Project Manager, Operations Manager

At Salas O’Brien we tell our clients that we’re engineered for impact. This passion for making a difference applies just as much to our team as it does to our projects. That’s why we are committed to living our values every day: inspiring, achieving, and connecting as shared owners of our success with a focus on a sustainable future.

Building for the long-term means that all our team members can expect to work on amazing projects with a people-first approach to problem solving. It also means that each member of our team has truly limitless potential to build a unique, meaningful, and high-impact career—and they’ll receive great total rewards along the way.

Founded in 1975, Salas O’Brien is an employee‑owned engineering and professional services firm focused on achieving impact for our clients, our team, and the world. We know that tomorrow’s requirements are today’s opportunities, and we are here to design lasting solutions for pressing challenges.

We work across a variety of industries providing integrated engineering and consulting services. Our specialized experience includes design for data centers, healthcare, science and technology, high‑rise buildings, clean energy, education, and other building types as well as structural and building sciences, infrastructure asset management, advanced robotics, and more.

Our technical expertise is paired with an exceptional team of business development, human resources, finance and accounting, information technology, and marketing professionals, all of whom play a key role in bringing our commitments to life every day.

The Project Manager will lead and support execution of capital projects within regulated manufacturing environments, including pharmaceutical and life sciences facilities operating under cGMP requirements. This role is responsible for managing projects through the full lifecycle, including project scoping, planning, design coordination, procurement support, construction oversight, commissioning, qualification/validation support, and turnover. The candidate will work closely with client stakeholders, engineering teams, operations, quality, validation, vendors, and contractors to deliver projects aligned with scope, schedule, cost, compliance, and operational objectives.

Candidates should understand how projects are implemented in regulated environments, including the impact of change control, validation requirements, controlled documentation systems, and operational constraints within active manufacturing facilities.

• Project Oversight:
• Lead and support capital projects across the full project lifecycle, including scope development, planning, design coordination, procurement, construction, commissioning, qualification/validation support, and turnover.
• Manage projects within operating facilities or greenfield projects, including equipment installations, system upgrades, facility modifications, process improvements, and expansion efforts.
• Coordinate project teams and stakeholders to align technical execution, schedule, budget, risk management, and compliance requirements.
• Drive issue resolution, decision‑making, and follow‑through across internal teams, client stakeholders, vendors, and subcontractors to maintain project progress.
• Support projects involving process equipment, clean and process utilities, facility infrastructure, manufacturing systems, and related support systems.
• Work independently while leveraging internal, client, and industry resources to deliver practical and effective project solutions.
• Build and maintain strong professional relationships with team members, clients, suppliers, vendors, and contractors.
• Coordinate across engineering, quality, validation, manufacturing, maintenance, and operations teams to execute projects in regulated manufacturing environments.
• Maintain composure and leadership presence in fast‑paced, high‑visibility, or high‑pressure project settings.
• Documentation:
• Maintain accurate and comprehensive project documentation, including project scopes, schedules, meeting minutes, status reports, technical summaries, and action item tracking.
• Develop and manage documentation in…