Administrative & Laboratory Facilities Lead — GMP & Readiness

kbr; Richmond (VA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

KBR Sustainable Technology Solutions (STS) seeks an Administrative & Laboratory Building Area Lead to serve as the PMC owner's representative for planning, design integration, construction assurance, commissioning, qualification, operational readiness, and occupancy of the Administrative & Laboratory Building facilities supporting the Lilly client at Richmond.

This role requires coordinating across engineering, construction, quality, laboratory operations, facilities, IT, validation, and site

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in related Engineering or Architecture discipline.
• Minimum 10 years of experience with engineering and design of administrative and laboratory facilities on commercial or industrial capital projects.
• Strong knowledge of engineering, design, constructability, operability, and maintainability best practices and code requirements for administrative and laboratory buildings supporting pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or GMP-regulated facilities.
• Experience coordinating multidisciplinary engineering and design activities for capital projects in excess of $500M TIC.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate activities across Lilly stakeholders, the PMC team, EPCM contractor(s), laboratory planners, equipment suppliers, construction contractors, C&Q teams, and end users to ensure office, analytical laboratory, microbiology laboratory, quality control, quality assurance, technical services, and support spaces are delivered safely, compliantly, and in alignment with project cost, schedule, quality, and operational objectives.
• Provide leadership in facility programming, laboratory layout and workflow optimization, equipment integration, utility and infrastructure coordination, operational readiness planning, risk management, issue resolution, and stakeholder alignment while ensuring GMP, safety, environmental, ergonomic, and regulatory requirements are incorporated throughout project execution.
• Act as the primary integration point for all administrative and laboratory functions.
• Drive collaboration between engineering, construction, quality, laboratory operations, facilities, IT, validation, and site leadership organizations to ensure the building and its supporting systems are successfully commissioned, qualified, occupied, and transitioned into routine operations in support of the Richmond manufacturing campus.

Skills

Leadership

Project coordination

GMP knowledge

Regulatory compliance

Facilities design coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree in related Engineering or Architecture discipline

Professional Engineer (PE) license

Registered Architect (RA) license

Job description

KBR Sustainable Technology Solutions (STS) seeks an Administrative & Laboratory Building Area Lead to serve as the PMC owner's representative for planning, design integration, construction assurance, commissioning, qualification, operational readiness, and occupancy of the Administrative & Laboratory Building facilities supporting the Lilly client at Richmond.

This role requires coordinating across engineering, construction, quality, laboratory operations, facilities, IT, validation, and site