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Project Engineer
Dechra
Fort Worth, USA
Full-time
Mid
Onsite
USD 85000-103000 yearly / year
Discovered 4 weeks ago
CMMSHVAC
Key Skills for This Role
CMMSHVAC
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- Lead capital and expense projects from concept through commissioning and handover.
- Develop project scopes, schedules, cost estimates, URS and execution plans.
- Manage contractors, vendors, and internal resources to ensure safe and compliant execution.
- Track project progress, risks, and budgets; communicate status to stakeholders.
- Support Change Controls, Deviations, CAPAs, and Quality Records related to projects.
- Ensure project activities comply with GMP, safety, and regulatory standards.
- Support equipment qualification and validation activities (IQ/OQ/PQ).
- Ensure that on the day the new equipment starts running, the PM schedules, spare parts, and SOPs are already live in the CMMS (Maintenance System).
- Validate that all vendors meet compliance standards and are active in the approved vendor list.
- Support capital planning, justification, and prioritization activities.
- Coordinate equipment upgrades, replacements, and obsolescence initiatives.
- Ensure effective turnover of projects to Operations and Maintenance.
- Act as a liaison between Engineering, Operations, Quality, Validation, EHS, and Maintenance.
- Support training, knowledge transfer, and documentation related to new systems and equipment.
- Identify opportunities to improve safety, reliability, efficiency, and cost.
- Support Lean, TPM, automation, and digital manufacturing initiatives.
- Promote standardization and engineering best practices across the site.
- Projects delivered on time and within budget (90%)
- Contractor safety performance and compliance
- Effective project turnover and documentation completion
- Reduction in project‑related downtime and disruptions
- Successful startup and performance of new equipment
- On‑time closure of Change Controls, Deviations, and CAPAs (91%)
- Audit findings related to project execution (count/severity)
- Preventive maintenance readiness at project handover (100%)
- Reduction in repeat issues related to new installations
- Number of improvement initiatives supported
- Cost savings or avoidance achieved ($)
- Strong technical knowledge of manufacturing, packaging equipment, and utilities in a GMP‑regulated environment.
- Proven experience managing capital projects, equipment installations, and contractors.
- Solid understanding of GMP compliance, including change control, deviations, CAPAs, and equipment qualification (IQ/OQ/PQ).
- Experience supporting pharmaceutical manufacturing or packaging operations.
- Engineering degree or similar degree
• Lean Six Sigma Black Belt
- CMRP - Certified Maintenance & Reliability Professional
- Effective cross‑functional collaboration with Operations, QA, Validation, EHS, and Maintenance.
- Strong organizational, communication, and problem‑solving skills.
- Ability to lead individual projects while co-ordinating with site stakeholders
- Ability to co-host meetings with PMO
- Demonstrated knowledge of GMPs and Pharma standards
- Manage vendors and ensure CAPEX are in line with company policies and standards
- Cooperating and communicating with the project manager and other project participants and collaborating with senior engineers to create more efficient project methods and to maintain the project's profitability.
- Experience in Pharmaceutical Production or support, with a exposure to Technical Transfer of Pharmaceutical products and production is desirable but not essential based on the production skills demonstrated with evidence
- Knowledge and experience of pharmaceutical manufacturing processes, process development and validation,
- Exposure to automation, equipment installations, and validation activities.
- Experience supporting manufacturing and packaging operations.
- Working knowledge of HVAC, utilities, and facility systems.
About Dechra
Pharmaceutical Manufacturing2707 employeesFounded 1997
Private global veterinary pharmaceutical company developing, manufacturing, and selling medicines and related products exclusively for veterinary professionals.
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