Engineering Manager

Actalent; United States; Hybrid; USD 99,000 - 132,000; Full time

Job summary

Actalent is seeking an Engineering Manager in Philadelphia to serve as the Owner’s representative, directing multidisciplinary engineering efforts and ensuring alignment with business, safety, and regulatory goals.

You will govern design, interfaces, and approvals while coordinating with consultants, the engineer of record, construction partners, and vendors. The role demands leadership, strong communications, and deep cGMP knowledge for complex capital projects.

Qualifications

• Minimum 15 years of progressive engineering experience, including substantial responsibility for multidisciplinary capital projects in regulated manufacturing industries.
• Experience with design-bid-build, design-build, EPCM, construction-management, or integrated project-delivery models.
• Demonstrated experience serving as an Engineering Manager, Owners Representative, Design Manager, or comparable technical leader on complex projects.
• Strong working knowledge of cGMP requirements, equipment qualification and validation, process and clean utilities, automation interfaces, facility systems, construction, commissioning, and operational readiness.
• Ability to distinguish Owner oversight from the contractual responsibilities of designers, the engineer of record, contractors, and vendors.
• Strong commercial awareness and the ability to evaluate technical decisions in relation to cost, schedule, risk, procurement, contracts, and lifecycle value.
• Excellent leadership, facilitation, negotiation, written communication, and executive-presentation skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, Microsoft Project, document-management systems, scheduling and project-controls tools, and common engineering collaboration platforms.

Responsibilities

• Act as the Owners primary engineering representative and single point of coordination for multidisciplinary engineering matters.
• Translate the Owners business, manufacturing, operational, maintenance, safety, quality, and regulatory requirements into clear project criteria and engineering priorities.
• Establish and maintain the engineering execution strategy, design-governance process, decision authorities, review gates, deliverable requirements, and technical interfaces.
• Direct and coordinate the activities of engineering consultants, the engineer of record, construction partners, vendors, and specialist advisors while preserving clear contractual accountability.
• Monitor engineering performance against approved scope, budget, schedule, quality, and risk objectives; identify variances and lead timely recovery or mitigation actions.
• Facilitate timely technical decisions, document Owner approvals, and elevate material issues with clear options, impacts, and recommendations.
• Lead alignment among operations, maintenance, automation, quality, validation, EHS, procurement, construction, commissioning, and project controls stakeholders.
• Promote a collaborative, accountable, and safety-focused project culture while representing the Owners interests in all technical discussions.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Engineering governance

Multidisciplinary coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Tools

Microsoft Office

Microsoft Project

Document management systems

Scheduling tools

Job description

Job Title: Engineering Manager

Job Description

The Engineering Manager will serve as the Owners Representative, providing leadership, governance, and technical oversight for engineering activities throughout the project life cycle. This role is crucial in protecting the Owners business, operational, safety, quality, cost, schedule, and regulatory interests, while coordinating with design firms, contractors, vendors, site stakeholders, and internal functions. The Engineering Manager ensures that technical solutions are fit for purpose, compliant, constructible, maintainable, and aligned with approved project objectives.

Responsibilities

• Act as the Owners primary engineering representative and single point of coordination for multidisciplinary engineering matters.
• Translate the Owners business, manufacturing, operational, maintenance, safety, quality, and regulatory requirements into clear project criteria and engineering priorities.
• Establish and maintain the engineering execution strategy, design-governance process, decision authorities, review gates, deliverable requirements, and technical interfaces.
• Direct and coordinate the activities of engineering consultants, the engineer of record, construction partners, vendors, and specialist advisors while preserving clear contractual accountability.
• Monitor engineering performance against approved scope, budget, schedule, quality, and risk objectives; identify variances and lead timely recovery or mitigation actions.
• Facilitate timely technical decisions, document Owner approvals, and elevate material issues with clear options, impacts, and recommendations.
• Lead alignment among operations, maintenance, automation, quality, validation, EHS, procurement, construction, commissioning, and project controls stakeholders.
• Promote a collaborative, accountable, and safety-focused project culture while representing the Owners interests in all technical discussions.

Essential Skills

• Minimum 15 years of progressive engineering experience, including substantial responsibility for multidisciplinary capital projects in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, biopharmaceutical, specialty chemical, or other regulated manufacturing industries.
• Experience with design-bid-build, design-build, EPCM, construction-management, or integrated project-delivery models.
• Demonstrated experience serving as an Engineering Manager, Owners Representative, Design Manager, or comparable technical leader on complex projects.
• Strong working knowledge of cGMP requirements, equipment qualification and validation, process and clean utilities, automation interfaces, facility systems, construction, commissioning, and operational readiness.
• Ability to distinguish Owner oversight from the contractual responsibilities of designers, the engineer of record, contractors, and vendors.
• Strong commercial awareness and the ability to evaluate technical decisions in relation to cost, schedule, risk, procurement, contracts, and lifecycle value.
• Excellent leadership, facilitation, negotiation, written communication, and executive-presentation skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, Microsoft Project, document-management systems, scheduling and project-controls tools, and common engineering collaboration platforms.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• Bachelors degree or higher in Chemical, Mechanical, Electrical, Civil, or another relevant engineering discipline.
• Professional engineer license preferred but not required.
• Proven ability to manage competing priorities, resolve multidisciplinary interfaces, make timely decisions with incomplete information, and maintain disciplined documentation.
• Commitment to safety, quality, ethics, inclusion, and continuous improvement in all aspects of project delivery.

Work Environment

This position is remote, based out of Philadelphia, with required travel of 25-50% to sites in Alabama and Virginia.

Job Type & Location

This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Philadelphia, PA.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $72.11 - $96.15/hr.

Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your jobclassification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may besubject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefitsavailable for this temporary role may include the following:Medical, dental & visionCritical Illness, Accident, and Hospital401(k) Retirement Plan Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions availableLife Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)Short and long-term disabilityHealth Spending Account (HSA)Transportation benefitsEmployee Assistance ProgramTime Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

Workplace Type

This is a hybrid position in Philadelphia,PA.

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on Oct 5, 2026.

About Actalent

Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services and talent solutions. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts who drive scale, innovation and speed to market. With a network of almost 20,000 consultants and 5,000 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500. We are proud to be an Engineering News-Record (ENR) Top 500 Design Firm for our engineering design services and a ClearlyRated Best of Staffing® winner for both client and talent service.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications withoutregard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability,sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protectedby law.

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Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI):

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