Project Manager-Engineering- CAPEX-Pharma

EFOR (formerly Process Engineering Specialists); Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

PES International seeks a Project Engineering Manager to lead CAPEX projects in the Life Sciences sector, from Concept through Handover. You will manage scope, schedule, cost, and risk while coordinating engineering teams, vendors, and contractors in a Singapore-based permanent role.

The role emphasizes HSE, GMP environments, stakeholder alignment, and robust project control practices to deliver high-quality outcomes for multinational clients.

Qualifications

• Engineering degree with CAPEX project delivery experience.
• Experience from concept through handover in Life Sciences.
• Strong knowledge of safety, quality, and regulatory requirements.

Responsibilities

• Develop project charters, business cases, and initiation docs.
• Create and maintain project schedules, cost estimates, and forecasts.
• Manage risks across safety, quality, technical and execution areas.
• Lead sourcing, tendering, and vendor selection.
• Coordinate engineering consultants, contractors, and third parties.
• Oversee construction activities, commissioning and handover.
• Ensure compliance with project and HSE requirements.

Skills

Project controls

Stakeholder management

HSE & GMP environments

Vendor & contract management

Cross-functional collaboration

Risk management

Education

Engineering degree

Job description

PES is an international services company providing Project Management, Construction Management, Commissioning & Qualification and Automation services to our clients in the pharmaceutical, nutritional and related sectors.

With offices across Europe, Asia and US, our core focus is on consistently delivering high-quality outcomes for our multinational clients.

This focus, and our people's experience in delivering consistent quality results for our clients over the past 20 years has been key to our success to date.

We are currently looking for a Project Engineering Manager to join us on a permanent role to help us deliver various projects in the Life Sciences Industry.

Key Attributes/Responsibilities

• Develop Project Charters, Business Cases, CAPEX requests and project initiation documentation, defining scope, objectives and execution strategy.
• Develop and maintain project schedules, WBS/CBS, cost estimates, forecasts and project control plans.
• Manage project risks across safety, quality, technical, functional and execution areas, including change control and reporting processes.
• Lead sourcing and procurement activities including technical specifications, BOQs, tendering, vendor selection and contract award.
• Manage and coordinate engineering consultants, contractors, vendors and third parties, ensuring compliance with project and HSE requirements.
• Lead project reviews including Technical Quality Reviews, constructability reviews, Stage Gates and statutory approvals where required.
• Monitor and control project performance against cost, schedule, scope, quality and risk, managing changes, claims, deficiencies and deviations.
• Oversee construction, equipment installation, FAT, SAT, inspections, commissioning, technical acceptance and project handover.
• Degree in Engineering or related technical discipline, with strong experience delivering CAPEX projects from Concept/Design through Procurement, Construction, Commissioning and Handover.
• Strong capability in project controls, contractor/vendor management, HSE, GMP engineering environments and cross-functional stakeholder management.

We are currently looking for candidates in Singapore.

PES International operates as an equal opportunity employer. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate on the grounds of age, race, religion, sexual orientation or any other factors with no bearing to employment skills and we confirm that we are happy to accept applications from persons of any background for this role.