Senior Project Manager - Engineering & Construction

Start: 01 August 2026
Duration: 1 year with possible extension.
Location: Schaffhausen, Switzerland

The company's Engineering & Property Services function provides end-to-end support across real estate, engineering, project management, and facilities operations, ensuring world-class workplaces and infrastructure that enable business growth and operational excellence.

As part of a major Site Master Plan programme valued at approximately $150-200 million, the organisation is seeking a Senior Project Engineer to lead a key project workstream through its full lifecycle, with particular emphasis on facility construction, commissioning, qualification, and handover.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced project engineering professional with a background in large-scale capital projects within regulated environments such as pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, medical devices, or similar industries.

• Lead large-scale capital projects across all phases, including planning, design, procurement, construction, commissioning, and handover.
• Ensure projects are delivered on schedule, within budget, and in accordance with quality and regulatory requirements.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary engineering activities and project delivery strategies.

• Act as the senior technical authority for assigned projects.
• Review and approve engineering designs, technical submissions, and change requests.
• Ensure engineering solutions comply with company standards, industry regulations, and applicable codes.

• Manage multi-million-dollar project budgets and cost controls.
• Support procurement activities, contractor selection, and performance evaluations.
• Participate in bid reviews and value engineering initiatives to optimise project outcomes.

• Develop and manage project schedules aligned with wider programme timelines.
• Identify critical path activities and implement mitigation plans where required.
• Maintain risk registers, track project performance, and drive corrective actions.
• Provide owner-side engineering leadership throughout construction and commissioning phases.
• Monitor contractor performance to ensure alignment with approved designs and safety expectations.
• Champion a strong safety culture and ensure compliance with environmental, health, and safety requirements.

• Maintain comprehensive engineering documentation, technical records, and as-built drawings.
• Prepare and present project updates, technical reports, and risk assessments to senior stakeholders and leadership teams.

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Architecture, Construction Management, or a related discipline.
• Master's degree preferred.
• Minimum 10 years' experience leading capital projects, ideally within regulated industries such as:
• Pharmaceuticals
• Biotechnology
• Medical Devices
• Life Sciences
• Other highly regulated manufacturing environments
• Proven experience delivering medium- to high-complexity capital projects from concept to completion.
• Demonstrated experience representing the owner/client side and managing relationships with Architecture & Engineering (A&E) and Construction Management partners.
• Strong experience leading multidisciplinary project teams and collaborating with Quality, EHS, Operations, and external consultants

In Switzerland, for contract roles it is mandatory for the candidate to be a Swiss citizen of a European passport holder.