Senior Project Manager - Engineering & Maintenance

Hovione•East Windsor, NJ

About The Position

Join a Market Leader Hovione is an independent family owned international group of companies. From the beginning, we have set ourselves above and apart through our innovative technological and productive capabilities, reaching a top spot in the world market as an integrated Contract Development and Manufacturing Company dedicated to helping Pharmaceutical Customers bring new and off-patent drugs to market. Our people are the main asset for our continued success. Reaching over 1950 team members, from 36 different nationalities, that are located across Asia, Europe and North America (Portugal, US, Macao, Ireland, China, Hong Kong, Japan, India, and Switzerland), including 4 production sites. Working at Hovione means reaching for innovation and excellence in everything we do: for our clients, our partners and, above all, our patients. That is why we are In it for life. You will be responsible to: Performs Engineering Design, Project Management, and Technical Support activities to Site Operations including Research and Development. Designs, procures, installs and qualifies processes, equipment, instruments, and tests manufacturing facilities to meet quality, safety, and productivity standards. Plans, designs and oversees construction and maintenance of structures, facilities, systems and components. Analyses and develops solutions to engineering problems related to manufacturing equipment and systems or the causes of component failures. Develops and applies engineering standards and procedures, guidelines and legal requirements and provides advice on issues within the engineering and maintenance field. Provide leadership to teams through subordinate managers or through complex matrix relationships. Integrate and coordinate project work across impacted areas to ensure impact to operations is minimized. Identify and solve complex problems leveraging the appropriate resources within or outside the department Actively engage and provide professional support as site SME to project teams in the areas of Design, Project Management, and Controls. Define the work scope and prepare overall schedules and budgets on various sized projects. Assists in developing requirements for budgeting standards. Examine requests for budget revisions, recommend approval or denial and draft correspondence. Present results of cost analysis and project status to Program Director & CAPEX Committee. Assist with updates to projections on cash flows, staffing plans, project progress, and contingency usage. Carry out assigned tasks and duties in a safe manner, in accordance with instructions, and to comply with environmental, health & safety rules/procedures, regulations and codes of practice We are looking to recruit a Candidate:

Requirements

University degree, or equivalent qualification in Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Civil or Industrial), Business or Construction Management (mandatory)
Extensive experience of Project Management and Controls with a variety of project delivery models (Design-Bid-Build, EPCM, CM).
Good experience on risk assessment and risk management for Capex projects
Extensive experience with Project Planning and Scheduling using typical market project tools
In-depth expertise with cost estimates and cost analysis
Specialized knowledge of engineering and construction management
Basic understanding of variance analysis
Ability to respond to audits
Comfortable overseeing complete project life cycle
Fluency in English is a requirement
Computer literate with good working knowledge of the MS Office package, Primavera, and AutoCAD.

Nice To Haves

PMI certification or similar (Desired)

Responsibilities

Performs Engineering Design, Project Management, and Technical Support activities to Site Operations including Research and Development.
Designs, procures, installs and qualifies processes, equipment, instruments, and tests manufacturing facilities to meet quality, safety, and productivity standards.
Plans, designs and oversees construction and maintenance of structures, facilities, systems and components.
Analyses and develops solutions to engineering problems related to manufacturing equipment and systems or the causes of component failures.
Develops and applies engineering standards and procedures, guidelines and legal requirements and provides advice on issues within the engineering and maintenance field.
Provide leadership to teams through subordinate managers or through complex matrix relationships.
Integrate and coordinate project work across impacted areas to ensure impact to operations is minimized.
Identify and solve complex problems leveraging the appropriate resources within or outside the department
Actively engage and provide professional support as site SME to project teams in the areas of Design, Project Management, and Controls.
Define the work scope and prepare overall schedules and budgets on various sized projects.
Assists in developing requirements for budgeting standards.
Examine requests for budget revisions, recommend approval or denial and draft correspondence.
Present results of cost analysis and project status to Program Director & CAPEX Committee.
Assist with updates to projections on cash flows, staffing plans, project progress, and contingency usage.
Carry out assigned tasks and duties in a safe manner, in accordance with instructions, and to comply with environmental, health & safety rules/procedures, regulations and codes of practice