Project Executive (Life Sciences)

Role Overview

Workplace and Travel

• Work may alternate between the Durham, North Carolina headquarters office and client locations.
• The role includes office and site-based work, site travel, and construction-site inspections in varied weather conditions.
• A valid driver's license is required.

Responsibilities

• Direct construction projects from conception through completion.
• Develop execution strategies, logistics plans, safety plans, budgets, schedules, and work plans.
• Review contracts, construction documents, and project processes.
• Track project costs, budget, schedule, quality, risks, and overall performance.
• Conduct site walkthroughs and provide feedback to contractors and subcontractors.
• Manage quality control, document control, communications, and contractor and consultant contracts.
• Prepare project reports and implement improvements to efficiency, quality, and safety.
• Build collaborative relationships with clients, owners, users, design teams, contractors, and local authorities.

Required Qualifications

• Requires 15–20 years managing complex life science capital projects.
• Requires a related technical bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• Requires experience managing life science projects over $20M, including construction, renovation, and infrastructure upgrades.
• Requires cGMP facility design, build, qualification, and maintenance expertise.
• Requires experience with pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or life sciences facility design, construction, commissioning, and operation.
• Requires regulated-environment knowledge including FDA regulations, GEP, cGMP, GDP, and applicable CFR requirements.
• Requires strong budgeting, scoping, estimating, stakeholder management, and cross-functional leadership skills.

Relevant Technologies

• Relevant experience may include manufacturing and utilities systems, clean and aseptic rooms, CIP, SIP, autoclaves, VHP sterilization, and sterile-fill facilities.
• Relevant platforms may include controlled environments, pharmaceutical manufacturing processes, GMP warehousing, and automated storage and retrieval systems.

Physical Requirements

• Must use required on-site safety gear, including hard hat, glasses, and safety harness.
• Must be able to traverse construction sites, perform inspections, and may lift up to 30 pounds.

Benefits

• Benefits include 401(k) with employer contribution, cell phone allowance, employer-paid life and long-term disability insurance, medical, dental, vision, paid time off, and holidays.