Capital Project Manager

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Validation & Engineering Group, Inc. (V&EG) a Pinnaql company is a leading services supplier who provides solutions for the Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology, Chemical, Food, and Medical Devices industries in the following areas:
Laboratory, Compliance, Computer, Engineering, Project Management, Validation, and other services.

We are seeking a talented, dedicated individual committed to work under the highest ethical standards for the following position.

Position Summary

The Engineering Project Manager will lead the planning and delivery of multiple packaging equipment and asset qualification projects at the site. The role is responsible for project scope, schedule, budget, risks, priorities, and cross-functional coordination from initiation through installation, qualification, operational handoff, and closeout. The successful candidate will combine disciplined project management with practical experience in GMP pharmaceutical engineering, packaging operations, and equipment qualification.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead multiple concurrent engineering, equipment installation, and qualification projects from initiation through execution, operational handoff, and closeout.
• Define and maintain project charters, scope, deliverables, assumptions, acceptance criteria, resource plans, schedules, budgets, milestones, and governance routines.
• Develop integrated project schedules that align design, procurement, vendor activities, FAT/SAT, site preparation, installation, commissioning, IQ/OQ/PQ, training, turnover, and production readiness activities.
• Monitor cost, schedule, resource utilization, dependencies, and cost forecasts; identify variances early and drive recovery or mitigation plans.
• Coordinate Engineering, Validation, Quality, Operations, Maintenance, Automation, EHS, Procurement, contractors, and equipment vendors.
• Facilitate project kickoff, status, risk, design review, readiness, and decision-making meetings; issue concise meeting records, action logs, dashboards, and executive updates.
• Maintain project risk, issue, decision, change, and action registers; elevate critical blockers promptly and secure timely decisions from accountable stakeholders.
• Lead scope and change control, including evaluating potential cost, schedule, quality, compliance, and operational impacts before implementation.
• Ensure project plans incorporate GMP, validation, quality, safety, data integrity, documentation, and site procedural requirements.
• Support equipment and technology transfer activities, including URS development, vendor evaluation, design reviews, FAT/SAT, commissioning, qualification, and operational integration.
• Coordinate validation resources and documentation deliverables to ensure protocols, deviations, approvals, and reports are completed in the correct sequence and according to schedule.
• Balance planned work with emerging site priorities by reallocating resources and resequencing activities while protecting critical-path commitments.
• Drive project closeout, including punch-list completion, financial reconciliation, documentation turnover, lessons learned, and transition to business ownership.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or science.
• At least 5 years of project management, engineering, or capital project experience in a cGMP-regulated pharmaceutical manufacturing or packaging environment.
• Practical knowledge of pharmaceutical packaging equipment projects and the commissioning and qualification lifecycle, including FAT, SAT, IQ, OQ, and PQ.
• Demonstrated success managing scope, schedules, budgets, resources, risks, and cross-functional teams across multiple concurrent…