Automation Project Manager

QCS Staffing Ltd; Kentucky; On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

QCS Staffing Ltd is seeking an Automation Project Manager to support a major pharmaceutical build in Ohio. You will lead deployment and readiness across sites, collaborating with Automation Engineering, IT, Cybersecurity, Infrastructure and vendors to keep the program on track.

The role requires strong governance, risk and dependency management, and the ability to communicate milestones and leadership updates clearly across multiple organizations.

Qualifications

• Experience managing technical, engineering, infrastructure, automation, or manufacturing projects.
• Proven ability to coordinate large cross-functional teams.
• Strong track record in risk, issue, action, and dependency management.
• Experience coordinating stakeholders across multiple organizations.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate automation project activities, ensuring deployment and readiness across multiple sites.
• Establish and maintain project governance, including action tracking, risk mitigation and escalation processes.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including Automation Engineering, IT, Cybersecurity, Infrastructure, Equipment Vendors and Programme Management.
• Oversee readiness planning and deployment activities for automation platforms, infrastructure, equipment and manufacturing operations.
• Prepare and present project status updates, readiness dashboards, milestone reports and leadership communications.
• Drive stakeholder engagement and accountability, ensuring actions, risks, issues and dependencies are effectively managed through to completion.

Skills

Project management

Cross-functional coordination

Risk/issue/dependency management

Stakeholder coordination

Job description

Automation Project Manager - Ohio - 12 months

Be part of a next-generation pharmaceutical project that’s transforming how medicines are made.

We’re supporting a major new-build facility in Ohio, a multi-billion-dollar investment designed to push the boundaries of science and engineering. We’re looking for an Automation Project Manager to support this project and help deliver this world-class program.

What You’ll Deliver

• Lead and coordinate automation project activities, ensuring successful deployment and operational readiness across multiple sites.
• Establish and maintain project governance, including action tracking, dependency management, risk mitigation and escalation processes.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including Automation Engineering, IT, Cybersecurity, Infrastructure, Equipment Vendors and Programme Management.
• Oversee readiness planning and deployment activities for automation platforms, infrastructure, equipment and manufacturing operations.
• Prepare and present project status updates, readiness dashboards, milestone reports and leadership communications.
• Drive stakeholder engagement and accountability, ensuring actions, risks, issues and dependencies are effectively managed through to completion.

What You’ll Need

• Experience of project management experience supporting technical, engineering, infrastructure, automation, or manufacturing projects.
• Demonstrated experience coordinating large cross-functional teams.
• Strong experience with risk, issue, action, and dependency management.
• Experience leading stakeholder coordination efforts across multiple organizations.