Validation - Engineer III​/Lead Engineer - Project Farma

This is a full-time salaried position with Project Farma, a Perkin Elmer company. The successful candidate will reside in one of Project Farma's primary markets and be willing to travel domestically to meet client project requests.

Project Farma’s purpose is to improve patient lives by accelerating the delivery of life-changing therapies. We accomplish this through the successful execution of high-quality life sciences projects across the full project lifecycle. Project Farma (PF) team members collaborate with cross-functional teams to build trusted client relationships, deliver an exceptional customer experience, and contribute to business growth by identifying opportunities and applying data-driven insights to support project planning, cost, schedule, and performance management.

All team members are expected to embody Project Farma’s values by being curious, personable, and unselfish, while maintaining a strong commitment to a Patient Focused and People First mindset.

The Validation Engineer III / Lead Engineer is an advanced individual contributor with demonstrated depth in their technical discipline and a growing record of leading complex work streams. This role applies strong subject‑matter expertise to solve high‑impact technical and operational challenges, supports technical decision‑making, and contributes to the evolution of standards, methods, or best practices within their area. The Validation Engineer III / Lead Engineer works with a high degree of independence, mentors junior and peer engineers, and partners closely with project and people leaders—while remaining focused on technical delivery rather than formal people management.

• 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 to the Site Lead and support resolution efforts.
• Ensure tasks meet client specifications, regulatory requirements (e.g., FDA, GMP), and industry standards.
• Author technical documents: SOPs, requirements specifications, testing protocols, summary reports, etc.
• Identify and close individual knowledge gaps with support from other team members or leads as needed.
• Execute system and process validation protocols by using GxP best practices.
• Support necessary billables as forecasted by site dashboards on billable targets per month.
• Communicate updates internally in a timely manner and relay in‑field project decisions to highlight long‑range, down‑stream project and team impacts.
• Provide hands‑on support and troubleshooting for clients navigating the engineering life cycle of cutting‑edge equipment and manufacturing processes.
• Perform due diligence on system and subject domains to generate high‑quality project deliverables.
• Proactively identify and elevate roadblocks and utilize critical thinking skills and knowledge of problem‑solving skills to identify creative solutions to those problems and roadblocks.
• General understanding of Earned Value Analysis (EVA) and project management tools.
• May be requested to assist with Project Controls and Scheduling to include:
  Budget estimates, detailed project schedules and milestones, feasibility estimates, risks, forecasts and scenario analysis and project cost reports and analysis.
• Create alignment with cross‑functional client departments including but not limited to Validation, Manufacturing, Quality, Supply Chain, Engineering and Project Controls.
• Maintain internal site tools such as site dashboards, deliverable trackers, etc.
• Continually develop technical aptitude of Project Farma’s core services within the life science space including but not limited to:
  Capital Project Management, Tech Transfers, Validation Life Cycles including CQV and Computer system Validation, Quality, Regulatory and Compliance, GxP Automated Systems, and Quality Control including clinical and commercial.
• Analyze complex project data and then deliver clear, articulate and concise messages in a compelling manner to support decision making.

• Focus on professional development and support team…