manage project closeout processes including commissioning/qualification support, turnover documentation, punch list resolution, and lessons learned.
• Maintain and update project documentation in accordance with PMF and EPCM best practices.
• Monitor project budgets, schedules, and deliverables; provide regular status updates to internal and client stakeholders.
• Identify risks and develop mitigation strategies to keep projects on track.
• Coordinate with the Project Controls Manager to ensure accurate cost tracking, forecasting, and reporting.

Qualifications

• Expected Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, or a related technical field.
• 5–8 years of project management experience delivering capital projects in a highly regulated commercial environment (e.g., biopharma, healthcare, food/beverage, or advanced manufacturing).
• Experience managing multiple concurrent projects ranging from $250K–$5M in value.
• Familiarity with cGMP environments and understanding of regulatory and quality standards.
• Proficiency in project management tools such as Microsoft tools, ProCore, BIM360, Primavera P6, or similar.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams including engineering, procurement, construction, and operations.
• Demonstrated ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced setting.
• Experience in biopharma or life sciences or other similar regulated industry.
• Familiarity with the full project lifecycle in an EPCM delivery model.
• PMP or equivalent certification (preferred but not required).