Engineer

Job type:; Winnipeg; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

BioTalent Canada seeks an experienced project leader to manage multiple complex engineering capital projects, aligning them with company strategies and regulatory requirements. You will guide cross-functional teams, develop baselines, manage procurement, and drive improvements.

The role requires 5+ years in biopharma project/construction management and strong communication across all levels. The Winnipeg-based opportunity emphasizes safety, efficiency, reliability, and on-time delivery within a

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in a biopharmaceutical or related environment in a project or construction management related role.
• BS in Engineering, Science, Project/Program Management, or Management or equivalent experience.
• Tech emphasis will vary by site; guide site to top quartile operational safety, efficiency, and reliability for these technologies.
• Ability to think and act both strategically and tactically.
• Highly effective verbal and written communicator at all levels of the organization.
• Demonstrated ability to prioritize and coordinate multiple simultaneous projects and activities.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications.
• OTJ experience with project lifecycle best practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead multiple capital projects and initiatives with cross-functional project teams.
• Identify user requirements and guide stakeholders on cost, schedule, function, and risk trade-offs.
• Develop project scopes and align expectations with standards, guidelines, regulations, and procedures.
• Develop baseline PM plans with execution-level tasks and resources to identify critical path and expenditures.
• Facilitate design and equipment RFPs, design packages, specifications, and reviews.
• Monitor milestones and activities to ensure timely delivery of deliverables.
• Manage communications with stakeholders, including team members and management.
• Oversee procurement, vendor selection, constructability reviews, submittals, commissioning protocols, and regulatory submissions.
• Engage with project teams to drive continuous improvement and knowledge transfer.
• Identify areas to reduce costs through lessons learned and targeted improvements.
• Resolve issues with professional judgment and adapt to diverse project scopes.
• Drive complete execution of assigned projects with high team engagement.

Skills

Strategic thinking

Multi-project management

Verbal communication

Written communication

Prioritization

MS Office

OTJ experience

Education

BS in Engineering/Science/PM/Management

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Development and Management of multiple complex engineering capital projects. Provide leadership and direction to project team members and stakeholders to ensure that projects are aligned with company strategies, compliance expectations and business needs through established key KPIs.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

Reasonable accommodation will be provided to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

With minimal oversight from their manager, leads and manages multiple capital projects and other initiatives simultaneously (medium to high complexity) for various stakeholders and clients using cross-functional project teams

• Assists in the identification of user requirements and uses engineering knowledge to guide stakeholders in understanding of trade-offs amongst cost, schedule, function, and risk
• Coordinates the development of project scopes and aligns expectations with the project team and stakeholders applying appropriate standards, guidelines, regulations, and procedures.
• Develops and formalizes baseline project management plans at execution level granularity of tasks, resource requirements, so that critical path and expenditures can be identified and managed.
• Facilitates and participates in the development of design and equipment RFPs, design packages and specifications, and design document reviews
• Monitors milestones and task activities to ensure timely completion of project deliverables
• Manage communication flows to project stakeholders, including team members, management, program, and functional organizations
• Responsible for managing procurement and vendor/contractor selection, constructability reviews, approval of submittals, field execution, commissioning protocol development and execution, and oversight and review of validation plan and regulatory submission strategy
• Engages with other members of the Project Engineering and SME’s on project teams to drive continuous improvement, knowledge transfer, and professional growth of both them and their colleagues
• Identifies areas to drive down project costs through lessons learned and develop specific improvement strategies to realize these savings.
• Experienced professional with full understanding of work; resolves a wide range of issues in creative ways.
• Works on problems of increasingly diverse scope; analysis of situation/data requires evaluation of identifiable factors.
• Demonstrates good judgment in selecting methods and techniques for resolving issues and obtaining solutions.
• Receives little instruction from supervisors, generalized instructions on new assignments. Defines project parameters and aligns with stakeholders.
• Drive the complete execution of assigned projects in a manner that drives high engagement from project team members.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature of work performed by those in this job. It is not an exhaustive list of all duties, and other duties may be assigned.

EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE, SKILLS

• A minimum of 5 years of experience in a biopharmaceutical or related environment in a project or construction management related role
• BS in Engineering, Science, Project/Program Management, or Management or equivalent experience
• Technology/Equipment (DP/DS/Clinical/Commercial/SS/SU) emphasis will vary by site, candidate is expected to be able to guide site to top quartile operational safety, efficiency, and reliability for these technologies.
• Ability to think and act both strategically and tactically
• Highly effective verbal and written communicator at all levels of the organization
• Demonstrated ability to effectively prioritize and coordinate multiple simultaneous projects and activities
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications
• OTJ Experience with Project lifecycle best practices