Head of Project Engineering

Scientific Protein Laboratories•Waunakee, WI

6d•Onsite

About The Position

The Head of Project Engineering manages the Engineering team at Scientific Protein Laboratories’ Waunakee site. The role provides technical guidance on projects and process scale-up and oversees project engineers and capital projects from initiation through start-up and closure documentation, ensuring internal policies and procedures are followed. The position calls for a high degree of professionalism, independence, and ownership. This working-leader role owns the site capital project portfolio, project budgets and capital appropriation, engineering standards and governance, commissioning and qualification activities, and the engineering drafting and drawing management function. It works closely with site leadership and cross-functional partners to deliver projects that meet manufacturing, quality, compliance, reliability, and customer needs.

Requirements

Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering or a related scientific discipline.
10+ years of engineering experience in a chemical or pharmaceutical production environment, or equivalent.
5+ years of experience working in a regulated environment, including ISO, cGMP, and OSHA 1910.119 (PSM).
3+ years of experience managing capital projects.

Nice To Haves

Chemical or Mechanical Engineering degree preferred.
Advanced degree in a scientific discipline or other technical area.

Responsibilities

Lead, develop, and prioritize the Project Engineering team’s work, assigning projects based on workload, site priority, and project requirements.
Mentor engineers, develop technical capability and career paths, and lead succession planning.
Own capital project intake, prioritization, scheduling, and engineering resource balancing; support capital planning and develop the long-range engineering roadmap with the Director and site leadership.
Develop capital appropriation requests, forecast and control project costs, and report project financial performance to site leadership.
Directly manage and execute selected capital projects.
Lead the commissioning, qualification, and validation lifecycle for capital projects, including URS, design qualification, FAT/SAT, and IQ/OQ/PQ, coordinating with Quality and Validation.
Manage development, tracking, and delivery of system turnover packages for handover to Manufacturing and Maintenance.
Manage external engineering firms, equipment vendors, and construction contractors, including scope definition, bid evaluation, and oversight of design, fabrication, installation, and construction.
Establish and enforce project governance, engineering standards, documentation practices, and stage-gate and design-review discipline.
Develop and maintain engineering design standards, equipment and instrumentation specifications, and design-basis documentation.
Coordinate with Manufacturing, Quality, EHS, Automation & Electrical Maintenance Engineering, Reliability & Compliance, CSV, and customer programs.
Partner with Manufacturing and Quality to align project scope, timing, and change control with production and compliance needs.
Coordinate automation, reliability, and validation integration with relevant engineering and compliance functions.
Own the site engineering drafting and drawing management function, including CAD standards, drawing numbering, and revision control.
Ensure engineering drawings, including P&IDs, facility and equipment layouts, and electrical and mechanical drawings, are accurate, current, organized, and available in their latest approved revision.
Lead continuous improvement and operational efficiency projects to improve reliability, throughput, operating costs, and manufacturing performance.
Serve as the primary engineering interface for customer-driven capital and process projects.
Work with the Quality Systems group to manage the Change Control Program.
Implement metrics to monitor effectiveness and continual improvement of assigned functions.
Support off-work-hour emergency situations that compromise facility preparedness to support normal business functions.