CQV Project Manager

Morgan McKinley; Athlone; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Morgan McKinley seeks an experienced Project Manager to lead capital pharmaceutical projects, with direct CQV management and strong cross-functional collaboration across Engineering, Quality, and Operations. The role emphasizes delivering projects through commissioning, qualification, and validation in line with GMP and regulatory expectations.

The candidate will coordinate multidisciplinary teams, drive schedules, manage risks, and ensure on-time delivery of turnover and commissioning

Qualifications

• Experience leading capital pharmaceutical manufacturing projects.
• Direct experience managing CQV activities.
• Ability to coordinate cross-functional teams and vendors.
• Knowledge of GMP, regulatory, and EHS standards.

Responsibilities

• Lead project planning, execution, monitoring, and control activities.
• Develop and maintain detailed project schedules and recovery plans.
• Manage risks, issues, and change controls.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary teams including Engineering, CQV, Operations, Quality, Automation, Process Engineering, and Vendors.
• Drive project performance against key milestones and deliverables.
• Facilitate project meetings and provide status updates to senior leadership.
• Identify critical path activities and develop mitigation plans for schedule risks.
• Ensure turnover packages are completed and transferred in accordance with project requirements.
• Coordinate commissioning and qualification activities to support startup and validation readiness.
• Manage vendor relationships and ensure delivery in accordance with contract commitments.
• Ensure project execution complies with GMP, regulatory, EHS, and company standards.

Skills

Project management

Cross-functional leadership

Schedule management

Risk & change control

CQV coordination

Job description

We are seeking an experienced Project Manager to support the capital project. The successful candidate will be responsible for leading project execution, managing schedule delivery, coordinating cross-functional teams, and ensuring the project progresses through commissioning, qualification, and validation activities in line with regulatory requirements.

A strong background in pharmaceutical manufacturing projects and direct experience managing CQV activities is essential.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead project planning, execution, monitoring, and control activities.
• Develop and maintain detailed project schedules and recovery plans.
• Manage, risks, issues, and change controls.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary teams including Engineering, CQV, Operations, Quality, Automation, Process Engineering, and Vendors.
• Drive project performance against key milestones and deliverables.
• Facilitate project meetings and provide clear status updates to senior leadership.
• Identify critical path activities and develop mitigation plans for schedule risks.
• Ensure turnover packages are completed and transferred in accordance with project requirements.
• Coordinate commissioning and qualification activities to support startup and validation readiness.
• Manage vendor relationships and ensure delivery in accordance with contract commitments.
• Ensure project execution complies with GMP, regulatory, EHS, and company standards.