What are the responsibilities and job description for the Project Manager position at Verista?
Looking for an exciting opportunity at a fast growing, employee-oriented company? Verista’s 500 experts team up with the world’s most recognizable brands in the life science industry to solve their business needs. Whether it’s compliance, quality management, verification, validation, automation, IT infrastructure, data analysis, manufacturing, or packaging, we deliver solutions that are right the first time.
Verista’s experts include SMEs across the spectrum of pharma, medical devices and biotech industries. As a result, we’re uniquely capable of offering transformative, integrated solutions, new perspectives, and consistent results.
Our ability to grow is driven by world-class people who thrive in a team environment and share our mission to enable our clients to improve the quality of patient healthcare worldwide. Our talented and dedicated professionals are committed to making an impact every day.
We deliver solutions that are right the first time.
This role will be our initial assignment with a new customer and will require an experienced candidate to support this new GMP R&D pilot plant lab facility construction and start-up project. The project is an extremely interesting and impactful one, with a client with an extraordinary vision to reduce climate change!
Typical Responsibilities Include:
- Have a commercial building engineering and construction background with a construction management perspective.
- Working understanding of pharmaceutical project management of automated equipment integration projects.
- Listing of important capabilities include:
- Monitor and help drive the overall construction process
- Assurance of GMP compliance on project initiative
- Managing/tracking labor hours reported on the project for TCIR
- Promote a safety culture and hold all involved to a high standard of safety
- Provide daily/weekly updates per client request:
- Tasks completed
- Schedule conformance
- Tasks not completed as planned, reasons why and plans to adjust schedule as needed
- Identify upcoming risks to project schedule and plans to mitigate
- Read/understand construction blueprints – mechanical, piping and electrical
- Support the coordination of onsite activities – construction, engineering,etc.
- Review construction bids and proposals from contractors
- Monitor project budget status by contractor and overall
- Publish meeting minutes and project update communication to client and project team members
- Facilite communication among stakeholders
- Coordinate and promote teamwork across project team – engineering, construction contractors, suppliers, and client personnel
- Act in the best interests of the client in all aspects of the project
- Review and approve any documents as authorized by the client
Requirements
- A minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in an Engineering or Scientific degree.
- Previous successful medium to large project management leadership experience in pharmaceuticals, medical device, animal health or related areas.
- Strong interpersonal management skills.
- Knowledge of project management cost controls, planning and organization.
- Good understanding and experience with project management capital delivery processes for projects. These attributes include an overall basic understanding of contracts and contracting, procurement, project forecasting and development and budget management, change order management, risk management within the Pharma / bio tech industries.
- Strong analytical problem-solving skills.
Benefits
Because employees are the key to our success, Verista offers strong benefits and incentives including:
- Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance
- 401(k) Retirement Plan with a company match
- Paid Time Off Pay
- Tuition Reimbursement
- 9 Company Paid Holidays
- Paid Long Term & Short Term Disability Insurance
- Training and Development
- Paid Maternity Leave and Parental Leave
- Travel Bonus
- Employee Referral Program
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Marriage Leave
- Bereavement
- Verista is an Equal Opportunity Employer
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Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $130,000.00 - $180,000.00 per year
