Pharma Capital Projects Lead: Engineering & Facilities

Thermofisher Scientific; Horsham; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Thermo Fisher Scientific is seeking a Project Manager to lead initiation activities and manage a portfolio of capital projects aligned with the site’s strategic objectives. The role focuses on Engineering, Facilities, operational efficiency improvements, and the evaluation and implementation of new technologies that support customer and business requirements.

You will work closely with the CAPEX Project Management Team, project sponsors, and Senior Leadership Team to provide engineering and

Qualifications

• Degree, HND, or equivalent qualification in Engineering, Project Management, or a related technical discipline.
• Prince2 Agile, Project Management qualification, or equivalent preferred.
• Membership of a recognized Project Management organization (e.g., APM) preferred.
• Strong project management experience delivering multiple complex engineering and facilities projects.

Responsibilities

• Lead project initiation activities, ensuring alignment with site strategy and business objectives.
• Develop Annual Operating Plan (AOP) submissions to meet future site requirements.
• Conduct feasibility studies to identify facility, process, and system improvement opportunities and generate prefunding requests where required.
• Collaborate with stakeholders across all business functions and establish effective relationships with Senior Leadership Team members.
• Evaluate project viability, including financial justification and business case development.
• Identify and quantify business benefits resulting from project investments.
• Develop Capital Expenditure Requests (CERs) and supporting documentation to enable timely project approval and execution.
• Manage equipment selection, specification development, procurement, and implementation of pharmaceutical packaging and engineering systems.
• Provide technical expertise on both existing and emerging engineering technologies.
• Develop comprehensive project plans covering deliverables, timelines, resources, responsibilities, risks, and expected benefits.
• Perform technical evaluations and assessments to support equipment and process selection.
• Support benchmarking activities and best-practice sharing across Thermo Fisher Scientific sites globally.
• Deliver projects safely, on schedule, within budget, and to defined quality standards.
• Support the development of technical documentation, including qualification protocols, specifications, user requirements, validation documentation, and regulatory submissions.
• Act as SME for new technologies and provide technical support to Operational Engineering and Facilities teams.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder mgmt

Cost justification

CAPEX

Education

Engineering degree

HND or equivalent

Tools

Microsoft Office

Project management tools

Job description

Thermo Fisher Scientific is seeking a Project Manager to lead initiation activities and manage a portfolio of capital projects aligned with the site’s strategic objectives. The role focuses on Engineering, Facilities, operational efficiency improvements, and the evaluation and implementation of new technologies that support customer and business requirements.

You will work closely with the CAPEX Project Management Team, project sponsors, and Senior Leadership Team to provide engineering and