Engineering Manager Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Architecture, Construction Management, Building Technology, or another related technical discipline required.
• At least 8 years of progressively responsible experience in senior project management, program management, engineering leadership, or client-side leadership of complex and technically demanding projects.
• Demonstrated experience serving as an owner's representative, client-side project manager, engineering lead, or senior program management counterpart.
• Broad understanding of technical building systems, infrastructure, laboratory environments, user integration, operational requirements, and project delivery interfaces.
• Demonstrated experience managing and influencing external PMOs, engineering firms, consultants, contractors, and other technical service providers.
• Experience working within complex, international, and matrixed organizations, including interaction with U.S. and global stakeholders.
• Strong strategic and analytical thinking skills, with the ability to evaluate complex technical and business issues and translate them into practical recommendations.
• Ability to effectively speak, read, write, and understand English to perform the essential functions of the position, including independently understanding English-language policies, procedures, training materials, and workplace communications.

Nice To Haves

• Advanced degree in a relevant discipline.
• Experience supporting complex building, infrastructure, laboratory, R&D, life sciences, pharmaceutical, manufacturing, or other regulated environments.
• Experience supporting large-scale, complex capital or real estate projects.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the senior U.S. representative and primary point of contact for GREM Engineering on assigned strategic, complex, and technically demanding projects.
• Represent Fresenius Kabi's engineering interests and provide visible, accountable leadership across U.S. project initiatives.
• Translate global GREM Engineering standards, methodologies, governance requirements, templates, quality gates, and best practices into effective local implementation.
• Provide senior-level technical and program assessments and recommendations to GREM Engineering leadership and appropriate governance bodies.
• Support the continued development and professionalization of GREM Engineering capabilities and project governance across the U.S. portfolio.
• Serve as the senior owner-side engineering counterpart to external PMOs responsible for program and project delivery.
• Provide strategic direction, oversight, and constructive challenge regarding integrated project scope, schedules, budgets, forecasts, risks, changes, dependencies, reporting, and decision-making.
• Identify governance gaps, unmanaged interfaces, emerging risks, and significant project concerns, and ensure appropriate escalation and resolution.
• Provide owner-side priorities and direction while maintaining a clear distinction between Fresenius Kabi's oversight responsibilities and the external PMO's operational execution responsibilities.
• Evaluate complex, cross-disciplinary technical issues to determine business relevance, project impact, risk exposure, and appropriate specialist involvement.
• Integrate considerations across office, laboratory, building infrastructure, user requirements, construction, commissioning, operational readiness, relocation, and project handover.
• Ensure technical matters are directed to qualified internal or external subject matter experts, including engineering, design, construction, validation, HSE, IT, security, and operational specialists.
• Lead collaboration across complex, cross-functional stakeholder groups, including GREM Engineering, U.S. business leadership, User Representatives, Change Leads, Facility Management, Transaction Management, external PMOs, and project delivery partners.
• Support alignment among office, laboratory, relocation, change management, infrastructure, and other related project workstreams.
• Provide senior-level oversight and challenge of project scope, schedule, cost, risk, change, quality, and reporting information.
• Identify significant deviations, emerging risks, unresolved technical issues, and governance concerns early, and ensure appropriate assessment and escalation.
• Partner with the external PMO and relevant stakeholders to ensure decisions are appropriately prepared and supported by complete and reliable information.
• Promote integrated planning across construction completion, commissioning, documentation, operational readiness, relocation, and final project handover.
• Support successful transition from project delivery into operational use by ensuring appropriate coordination among project teams, business stakeholders, and operational functions.

Benefits

• 401(k) plan with company contributions
• Paid vacation
• Holiday and personal days
• Employee assistance program
• Medical coverage
• Prescription drug coverage
• Dental coverage
• Vision coverage
• Life insurance
• Disability coverage
• Wellness program