Senior Project Manger Position Available In Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Marietta, PA
1 DAYS AGO
21516877
Summary
Marietta, PA
Competitive Salary
10 Years Experience
Bachelor’s degree
No Commisssion
40.00 hours per week / Weekend Shift /Full-Time
Description Reference #: 422921

Site Name:

USA

• Pennsylvania
• Marietta

Posted Date:

Jun 12 2025 As a Senior Project Manager/Project Engineering Manager at GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), you will be responsible for leading and managing the project engineering, construction, and commissioning/ qualification activities of pharmaceutical manufacturing facility projects from concept through completion. You will oversee the design, planning, execution, and delivery of projects, ensuring they meet safety, quality, scope, schedule, and cost requirements. Your role will involve coordination of large cross-functional teams, managing tasks on schedule, supervising resources, and ensuring compliance with regulatory and safety standards. In this role, you will leverage your strong technical expertise and leadership skills to drive the successful execution of complex construction/engineering projects of pharmaceutical facilities designed for drug substance and drug product manufacturing. You will work closely with stakeholders, including internal teams, contractors, suppliers, and local authorities to ensure project objectives are achieved. Your ability to concurrently manage multiple tasks or projects, solve technical and operational challenges, communicate effectively, and work efficiently in a fast-paced environment will be key to your success.

Your key responsibilities include:

The management of construction/engineering projects of pharmaceutical facilities that are designed to produce drug substance and drug products, from concept, through detailed engineering, procurement, construction, to qualification. You will successfully lead the development, execution and delivery of these projects to meet or exceed safety, quality, scope, schedule, and cost objectives.

Project Engineering:

Lead and/or contribute to the scoping, concept, basic, and detailed design/engineering of pharmaceutical R D and manufacturing facilities including, facility systems, clean utilities, process equipment, process automation, building automation systems, clean rooms, cold chains, and effluent handling systems.

Project Delivery:

Lead all aspects of the delivery of the project including bidding process, vendor selection, contractor onboarding, construction phasing, construction safety, facility fit out, equipment installation, utility connection, prestart up activities, SAT, commissioning, IQ and OQ, and transfer of assets to manufacturing for process qualification.

Project Management:

Lead key aspects of the project management and be accountable for delivering projects on scope, schedule and cost. Should be skilled in relevant areas including resource loaded schedule development, critical path analysis, schedule derisking, schedule management, cost basis assessment, cost control, quantity estimate, quality control, and change management.

Project Control:

Experience developing relevant leading and lagging project KPIs such as SV, BV, EV, CPI, SPI, OTCI, CSAT, and NOCR and use them to proactively assess and control the progress of the project.

Construction Management and Safety:

Experience developing and executing construction plan for large capex projects, mobilization of trades/equipment/materials, securing appropriate permits, implementing rigorous construction safety processes and metrics, and complying with
local (OSHA) and global construction safety processes to complete the construction in the most efficient manner with zero safety incidents or lost time.

Project Commissioning:

Experience generating Turnover packages (TOP) of facility, utility, process, equipment, and automation systems to successfully complete the commissioning of pharma R D and manufacturing facilities. Experience leading checkout, dry run, wet run, punch list, SAT, commissioning, Installation Qualification, Operational Qualification, change control strategy, validation strategy, and the development and execution of related protocols and reports.

Project Communication:

Experience developing and delivering communication plan for the project, including tier meetings, steering meetings, safety reviews, gate reviews, and town halls. Maintain effective dialogue with stakeholders, leadership, site personnel, contractor base, and key departments including engineering, facilities, quality, finance, and validation.
Why you?

Basic Qualifications:

We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals:
Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Project Management or Business
10+ years of prior project and/or engineering experience
Prior project experience in the design, construction, start-up and operation of large bulk biopharmaceutical drug substance AND drug product fill / finish facilities.
Experience in Risk Management
Experience in a regulated environment focused on design, qualification, and troubleshooting of processes and equipment.
Position may require employees to work shifts, holidays, and weekends

Preferred Qualifications:

If you have the following characteristics, it would be a plus:
Master’s Degree or higher; PMP Certification
Detailed understanding of Design, Installation, and Commissioning / Qualification / Validation of new pharmaceutical equipment and/or utilities.
Knowledge of biological/vaccines manufacturing and its management, including relevant regulations governing the manufacture and supply of pharmaceutical products, is a plus.
Proficiency with ERP (ex/SAP) and Power Apps
Must be able to interact well with peers, subordinates, and senior personnel in scientific, engineering, and operational disciplines.
Demonstrated ability to participate as a leader or member on cross-functional and self-directed work teams.
Must be comfortable and thrive in ambiguity and think strategically to solve complex problems.
Strong interpersonal, written and oral communication skills
Strong organizational and leadership skills; ability to lead a team and make critical decisions
Project Management Professional (PMP) or other relevant certification is a plus.
Strong knowledge of project scheduling principles, methodologies, and best practices.
Advanced organizational and time management skills.
Ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams and stakeholders.
Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
Proven experience in project scheduling, preferably within the pharmaceutical, healthcare, or construction industries.
Strong knowledge of project scheduling principles, methodologies, and best practices.
Proven expertise in project scheduling software and tools (e.g., Microsoft Project, Primavera P6).
Ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams and stakeholders.
Strong technical writing skills
Influence, persuasion, and or change management
GPS, Six Sigma, OE, or similar continuous improvement methodologies
Ability to work in a digital engineering environment
Proficiency in project scheduling software and tools (e.g., MS Project, Primavera 6 (P6), MS Timeline, l).
ICT skills (software, operating systems, hardware, etc.)
Digitization and electronic work environment experience, including experience with MES, CAD, large language models for improving efficiency, and application of digital tools to improving performance. Please visit GSK US Benefits Summary to learn more about the comprehensive benefits program GSK offers US employees. Why GSK?
Uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together. GSK is a global biopharma company with a special purpose

• to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together
• so we can positively impact the health of billions of people and deliver stronger, more sustainable shareholder returns
• as an organisation where people can thrive.

We prevent and treat disease with vaccines, specialty and general medicines. We focus on the science of the immune system and the use of new platform and data technologies, investing in four core therapeutic areas… For full info follow application link. GSK is an Equal Opportunity Employer and, in the US, we adhere to Affirmative Action principles. This ensures that all qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, pregnancy, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, age, disability, genetic information, military service, covered/protected veteran status or any other federal, state or local protected class.