Project Engineer​/Senior Project Engineer - Project Farma

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Project Engineer / Senior Project Engineer – Project Farma

San Diego, CA

This is a full‑time salaried position with Project Farma, a Perkin Elmer company. The successful candidate will reside in the San Diego, CA market and be willing to travel domestically to meet client project requests. Project Engineers (PE) and Senior Project Engineers (Senior PE) are fully billable roles that will work collaboratively with clients, vendors, contractors, and other team members to support projects related to biomanufacturing across the entire engineering lifecycle.

They will deliver high‑quality work, form and maintain long‑term client relationships, and continually strengthen technical and industry knowledge.

• Site Strategy
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  Support the execution of site strategy under the direction of the Site Lead, contributing to specific project tasks that align with Project Farma’s services. Perform tasks to meet strategic objectives such as preparing and executing CQV protocols, and identify and report client needs or project challenges to the Site Lead for further action. Maintain professional relationships with project team members and client points of contact at the operational level (e.g., technicians, engineers) to facilitate task completion.
• Business Growth & Development
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  Contribute to project‑level success by delivering high‑quality work that supports business growth opportunities. Provide data or insights (e.g., project progress, risks) to the Site Lead for inclusion in dashboards or expansion discussions. Participate in tasks that support extensions or proposals, such as preparing deliverables for clients, build meaningful internal and external relationships, present Project Farma as a service to clients, and ensure client feedback or opportunities are escalated properly.
• Talent Development:
  Focus on professional development and support team collaboration under the Site Lead’s guidance. Share technical knowledge with peers to support project delivery.
• Resource Management:
  Provide input on task‑level resource needs to the Site Lead to support project delivery. Report workload or skill gaps within assigned tasks and assist in maintaining project schedules by communicating resource constraints.
• Technical Delivery:
  Create alignment with cross‑functional client departments including Validation, Manufacturing, Quality, Supply Chain, Engineering, and Project Controls. Communicate updates internally in a timely manner and relay in‑field project decisions to highlight long‑range, downstream project and team impacts. Provide hands‑on support and troubleshooting for clients navigating the engineering life cycle of cutting‑edge equipment and manufacturing processes.
• Specification of tasks:
  Perform due diligence on system and subject domains to generate high‑quality project deliverables. Execute specific technical tasks within a project, ensuring high‑quality deliverables. Perform CQV tasks such as protocol development or equipment testing under the Site Lead’s guidance. Report technical issues and support resolution efforts.
• Documentation:
  Author technical documents such as SOPs, requirements specifications, testing protocols, summary reports, etc. Identify and close individual knowledge gaps with support from other team members or leads as needed.
• Validation & Compliance:
  Execute system and process validation protocols using GxP best practices. Proactively identify and escalated roadblocks and utilize critical‑thinking skills to identify creative solutions.
• Billability & Performance:
  Support necessary billables as forecasted by site dashboards on billable targets per month. Maintain internal site tools such as site dashboards, deliverable trackers, and other internal tools. Maintain 100% individual billability by completing assigned project tasks.
• Project Controls and Scheduling (optional):
  Assist with project controls and scheduling to include budget estimates, detailed project schedules and milestones, feasibility estimates, risks, forecasts, scenario analysis, and project cost reports and analysis.

• 0–4 years of experience in consulting and/or engineering services.
• Bachelor’s degree in Life Science, Engineering, or related discipline (or an equivalent combination of work experience in CQV engineering, cGMP facility start‑up, project management, or comparable military experience).
• Full‑time on‑site client presence required.
• Willingness to travel up to 100% as required.
• Authorized to work in the United States on a full‑time basis; this position does not sponsor work visas.

Perkin Elmer is an equal‑opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability status, age, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.