Construction Director

QCS Staffing; North Carolina; On-site; USD 180,000 - 320,000; Part time

Job summary

QCS Staffing is seeking a Construction Director for an initial 12-month contract in North Carolina to lead a major life sciences construction program. The role focuses on delivering large-scale pharmaceutical facilities with strict regulatory requirements, safety, and schedule adherence.

The position requires strategic oversight, collaboration with senior client stakeholders, and robust governance to ensure successful execution across all project phases.

Qualifications

• Proven construction management leadership in large-scale pharma/biotech/regulated environments.
• Experience delivering greenfield facilities preferred.
• Strong experience managing multi-hundred-million-dollar programs.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership to the construction programme ensuring alignment with project objectives, safety, and schedule.
• Partner with senior stakeholders to establish and execute a delivery strategy with full planning and resource allocation.
• Develop and maintain Construction Execution Strategy, governance frameworks, and ensure PMP alignment.
• Lead constructability, operability, safety, logistics, and commissioning considerations during design development.

Skills

Construction leadership

Project delivery

Life sciences facilities

GMP environments

Job description

Construction Director – US, North Carolina – Initial 12-Month Contract – Life Sciences

How would you like the opportunity to support one of the largest biopharmaceutical projects in the country? If yes, then this is the assignment for you!

Our client is currently seeking the skills of a Construction Director to support their team. Our client develops and delivers life changing medicines to millions of people globally and as part of their growth. With their Drug Substance (DS) manufacturing network growing rapidly, they are committed to growing their portfolio of commercial biologics products supplied worldwide – and this is your opportunity to be involved!

What You’ll Deliver

• Provide strategic leadership and direction to the overall construction programme, ensuring alignment with client project objectives, business requirements, safety standards, and schedule commitments.
• Partner with the Project Director and senior client stakeholders throughout all CPDP stages to establish and execute a successful project delivery strategy, ensuring Stage 4 execution activities are fully planned, resourced, and controlled.
• Develop and maintain the Construction Execution Strategy, Construction Management Plan, and associated governance frameworks, ensuring alignment with the Project Management Plan (PMP) and wider project delivery objectives.
• Lead construction participation during design development, ensuring constructability, operability, maintainability, safety, logistics, and commissioning requirements are incorporated into the project design.

Experience required:

• Proven Construction Management experience delivering large-scale pharmaceutical, biotech, or highly regulated industrial projects, preferably
• greenfield facilities.
• Extensive experience in construction management and project delivery, with
• significant experience leading large-scale life sciences, pharmaceutical, biotech, or advanced manufacturing projects.
• Proven experience as a Construction Director, Senior Construction Manager, Project Director, or equivalent leadership role on projects exceeding $500M+ in value.
• Extensive pharmaceutical or GMP facility experience, including cleanrooms, laboratories, manufacturing areas, utilities, and regulated environments.