Senior Project Manager 1692

Senior Project Manager 1692

SimoTech have an opportunity for an experienced
Senior Project Manager to work with a leading
multinational Biopharma client based in Cork, Ireland.

The Senior Project Manager will be
responsible for the full lifecycle delivery of major capital investment
projects within a GMP environment, ensuring safe, on time, and on budget
execution of complex manufacturing, cleanroom, utilities, and infrastructure
works in full regulatory compliance, while working closely with a variety of
business units from Engineering, to Supply Chain and Finance.

This
role presents the potential opportunity for international travel of up to 20 -30%,
which may include weekends and multi week stays.

Requirements

Key Responsibilities

• Act as main point of contact for capital investments leading external
  partners and ensuring delivery to safety, GMP, quality, cost, and schedule
  standards.
  
• Lead the full project
  lifecycle from concept, feasibility, and business case development through
  detailed design, construction, commissioning, qualification, and handover to
  operations
  
•  Manage medium and
  large -scale capital projects within pharmaceutical GMP manufacturing
  environments
  
•  Develop and maintain accurate
  project plans, schedules, cost forecasts, risk registers, and governance
  structures
  
• Ensure compliance with
  cGMP, GxP, EHS, Lean and corporate engineering standards throughout project
  execution
  
• Lead and coordinate
  multi -disciplinary project teams including engineering, quality, validation,
  operations, procurement, and external partners
  
• Lead contractor and
  supplier management including selection, contract negotiation, performance
  management, and change
  
• Drive rigorous cost
  control, from estimation to management, change management, and risk mitigation
  to meet approved investment objectives and operational cash flow requirements
  
• Drive stage gate reviews of
  projects in planning and execution phases to ensure strategy, timelines,
  sequences, resources are optimised for successful project delivery
  
• Interface with regulatory
  and quality organizations to support inspections, audits, and regulatory
  submissions as required
  
• Ensure safe execution of
  works through strong health & safety leadership and application of
  best -in -class safety practices
  
• Provide concise,
  decision -focused reporting to senior leadership and investment governance
  forums, clearly articulating risks, trade -offs, and mitigation strategies.
  
• Support long term capital
  planning and strategic manufacturing footprint initiatives
  

Key Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in
  engineering (Process, Chemical, or Mechanical); Master’s degree ideally
  
• Over 15 years of
  experience delivering large scale capital projects within the pharmaceutical,
  biotechnology, or regulated life sciences industry
  
• Professional Project
  Management certification (Eg:PMP, Prince2,) highly preferred
  
• Experience in small and
  large molecule API manufacturing is preferred 
  
• Demonstrated track
  record delivering multiple large -scale pharmaceutical capital projects,
  including at least one project or program exceeding $25M in value.
  
• Strong knowledge of
  cGMP, GxP, cleanroom design, pharmaceutical utilities, and validation
  principles
  
• Demonstrated leadership
  of large, cross -functional and multicultural project teams
  
• Extensive experience
  working with external vendors and complex supply chains
  
• Advanced project
  management skills including cost control, scheduling, risk management, and
  governance
  
• Excellent stakeholder
  management, communication, and executive reporting capabilities.
  

Benefits

What SimoTech Can Offer

Role provides a high degree
of autonomy to allow the successful candidate to reach their full potential.

Develop new skills and
enhance technical ability by working with innovative technologies in a
multi -disciplined environment.

Opportunity to work with
large corporate clients on exciting capital projects.