Project Manager - Laboratories / Offices / Warehouse / Site Infrastructure

Bayer • Columbus, OH

7h • $154,640 - $231,960

About The Position

The Project Manager — Laboratories / Offices / Warehouse / Site Infrastructure is accountable for planning and delivering support-facilities and site-development scope within a greenfield API and DP manufacturing campus. Reporting to the API / DP Greenfield CapEx Project Lead, the role leads assigned scope from design development through procurement coordination, construction, commissioning, qualification where applicable, and operational handover. It integrates laboratory, workplace, logistics, security, and site requirements to provide facilities ready to support manufacturing and campus operations.

The position will ultimately be based in New Albany, Ohio. Significant travel to design firms is initially required until design and construction teams transition onsite, anticipated for mid- to late summer 2027. Remote work may also be necessary until an onsite office is established, potentially as early as March 2027. Candidates currently residing in the Eastern and Midwestern sections of the United States are preferred. Relocation is available.

Assigned scope includes laboratories and laboratory support areas; offices, meeting rooms, employee amenities, training and operational-support spaces; warehouses and associated equipment and systems; site preparation and infrastructure; building services; and interfaces with campus utilities, communications, and manufacturing logistics. The project manager is responsible for coordinating requirements and design, managing budget, schedule and procurement, integrating construction and site activities, and leading commissioning and operational readiness through handover.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil, Mechanical, or Electrical Engineering, Construction Management, Architecture, or a related discipline.
• At least 10 years of relevant capital-project or construction-management experience.
• Demonstrated leadership of complex laboratory, warehouse, support-building, or industrial site-development projects.
• Working understanding of regulated laboratories and warehouses, building systems, site infrastructure, logistics, commissioning, and qualification interfaces.
• Proven multidisciplinary leadership, contractor-management, commercial awareness, and cost and schedule management skills.
• Fluent English required.

Nice To Haves

• Experience on projects exceeding USD 250 million is strongly preferred.
• Pharmaceutical or regulated manufacturing experience is preferred.
• Currently residing in the Eastern or Midwestern sections of the United States is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Establish the area execution strategy, scope baseline, building and site boundaries, delivery packages, and acceptance requirements.
• Consolidate requirements from Quality, laboratory users, Supply Chain, Facilities, EHS, Security, Digital, and the future operating organization.
• Lead coordination of architectural, structural, civil, building-services, laboratory, and warehouse-system designs.
• Ensure layouts support personnel and material flows, storage segregation, equipment access, maintainability, and future expansion.
• Coordinate laboratory equipment requirements, service connections, environmental conditions, and installation sequencing.
• Define warehouse capacity, storage conditions, receiving and shipping flows, and material-handling interfaces with Supply Chain.
• Maintain clear interfaces with manufacturing buildings, central utilities, and campus-wide digital systems.
• Own delivery against the approved area budget and schedule, including forecast inputs, progress assessment, and corrective actions.
• Coordinate procurement packages, supplier requirements, and equipment delivery priorities with Project Services.
• Lead technical specifications, technical bid evaluations, vendor reviews, and equipment acceptance activities.
• Assess changes for cost, schedule, operational impact, and readiness implications.
• Align building completion, equipment installation, occupancy, and qualification milestones with campus start-up requirements.
• Direct assigned construction activities through delivery partners and coordinate building and civil work fronts.
• Manage site-development sequencing, temporary access, laydown areas, traffic routes, and construction logistics within the assigned scope.
• Coordinate grading, drainage, roads, underground-service interfaces, and external connections with other project areas.
• Ensure permanent access, fire-service access, security, and logistics routes are available when required.
• Coordinate permitting and occupancy requirements with responsible specialists and authorities.
• Monitor installation quality and resolve field issues affecting buildings, laboratories, warehouses, and site works.
• Lead building-system turnover and commissioning, including HVAC, life-safety systems, controls, and security interfaces.
• Coordinate laboratory equipment installation, testing, qualification, and readiness with Quality and laboratory leadership.
• Coordinate warehouse equipment, controlled-storage systems, temperature-mapping activities where required, and digital-system readiness with responsible functions.
• Ensure operating documentation, asset records, training, maintenance requirements, and warranties are complete.
• Close or formally transfer punch-list items, defects, residual risks, and outstanding supplier obligations.
• Support phased occupancy and transition from construction use to permanent campus operations.

Benefits

• Health care
• Vision
• Dental
• Retirement
• PTO
• Sick leave
• Relocation is available
• Additional compensation may include a bonus or incentive compensation, if relevant

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior