Engineering & Design Lead

Flexible & Integrated Technical Services, LLC; Añasco (PR); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

FITS LLC is seeking an Engineering & Design Lead to support a portfolio of capital, facility, and manufacturing projects at the Añasco site. You will lead multidisciplinary design coordination across architectural, civil, structural, mechanical, electrical, automation, and related disciplines, ensuring conformance with cGMP/GEP and applicable standards.

You will guide early project definition, coordinate RFPs, and drive design reviews with an emphasis on constructability, safety, and SDP

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Architecture, Construction Management or a related technical discipline.
• Fully bilingual in Spanish and English.
• Experience leading design activities for capital projects in regulated manufacturing environments.
• Knowledge of cGMP/GEP, NFPA, ASME standards and permitting requirements.
• Experience coordinating design deliverables from early scope through construction documentation.

Responsibilities

• Provide E&D Lead support for a portfolio of capital, facility, infrastructure, and manufacturing projects at the Añasco site.
• Lead multidisciplinary design coordination across architectural, civil, structural, mechanical/HVAC, process utilities, electrical, automation, fire protection, IT/OT, and related disciplines.
• Support early project definition, including scoping, URB, feasibility studies, concept development, and capital planning.
• Coordinate AE RFP development and governance through Basis of Design (BOD), construction documents, and design execution.
• Lead design reviews and ensure alignment with cGMP/GEP requirements, engineering standards, SDPs, and IDEA deliverables.
• Maintain an integrated design governance tracker covering deliverables, actions, decisions, risks, design gaps, and issue closure.
• Assess project readiness and identify gaps in URB, Concept, BOD, and other design-development stages.
• Coordinate design interfaces among project management, site stakeholders, engineering disciplines, AE partners, vendors, and construction teams.
• Support projects involving manufacturing relocations, automation, process equipment, utilities, infrastructure, and facility-condition improvements.
• Ensure designs consider material, personnel, and waste flows as well as constructability, operability, maintainability, EHS, and sustainability requirements.
• Monitor SDP compliance and tailor IDEA deliverables according to Alpha, Beta, or Gamma project requirements.
• Provide design-related construction support, technical issue resolution, document coordination, and review-by-exception throughout project execution.

Skills

Bilingual Spanish/English

Leadership

Cross-functional coordination

Regulated manufacturing

cGMP/GEP

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Architecture, Construction Management

Tools

Teams

SharePoint

OneNote

Bluebeam

Autodesk/ACC

Job description

For Engineering & Design (E&D) Lead services in the Capital Projects/Site Engineering area.

WHAT MAKES YOU A FIT:

The Technical Part:

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Architecture, Construction Management, or a related technical discipline and previous experience within the Pharmaceutical or Medical Devices industry.
• Fully Bilingual (Spanish & English)
• Shift: Administrative & according to business needs
• Proficiency with Teams, SharePoint, OneNote, Bluebeam, Autodesk/ACC, or comparable design and document-management platforms.
• Experience in:
  • Leading multidisciplinary engineering and design activities for capital projects in regulated manufacturing environments.
  • cGMP/GEP, engineering design standards, NFPA, applicable ASME standards, and building/permitting requirements.
  • Coordinating design deliverables from early scope and BOD development through construction documentation and execution support.
  • Managing design reviews, compliance trackers, action/decision/risk logs, and cross-functional issue closure.

The Personality Part:

• Our Next Piece is someone who treats everyone they meet like family, especially our resources, clients and team members. In other words, being a customer service pro is one your (many) talents. Being the Piece means you're full of bright ideas and eager to innovate, always bringing top-quality results to the table. Are you ready to take on this new challenge?

AS A PIECE OF FITS, YOU WILL: (The day-to-day on the job)

• Provide E&D Lead support for a portfolio of capital, facility, infrastructure, and manufacturing projects at the Añasco site.
• Lead multidisciplinary design coordination across architectural, civil, structural, mechanical/HVAC, process utilities, electrical, automation, fire protection, IT/OT, and related disciplines.
• Support early project definition, including scoping, URB, feasibility studies, concept development, and capital planning activities.
• Coordinate AE RFP development and provide governance through Basis of Design (BOD), construction documents, and design execution.
• Lead design reviews and ensure alignment with cGMP/GEP requirements, engineering standards, SDPs, and applicable IDEA deliverables.
• Maintain an integrated design governance tracker covering deliverables, actions, decisions, risks, design gaps, and issue closure.
• Assess project readiness and identify gaps in URB, Concept, BOD, and other design-development stages.
• Coordinate design interfaces among project management, site stakeholders, engineering disciplines, AE partners, vendors, and construction teams.
• Support projects involving manufacturing relocations, automation, process equipment, utilities, infrastructure, and facility-condition improvements.
• Ensure designs consider material, personnel, and waste flows as well as constructability, operability, maintainability, EHS, and sustainability requirements.
• Monitor SDP compliance and tailor IDEA deliverables according to applicable Alpha, Beta, or Gamma project requirements.
• Provide design-related construction support, technical issue resolution, document coordination, and review-by-exception throughout project execution.

WHO WE ARE:

We are a Service Provider companydifferent from the rest. We pride ourselves in how we treat the most important piece of our company's puzzle: you! We integrate Engineering, Construction, Maintenance, Utilities and Specialized Technical services across the Island (and in the US as well!). Our company is flexible, family-oriented and focused on our resources' well-being, while providing our Pharmaceutical, Medical Device and Manufacturing industryclients with top-notch quality talent. We're FITS!

Are you the next piece?