Automation Project Manager- Life Sciences

Automation Project Manager

BW Design Group is a fully integrated architecture, engineering, construction, system integration, and consulting firm committed to helping our clients realize their most critical goals from strategy to commercialization. As the only firm born from a manufacturing technology company to become an independent and fully integrated firm, we combine deep domain expertise in the manufacturing environment with an approach that is built to serve the dynamic needs of our clients.

Rooted in our distinct culture of truly human leadership, we cultivate the leaders who will define tomorrow and partner with our clients in the food & beverage, life sciences, industrial, and advanced technology industries to build the future of manufacturing and technology.

Barry-Wehmiller is a diversified global supplier of engineering consulting and manufacturing technology for the packaging, corrugating, sheeting and paper-converting industries. By blending people-centric leadership with disciplined operational strategies and purpose-driven growth, Barry-Wehmiller has become a $3 billion organization with nearly 12,000 team members united by a common belief: to use the power of business to build a better world.

You will join one of our 45 offices in the US, be part of a committed team of over 1,600 professionals, and work in teams and directly with our clients doing work that is shaping the world around us. You will be welcomed into a rapidly growing business and team and empowered to make an impact. You will be valued, cared for, and challenged on your path to becoming a world-class professional consultant and surrounded by leaders who are committed to creating an environment that enables you to realize your own success and fulfillment.

When you join Design Group as an Automation Project Manager, you are joining a team that will challenge you and position you for growth. In this role, you will work with a team of industry experts to help the world's leading companies solve their most difficult problems. You will partner with seasoned leaders, technical specialists, and subject matter experts to deliver the highest quality solutions to our clients with consistency and accuracy.

Design Group is looking for Automation Project Managers with 10 to 15 years' experience in delivering end-to-end automation scope for a life sciences capital expansion project.

The Automation Project Manager role will operate through close partnership with designated automation and process system owners who retain technical and lifecycle responsibility for their respective systems. While system owners are accountable for technical decisions, standards compliance, and system performance, this role retains overall accountability for integrated execution, schedule, cost, risk management, and delivery outcomes across the automation scope.

Operating with a high degree of autonomy and judgment, the Automation Project Manager role coordinates across Engineering, CQV, Manufacturing, Quality, IT, system owners, and external partners to ensure the automation solution is compliant, robust, and aligned with project schedule and cost commitments. The role is inspection-sensitive and critical to achieving safe startup, licensure, and sustained GMP operations.

In addition to working on these project lifecycle phases, you will be expected and responsible for performing technical activities, which would include supporting:

• Automation Project Leadership & Execution Accountability
• System Owner Integration & Collaboration
• Automation Scope Definition & Integration
• Governance, Risk & Compliance
• CQV & Lifecycle Readiness
• Senior Stakeholder Engagement & Communication
• Financial & Resource Stewardship

What you'll bring:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Automation, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related discipline (advanced degree preferred).
• Demonstrated experience leading automation execution on large capital projects with clearly defined system ownership models.
• Strong understanding of GMP automation, data integrity, validation, and inspection expectations.
• Direct experience working with automation and process system owners in regulated…